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What the science of motor learning says about dance practice: what holds up, what is only studio folklore, and what to change in your next class.
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RAD, Cecchetti, DASA, Vaganova: what South Africa's ballet methods and syllabi are, how they differ, and how to choose the one that fits what you want.
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The grant logic is changing, and programmers are following it.
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Notes on making dance that survives the move from studio to stage.
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The unglamorous systems holding a modern production together.
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Operators weigh economics against the rooms that built careers.
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More artists are owning the means of staging their own work.
Festivals & Events
A Little Night Music is the Stephen Sondheim musical with Send in the Clowns in it, and Cape Town Opera is staging it at Theatre on the Bay from 30 June to 12 July 2026.1,2
Festivals & Events
Euripides wrote The Bacchae about a god who refuses to be denied and a city that tries to deny him.
Festivals & Events
The Artscape Opera House hosts what its organisers bill as the largest ballet competition in Africa from 4 to 6 August 2026: The 13th South African International Ballet Competition.1,2
Festivals & Events
One of South Africa's newest ballet companies is taking on the most famous ballet of them all.
Ballroom & Latin
Playhouse Company - Opera Theatre 2024 Main, 231 Anton Lembede St, Durban Central, Durban, Kwa Zulu · From 11 Sep 2026 19:00 · R150 - R200
Contemporary Dance
The Pam Golding Theatre at The Baxter · 3 - 11 October 2026 · R200-R495
Pantomime
Mandela Theatre at Joburg Theatre · from 31 Oct 2026 11:00 · R170 - R390
Ballet
Cape Town City Ballet revives its heritage Nutcracker for the festive season, in Veronica Paeper's staging with Peter Cazalet's designs, the show that first brings many t...
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Guides & How-To
What the science of motor learning says about dance practice: what holds up, what is only studio folklore, and what to change in your next class.
CC BY-SA 2.0
Share and adapt this for any purpose, including commercially, as long as you credit the author and release anything you build on it under the same licence.
News
RAD, Cecchetti, DASA, Vaganova: what South Africa's ballet methods and syllabi are, how they differ, and how to choose the one that fits what you want.
News
The grant logic is changing, and programmers are following it.
Reviews
Notes on making dance that survives the move from studio to stage.
Features
The unglamorous systems holding a modern production together.
Interviews
Operators weigh economics against the rooms that built careers.
News
More artists are owning the means of staging their own work.
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