The Nederburg awards for ballet and opera in South Africa were established in 1972. Previously, the arts across the South African provinces were assisted by the Stellenbosch Farmers' Wineries Trust, which commissioned drama, opera and ballet and offered bursaries to students. One of the ballets financed by the Trust was David Poole's ''Kami'' in 1976. The Oude Libertas Study bursary also allowed dancers such as

Veronica Paeper Veronica Paeper (born 9 April 1944) is a South African choreographer and dancer. Career Paeper was born on 9 April 1944 in Port Shepstone but trained with Dulcie Howes at the University of Cape Town Ballet School after her family moved to Cape To ...

, Dudley Tomlinson, June Hattersley to study overseas. The Nederburg awards were established for opera in all four of South Africa's provinces, and for ballet in the Cape Province. Winners were granted R1 500, as well as a trophy.

Recipients

Recipients of the award for ballet

These include: *

Phyllis Spira Phyllis Spira (18 October 1943 – 11 March 2008) was a South African ballet dancer who began her career with the Royal Ballet in England. Upon returning to South Africa, she spent twenty-eight years as ''prima ballerina'' of CAPAB Ballet, a p ...

(1972, 1979) * David Poole (1973) * Peter Cazalet for his ballet designs (1974) * Elizabeth Triegaardt (1975) * John Simons (1976) * Eduard Greyling (1977, 1983) *

(1980, 1982) * Keith Mackintosh (1981) * Nicolette Loxton (1986, 1987) * Joseph Clark (1988) * Linda Lee (1996) * Tracy Li (1997) * Philip Boyd (1997) * Mary Ann de Wet (1999) * Robin van Wyk * Tanja Graafland * Peter Klatzow for the ballet ''Hamlet'' * Aubrey Meyer for the ballet ''Exequy''

Recipients of the award for opera

These include: * Nellie du Toit (1973, 1975) * Leo Quayle (1973) *

Gé Korsten Gérard Korsten (popularly known as Gé) (6 December 1927 - 29 September 1999) was a South African opera tenor and actor who had a great influence on Afrikaans culture. Born in Schiedam, as the youngest of eight children, Korsten and his family ...

(1975) *

Hendrik Hofmeyr Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr (born 20 November 1957) is a South African composer. Born in Cape Town, he furthered his studies in Italy during 10 years of self-imposed exile as a conscientious objector. While there, he won the South African Opera C ...

(1988) * Gwyneth Lloyd * Lawrence Folley * Rouel Beukes * Sidwill Hartman * Juan Burgers * Vetta Wise * Ros Conrad * Michael Renier (2002)

References

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