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Ballet Review: The Bacchae – Anniversary Awe, Or Marvelling At Myths

Ballet Review: The Bacchae – Anniversary Awe, Or Marvelling At Myths

Jul 4, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   The Bacchae: An African Choral Ballet / Directed by Jay Pather / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   The first thing that becomes evident for audience members who have arrived at The Bacchae: An African Choral...
Ballet Review: Dreamscapes – Visions And Variations, Or Tulle, We Meet Again

Ballet Review: Dreamscapes – Visions And Variations, Or Tulle, We Meet Again

Apr 5, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet: Dreamscapes / Artistic Director: Dane Hurst / Roodepoort Theatre, Roodepoort   Presenting two new original, contemporary ballets in a theatre that’s somewhat off the beaten path for mainstream Johannesburg audiences...
Ballet Review: The Nutcracker – Sweet Dream, Or Soldier Of Good Fortune

Ballet Review: The Nutcracker – Sweet Dream, Or Soldier Of Good Fortune

Dec 7, 2023 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet: The Nutcracker / Choreographed and produced by Angela Malan / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg   The Nutcracker can be a mildly polarising ballet in that it’s likely the classical piece that audiences have...
Ballet Review: The Sleeping Beauty – Awake To Detail, Or Fairy Dinkum

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

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...
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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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