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Ballet Review: Giselle – Peasant And Correct, Or A Phantom Fantasy

Ballet Review: Giselle – Peasant And Correct, Or A Phantom Fantasy

Feb 13, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet: Giselle / Staged by Angela Malan / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   Sports fans will be familiar with the phenomenon of teams consolidating as they go through periods where established team...
Ballet Review: Swan Lake – In Good Company, Or A Feather In Their Caps

Ballet Review: Swan Lake – In Good Company, Or A Feather In Their Caps

Jul 5, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Swan Lake / Joburg Ballet, Cape Town City Ballet and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   Swan Lake is arguably the major classical ballet easiest to pitch to audiences who aren’t too...
Ballet Review: Joburg Ballet’s Don Quixote – Powerful Partnership, Or Orchestrated Enjoyment

Ballet Review: Joburg Ballet’s Don Quixote – Powerful Partnership, Or Orchestrated Enjoyment

Oct 18, 2023 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet: Don Quixote / Staged by Angela Malan / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   All classical ballets involve stories within stories, and Don Quixote features, among others, the interwoven tales of...
Dance Review: Romeo And Juliet – High Score, Or Sword Enemies

Dance Review: Romeo And Juliet – High Score, Or Sword Enemies

Jul 9, 2023 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet: Romeo And Juliet / Choreography by Nicolas Beriosoff / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   For a company going through a great deal of transition, an ageless story feels like it brings a measure...

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Bruce Dennill is a BASA/National Arts Festival Arts Writing Awards Silvear Award winner (Opinion and Features), a South African Music Awards judge and a recording artist. His first play, the pocket musical Actress,for which he wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the script, was the recipient of a Broadway World South Africa Award for Best New Play Or Musical and a Naledi Theatre Award for Best Lead Actress In A Musical (Talia Kodesh).
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