Behind the lens: Lauge Sorensen
When Joburg Ballet’s resident photographer Lauge Sorensen was looking for a new creative approach to providing a different perspective for the upcoming ballet Giselle, he went back in time to
Giselle: Touchstone of classical ballet
What makes a classic a classic? In the case of the ballet Giselle, it is several things, a range of characteristics and qualities that come together to create a work
Joburg Ballet’s Giselle – breathtaking, unforgettable beauty
After an absence of three-and-a-half years, Giselle, the most sublime of all romantic ballets, returns to the stage of Joburg Theatre when Joburg Ballet presents a season of ten performances
How Breaking Ballet broke the mould
Ballet, like theatre, and art, is fighting for survival. The arts have lost a lot of appeal for younger generations who find no meaning or relevance in traditional stories like Giselle,
‘Curious, furious and poetic’
Bringing together different aesthetics, contexts and languages, the dance programme at this year’s National Arts Festival interrogates and celebrates questions of identity, culture, spirituality and sensuality. At the top of