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Fresh from their highly successful inaugural season at The Baxter, Cape Ballet Africa will perform extracts from their acclaimed programme SALT. Cape Ballet Africa is the dynamic new dance company established by Debbie Turner, that seeks to reimagine how ballet can look in Africa.SALT features a triple bill of ballets by three acclaimed South African choreographers Kirsten Isenberg, multiple award-winning choreographer Mthuthuzeli November and Michelle Reid.
Kirsten Isenberg’s Reverie is a neoclassical work to Rachmaninov’s Concerto No 2 in C Minor. Reverie is a meditative and reflective study. Swathed in a palette of blush pink, it is delirious fanciful musings, in a dreamy state.
Mthuthuzeli November’s Chapter Two, set to a purpose-commissioned score written by Peter Johnson, is a modern percussive work that is perfectly reflected through the rhythmic body isolations and lightening quick movement vocabulary reminiscent of the precursor of his original Visceral. Chapter Two is a revisit, a musing on a previous time. November’s reinterpretation of this score depicts the emergence and underpinning of his unique African classical choreographic voice.
Michelle Reid’s Smoke costumed in hot red is a metaphor for glowing heat and intense emotion. Reid is widely known for her quirky creative spirit, unique movement language and interpretive skill. A passion for pure jazz music, Reid creates a new take on the iconic Brubeck Take Five, a reference to the rhythmic tempo of the work in a manner that is smooth, graceful and playful.
‘It is an absolute knockout….’ calloffthesearch.com
‘Salt was an evening to remember’ Weekend Special
‘an absolute must for anyone who loves dance’ Theatre Scene Cape Town
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
10 Comprop Square, Henry Vos Close, Asla Business Park, 7150 Strand, South Africa, 10 Somerset Park Village, Strand, 7140, South Africa,Cape Town, Western Cape
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