The Cape Town City Ballet Company, formerly known as the CAPAB Ballet Company, is a dance company based in

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History

The Cape Town City Ballet originated from the UCT Ballet Company, which was established by Dulcie Howes in 1934. Dr. Howes was adamant that this dance company would give opportunity to talented individuals, irrespective of race or color. The Company was involved in the founding of

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on 1 December 1950, with its opening performance of ''

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''. In 1963 the Cape Town City Ballet Company took over management of the Maynardville theater's ballet performances.''Cape Times'', Arts Supplement. 1950–2012. p. 14 (var.) The company became the CAPAB (Cape Performing Arts Board) Ballet Company under the directorship of David Poole. The company initially benefited from government spending on the arts; its 60-strong company staged lavish productions at the Artscape Theatre Centre (previously known as the Nico Malan in

), toured to the

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Theatre in

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, the Civic Theatre in

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, and the

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Opera House. Funding from the government stopped in 1994. In 1997 the company became Cape Town City Ballet, a non-profit organization under the leadership of Elizabeth Triegaardt. Professor Triegaardt was both the executive director of the company and the director of the UCT School of Dance. Professor Triegaardt remained on the Board of Directors for the Cape Town City Ballet until April 2019. Afterwards, former principal ballerina, Tracy Li filled the position of Acting Executive Director from April to September 2018. Debbie Turner, the current CEO, took office in 2018.

Notable members

* Johnny Bovang, former senior principal *

Gary Burne Gary Burne (20 April 1934 – 26 August 1976) was a Rhodesian dancer, ballet master, and choreographer who spent ten years with the Royal Ballet in England before moving to South Africa to dance with ballet companies in Johannesburg and Cape Town. ...

John Cranko John Cyril Cranko (15 August 1927 – 26 June 1973) was a South African ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet. Life and career Early life Cranko was born in Rustenburg in the former province of Tran ...

Eduard Greyling Eduard Greyling (born 15 February 1948) is a South African ballet dancer, now retired. After an illustrious career as a principal dancer with CAPAB Ballet in Cape Town, he became well known as a dance notator, teacher, journalist, and critic. E ...

, danseur noble * Tracy Li, former senior principal * Keith Mackintosh, former principal and ballet master * Veronica Paeper * David Poole, late artistic director and ballet master *

Daniel Rajna Daniel Rajna born 1968, is a South African ballet dancer. After gaining a BSc in applied mathematics at UCT, he trained at the UCT Ballet school, Cape Town. He joined the former CAPAB Ballet in 1990, before leaving in 1997 to join PACT Ballet ...

, former principal * Phyllis Spira, prima ballerina assoluta *

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* Brooke Lynn Hytes, runner-up on the eleventh season of

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Guest artists

These have included the following dancers: * Petrus Bosman *

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* Thomas Edur *

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* Attilio Labis *

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* Agnes Oaks * Alexis Rassine *

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Repertoire

Cape Town City Ballet mainly performs versions of traditional classics reworked by resident choreographer, Veronica Paeper. Carmen

2021

* ''ALCHEMY – THREE DANCES'' featuring Robert North’s ''TROY GAME'', George Balanchine’s ''CONCERTO BAROCCO'' and Jiří Kylián’s ''FALLING ANGELS'' * ''CARMEN'' – choreography by Veronica Paeper * ''INGOMA'' – choreography by South African born Mthuthuzeli November. Commissioned by Cassa Pancho for Ballet Black in London. * ''LES SYLPHIDES'' choreography by Mikhail Fokine. Staged by Lynn Wallis. * ''SERENADE –'' choreography by George Balanchine. * ''CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET – BACK ON STAGE'' featuring George Balanchine’s ''SERENADE'' and ''MOON BEHIND THE CLOUDS'', a suite of works made during the time of Covid-19, by South African choreographers Veronica Paeper, Kirsten Isenberg, Yaseen Manuel, Lindy Raizenberg and Marlin Zoutman.

2020

* ''CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET – BACK ON STAGE'' featuring George Balanchine’s ''SERENADE'' and ''MOON BEHIND THE CLOUDS'', a suite of works made during the time of Covid-19, by South African choreographers Veronica Paeper, Kirsten Isenberg, Yaseen Manuel, Lindy Raizenberg and Marlin Zoutman.

2019

* ''A CHRISTMAS CAROL – THE STORY OF SCROOGE'' – choreography by Veronica Paeper * ''SATORI'' – featuring ''Kenneth Tindall’s POLARITY''. ''Michelle Reid’s SHEEPLE'', ''and George Balanchine’s CONCERTO BAROCCO''. * ''SLEEPING BEAUTY'' – featuring guest artists Vadim Muntagirov, (The Royal Ballet) and Tatiana Melnik (Hungarian National Ballet) and Precious Adams (English National Ballet and Andile Ndlovu (Washington Ballet). Staged by Denise Schultze Godfrey.''AMARANTH'' – featuring George Balanchine’s ''Serenade'', Frank Staff ‘s ''Transfigured Night'' and Christopher L Huggins’ ''Enemy Behind the Gates''

2012

*''Two Ballets'' performed at

- Kenneth MacMillan's ''

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'' and David Lichine's ''

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'' *''

Giselle ''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, ...

'' with guest artists

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and

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2011

*''Poetry in Motion 2'' - the production of 2010 was supplemented by additional dance vignettes created by well-known choreographers, including Adele Bank, Robin van Wyk, Erica Brumage, Lindy Raizenberg and Veronica Paeper *''

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'' *'' The Sleeping Beauty''

2010

* '' The Sleeping Princess'' * ''Aquaballet'' - the second act of ''

'' and other ballets appropriate to the setting of

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* ''

The Firebird ''The Firebird'' (french: L'Oiseau de feu, link=no; russian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa, link=no) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's ...

