Triple bill highlights ballet diversity

Debbie Hathway|Published

TWO years ago Cape Town City Ballet celebrated its 80th anniversary at the institution that made history with the establishment of the first dance department in ...

Slick Underground Dance Theatre show

Debbie Hathway|Published

ONE of the worst things a performance company can be is formulaic. It’s a mistake that Underground Dance Theatre never makes.

Homecoming dance for Mthuthuzeli

Debbie Hathway|Published

FOUR years ago it would have taken all my interviewing skills to get the endearingly humble Mthuthuzeli “Mthuthu” November to talk.

‘A Thousand Shepherds’ dance review

Debbie Hathway|Published

A THOUSAND SHEPHERDS. Presented by the Cape Dance Company. Directed by Debbie Turner. Choreographed by José Agudo, At the Artscape Theatre. Debbie Hathway reviews. ...

Exciting Cape Dance repertory work

Debbie Hathway|Published

Cape Dance Company celebrates its 21st anniversary with a new repertory piece at Artscape from March 18 to 20.

‘Swan Lake’ ice spectacle reinvented

Debbie Hathway|Published

TONY MERCER was a world champion ice skater. In his dreams, he quips, but his flair for theatre and an imagination that invites interpretation and invention by his ...

Quality, quantity, rhythm – tapping it out

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Cape Town City Ballet's Night and Day: A Cole Porter Ballet, now on at Artscape Theatre, pays tribute to Porter’s musical prowess that gave rise to some of the most ...

Tapping into core of musical theatre

Debbie Hathway|Published

The stage production of “the finest screen musical ever made for Hollywood”, Singin’ in the Rain, opens at the Artscape Theatre on December 11.

Dancing across ingrained divides

Debbie Hathway|Published

The first Cape Town International Dance Festival, showcasing contemporary dance, poetry and film by artistes from around the world, opens in Cape Town today, writes ...

Some like it hot at salsa fest

Debbie Hathway|Published

Dance addicts are all set for four days of non-stop workshops and parties, says Debbie Hathway.

Fancy footwork from choreographers

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The 11th Baxter Dance Festival triumphed artistically and financially against the odds, writes Debbie Hathway

Best hip-hop dancers on show

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Some of Cape Town’s best hip-hop dancers take to the stage today and tomorrow at Artscape Theatre, writes Debbie Hathway.

World arts on screen

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A special kind of big-screen entertainment starts at The Fugard Theatre Bioscope this week. Debbie Hathway previews

Jazzart is once again in good hands

Debbie Hathway|Published

In the three months since Sifiso Kweyama was appointed artistic director at Jazzart Dance Theatre, he’s wasted no time in reviving the principles and practices that ...

Exploring freedom and memory

Debbie Hathway|Published

Arts and culture focus-school matriculants with nowhere to go grab a lifeline from their former teacher.

Roxmouth and Kenned all a dazzle

Debbie Hathway|Published

The stage production of West Side Story, the musical rated by The Guardian as the eighth best ever, and ranked sixth in its top 100 by the online movie authority ...

Navigating harmony and anarchy at 'NAF'

Debbie Hathway|Published

Excitement is mounting as top Cape Town-based dance companies prepare to thrill audiences at the annual National Arts Festival, which opens today. By DEBBIE HATHWAY ...

Navigating harmony and anarchy at ‘NAF’

Debbie Hathway|Published

Excitement is mounting as top Cape Town-based dance companies prepare to thrill audiences at the annual National Arts Festival, which opens today. By DEBBIE HATHWAY ...

Paeper’s ballet epic opens at Artscape

Debbie Hathway|Published

A Spartacus of Africa. Choreographed by Veronica Paeper; assisted by David Krugel. Presented by The South African National Dance Trust.

Dancing on the flipside

Debbie Hathway|Published

The New York Times described them as a Japanese Monty Python with a Beatles-like spirit, capable of maxing out an applause meter if one were ever to be used at one ...

Insightful story on the bush war

Debbie Hathway|Published

Men who serve in any country's army during war time bear scars of battle not always visible to the naked eye.