Ballet gave runner-turned-dancer Jerome Barnes purpose, strength and the power to defy limits
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But Monike Cristina, who plays the role of Chocolate, says grit and strength are needed too
South Africa’s news ballet company, Cape Ballet Africa, is giving expression to choreographer November’s latest bold works
After a seven-year absence the company is staging the highly acclaimed ballet with principal dancer Shannon Glover as lead
From ballet, to art exhibitions to podcasts, there’s plenty on offer in the cultural world to capture your attention this weekend
‘I don’t blame them, really, because doing ballet — especially for men — is not really part of our culture’
Masilo embodies her characters with a distinct theatricality and has been wowing audiences in Europe with her eclectic moves.
World-renowned French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj explores the splendour of that world with his new ballet, Les Nuits (The Nights).
Actress Carolyn Steyn is a patron of the Joburg Ballet.
Joburg Ballet’s work on the transformation of the art form has started a conversation that is being heard far beyond the drapes of the red curtain.
The Joburg Ballet development programme would like to help young people find better things to do. Getting into the arts, for instance.
A knit-a-thon, produced by Joburg Ballet and 67 Blankets, will take place after the weekend’s "Coppélia" show and aims to sew blankets for charity.
It may still have a small following, but one dance company is determined to bring ballet, with its roots in the Italian Renaissance, to urban SA.
Since Tamara Rojo’s appointment as artistic director of the English National Ballet, the former ballerina has proved a natural at working the media.
An R8-million grant leaves the dazzling South African Mzansi Ballet company dancing on air.
A Sierra Leone war orphan turned US ballerina, Michaela DePrince tells of being called a "devil child", prejudice in ballet, and her return to Africa.
A sumptuous Indian dance-drama interpretation of <i>Swan Lake</i> cannot be missed.
Teenage footballers who dream of becoming star South African professionals are taking up ballet to give them the edge on the field.