'' * ''Ballet Bonanza'' - highlights of the classics, including the popular ''

'' and '' Le Corsaire'' pas de deux, and extracts from ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' * Veronica Paeper's ''Poetry in Motion'' (premiere) * ''Carmen'', also by Paeper

2009

* ''

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'' with guest artist

* ''

La Sylphide ''La Sylphide'' ( en, The Sylph; da, Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. Bo ...

'' * ''

'' to celebrate the company's 75th Birthday * ''

Paquita ''Paquita'' is a ballet in two acts and three scenes originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to music by Édouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus. Paul Foucher received royalties as librettist. History ''Paquita'' is the creation of French compo ...

'' * ''Giselle'' * ''Balletscapes'' - premiere of ''African Landscapes'', and includes ''Paquita'' and excerpts from the popular works of Paeper, Poole, Prokovsky and others in the programme

2008

* ''Giselle'' * ''Summer Spectacular'' - solos and ''pas de deux'' from ''Concerto'', ''

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'', '' Le Corsaire'', ''

'', ''Giselle'' and ''

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'' as well as Sean Bovim's ''Tango Nights'' * ''

Coppélia ''Coppélia'' (sometimes subtitled: ''La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail'' (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Éti ...

'' * ''

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'' with guest artists

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and Raimond Martinov * ''Winter Spectacular'' - solos and ''pas de deux'' from ''

'', '' Le Corsaire'' and ''

'' as well as the premiere of Christopher Kindo's ''Dark Secrets'' * ''

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'' * ''Ballet Mosaic'' - solos and ''pas de deux'' from ''

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'', ''

'' and ''

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'' * ''

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'' with guest artists

and Raimond Martinov * ''Christmas Classics''

2007

* David Poole's ''Kami'' and Sean Bovim's ''Tango Nights'' * ''Carmen'' with guest artist Jonathan Ollivier * ''Camille'', by Veronica Paeper, based on ''

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's principal dancer

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, and guest artists from the London Royal Ballet) - extracts from ''

'', '' Two Pigeons'', ''Elite Syncopations'' and ''

'' as well as the South African premiere of

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's '' Trois Gnossiennes'' * ''Ballet Magic'' — featuring ''Nomvula – After the Rain'', ''Tango Nights'' and excerpts from act 3 of ''

'' * ''Cape Town City Ballet Celebrates 10 Years'' (tribute to Phyllis Spira and

) — scenes from ''

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'' as well as Adele Blank's ''Mad Dogs'', Robin van Wyk's ''Nomvula, After the Rain'' and the premiere of Sean Bovim's ''Tanzanite Ten'' with extracts from his ''Tango Nights'' and ''Queen at the Ballet''.

's '' Trois Gnossiennes'' and the ''pas de deux'' from

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's ''Concerto'' were also performed. * ''Queen at the Ballet'' * ''

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2006

* ''

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'' * '' The Sleeping Beauty'' with guest artists Thomas Edur and Agnes Oaks * ''SwingTime at the Ballet'' * '' Queen at the Ballet'' * ''

'' * ''Ballets Nouveaux'' -

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's ''Four Last Songs'' and ''Pas de Six'', Lindy Raizenberg's ''Like So'', Robert North's ''Entre Dos Aguas'', while guest artistes from the

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, Veronica Corveas and Jose Losada performed ''

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''. * ''Nomvula – After The Rain'' — premiere to music of South African rock group

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* ''Ballets al Fresco'' -

's ''Four Last Songs'' and Robert North's ''Entre Dos Aguas'' * ''

2005

* ''

Act 2 and Summer Waltzes'' - with scenes from ''

'', '' The Sleeping Beauty'' and ''

'' * '' Queen at the Ballet'' * ''Viva Veronica'' - tribute to choreographer Veronica Paepar. Scenes from her works: ''

'', ''

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'', ''Concerto for Charlie'', ''Ten Pieces'', ''Emperor Waltz'' * '' The Sleeping Beauty'' * ''

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'' * ''Spring Selection'' - Veronica Paeper's ''Concerto for Charlie'' and Robin van Wyk's ''Ensemble for Six'' * ''

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'' * ''Let me Entertain You'' (premiere)

2004

* ''SwingTime at the Ballet'' (premiere) * ''

'' * ''

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'' * ''Celebration'' - Adele Blank's ''Syzygy'',

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's ''

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'' and Heinz Spoerli's ''All Shall Be'' * ''

'' * ''

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'' with guest artist Tanja Graafland * ''Gala Evening'' with guest artists — Thomas Edur and Agnes Oaks (''

'' ''pas de deux''), Desire Samaai and Jonathan Ollivier (''pas de deux'' from ''

'' and ''

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''), as well as highlights from the company's repertoire over the past seventy years. * '' Queen at the Ballet'' (premiere) * ''

'' * ''SwingTime and More''

2003

* ''

'' with guest artists Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur * ''

'' * ''Classic Highlights'' - excerpts from ballets such as ''

'', ''

'', '' The Sleeping Beauty'' and '' Spartacus (ballet)Spartacus'' * ''

References

External links

Official site of the Cape Town City Ballet Company
{{Cape Town, culture Ballet companies Cape Town culture Performing groups established in 1934 1934 establishments in South Africa