Cape Town-born, London-based dancer and choreographer Mthuthuzeli November’s Ingoma fuses ballet with African song and dance in a compelling portrayal of the passion, the grief and the loss of the men, women and children caught up in the 1946 Witwatersrand miners’ strike.
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Results15Satori: a sudden enlightenment
Cape Town City Ballet’s appropriately (and rather deliciously) titled Satori certainly felt like enlightenment, if not so sudden. We have been watching this incredible transformation for
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Fabulous fabulous leads and a whole lot more
Review: West Side Story, Fugard Theatre production at Artscape opera house Run extended until April 22 In this mad and fast-moving world appetites change constantly, attention
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Power + grace = survival
Review: Sacred Spaces by Cape Dance Company, Artscape Theatre in Cape Town until December 10 At a time when the arts – like journalism and
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The bohemians of District Six
Another re-imagining of a classic opera? Hmm, I am not sure. “La Bohème with a South African twist”: Giacomo Puccini’s classic set in District Six …
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