If you missed the sold-out performance on New Year’s Eve, now is your chance to see the Cape Town City Ballet in a show that features glamorous dancing and glorious music to herald the coming of Spring.
Robin van Wyk’s ballet, Stairway to Paradise, is the main work on the Spring Rhapsody programme, which also features a repeat of Ashley Killar’s Glazunov Variations. Other items include the famous Spring Waters pas de deux, Johan Strauss’s Blue Danube and the Diane & Acteon pas de deux – a challenge to any dancer.
Spring Rhapsody is a chance to see the dancers of the Cape Town City Ballet demonstrate their unparalleled ability to entertain in the idiom of classical dance in all its forms.
Date: Fri 13 October 7.30pm | Sat 14 October 2pm & 7.30pm
Venue: Artscape Opera House
Cost: R100 – R200
Liane Lurie’s revival of the popular full length ballet, Don Quixote, captures the Spanish flavour, wit and thrills of the original Cervantes masterpiece. With music by Ludwig Minkus and choreography after Petipa, Gorsky and Nureyev, Lurie has not only incorporated all the traditionally-expected virtuoso pas de deux and solos, but has added some unexpected surprises. A light-hearted, sparkling ballet in three acts, this knight’s tale is a story of dreams, love and humour told through an enthralling combination of bravado and pure classicism.
The stars of this production include Laura Bosenberg, Mariette Opperman and Thomas Thorne, who recently took Cape Town City Ballet’s Swan Lake to new heights.
The ballet is accompanied by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Brandon Phillips, at all but one of the performances. Tickets for the performance on Friday 27 October at 7.30pm, danced to pre-recorded music, are a mere R100 throughout.
Date: 20 to 29 October
Time: Fri 7.30pm | Sat 2pm & 7.30pm | Sun 3pm
Venue: Artscape Opera House
Cost: R100 – R350
The casting of Kitri and Basilio is as follows
(subject to change)
Fri 20 Oct @ 7.30pm Laura Bosenberg, Thomas Thorne
Sat 21 Oct @ 2pm Cleo Ames, Conrad Nusser
Sat 21 Oct @ 7.30pm Mariette Opperman, Daniel Szybkowski
Sun 22 Oct @ 3pm Leanè Theunissen, Xola Putye
Fri 27 Oct @ 7.30pm (no orch) Cleo Ames, Conrad Nusser
Sat 28 Oct @ 2pm Laura Bosenberg, Thomas Thorne
Sat 28 Oct @ 7.30pm Leanè Theunissen, Xola Putye
Sun 29 Oct @ 3pm Mariette Opperman, Daniel Szybkowski
The role of the Don is played by Johnny Bovang at all performances.
The role of Gamache is played by Mervyn Williams at all performances.
