PICS: We go behind-the-scenes with Mozart and Salieri
Cape Town City Ballet is kicking off 2018 with a bang.
View ArticleYoung dancer stopped growing at age 11 after allergies made her scared to eat...
"The only things I would eat were sausages and pasta because in my head all I knew was that food made me ill."
View ArticleMeet the iconic ballet dancer who inspired Christiaan Barnard to become a...
Johaar Mosaval persevered in the face of prejudice, inspired SA’s most famous heart surgeon and captivated a queen.
View Article"I don’t know how I managed to go on with life": A mom shares how her toddler...
Christa Calitz shares how she nearly lost her foot after a devastating accident and gave up on dreams of a professional ballet career, but how her toddler daughter's passion for dance reignited her own...
View ArticlePICS: This breathtakingly beautiful ballet is a dark and twisted must-watch
We talk to ballerina Laura Bösenberg to find out why Giselle is still wowing audiences today.
View ArticleWATCH: Swan Lake with 48 swans instead of the usual 16!
British choreographer Derek Deane has staged the two-act piece in Germany on a bigger scale with 48 instead of the usual 16 swans.
View ArticleMeet the four-year-old who swapped his soccer boots for ballet slippers
A four-year-old boy who has chosen ballet over soccer is wowing his teachers with his incredible dancing skills – and has become an ambassador for his dance class.
View ArticleThis dramatic ballet tells the twisted tale of a dark family secret – and...
Love, loss, jealousy and a tragic event – the Cape Town City Ballet’s production of Transfigured Night has it all. It’s a tale that will resonate with many South Africans who have been touched by a...
View ArticleLandisa: Putting on a size 11 ballet shoe, and starting with ballet - at the...
I decided, at 40, that the time to do what I enjoy, to carve out some time for myself, where the stresses of career and life, in general, could be forgotten for one glorious hour, writes Rob Quintas .
View ArticleWATCH | Tipping pointe: Ballet dancers perform incredible stunts from home
Social media users are in awe of a video showing Cape Town ballet dancers performing incredible stunts from their homes during lockdown.
View ArticleSwan Song: A woeful wail
The metaphors are subtle. Because our concern is focused on the fragile soul in front of us, smearing her lipstick again, swatting away the ever-present buzz of the flies, baring her inner world...
View ArticleViral video earns 11-year old ballet dancer a scholarship
In the video a barefoot Madu can be seen gracefully working on his leaps and pirouettes on the course surface outside the Leap of Dance Academy where he trains in Nigeria.
View ArticleCape Town City Ballet returns to the stage for three nights only
The Cape Town City Ballet has announced its collaboration with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Brandon Phillips. Together they are returning to Artscape for three performances...
View ArticleLithuania's locked-down ballet and opera take to TikTok
Lithuania’s national opera and ballet theatre has turned to TikTok to reach audiences during lockdown, attracting millions of views to a performance of a sea shanty by its singers.
View ArticleCreating dance amid the challenges of Covid
Imagine you’ve been asked to create a ballet, but the dancers aren’t allowed to touch or be in the same room at the same time.
View ArticleCultural iron curtain falls for Russian opera and ballet stars
Russian dancers, opera singers and conductors have lost their jobs in the wake of President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
View ArticleCelebrating the sheer joy of dance with Cape Town City Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet principal dancer Brandon Lawrence says the ballet Giselle offers the perfect antidote to post-lockdown blues.
View ArticleBrazilian ballet dancer who quit Russia's Bolshoi after invasion has no regrets
In February, after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Brazilian ballet dancer David Motta Soares booked an urgent flight to Turkey and left behind his dream job behind.
View ArticleEverything you need to know about Cape Town City Ballet’s winter season at...
Cape Town City Ballet’s (CTCB) winter season will run from 4 to 28 August at Artscape in the Opera House.
View ArticleSiphe November returns to South Africa to perform with Cape Town City Ballet...
Siphe November, South African ballet dancer, who at 23 already has a soaring international career, returns to SA to perform in Cape Town City Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet for one performance only.
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