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Swan Lake 12 - 21 June 2009 : Artscape Theatre, Cape Town |
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In celebration of its 75th birthday in 2009, the Cape Town City Ballet brings this timeless classic to the Artscape Opera House in a production which showcases the art of classical ballet at its best. More info  |
| La Sylphide & Paquita at the Grahamstown Arts Festival July 2009 : Guy Butler Memorial Theatre, Grahamstown |
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This two-act ballet is set in the Scottish Highlands and tells the tale of a young Scotsman, James, who falls in love with an ethereal Sylph, who tempts him into betraying his fiancée, Effie.
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| Giselle at the Playhouse 14 - 16 August 2009 : The Playhouse Theatre, Cape Town |
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Giselle is arguably the most popular of all Romantic ballets, choreographed in 1841 by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, to the beautiful Adolphe Adam score. Performances of Giselle in South Africa date from as far back as 1947, when Alexis Rassine partnered Olive James in a production of the second act, mounted by the South African National Ballet, at the City Hall in Cape Town.
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World's Biggest Ballet Class    989 ballet dancers congregated on Sunday the 24th of August in the Canal Walk Shopping Centre at Century City outside Cape Town (see photo) to attempt a new Guinness World Record for the World's Biggest Ballet Class. A previous record was attained in 2003 with 530 dancers. This attempt has now been made official by Guinness World Records in London. |
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