Dance Review: Ballet And Beyond – Spanish Silence, Or Women In Grey

Apr 8, 2021 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Joburg Ballet: Ballet & Beyond / Artistic Director: Iain Macdonald / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   Keeping a ballet company alive is a challenge at the...

Ballet Review: Joburg Ballet – Giselle: Princely Persuasion, Or Misogynists Get The Wilis

Oct 8, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet: Giselle / Artistic Director: Iain Macdonald / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   There are plenty of dark moments in famous narratives of the...

Ballet Review: The Sleeping Beauty – Awake To Detail, Or Fairy Dinkum

Mar 31, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty / Production and staging by Maina Gielgud / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   The ongoing presence of the Johannesburg...

Ballet Review: Joburg Ballet – Cinderella: Compact Classic, Or A Fairytale Focused

Dec 15, 2018 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet: Cinderella / Artistic Director: Iain MacDonald / The Teatro at Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg   Joburg Ballet, to live up to its company name, needs to reach...

Dance Review: Joburg Ballet – Fire And Ice, Or Hungarian Meets Herculean

Jun 30, 2018 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet: Fire And Ice / Artistic Director: Iain Macdonald / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg          6.5   The further development of Joburg Ballet as a...