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12 - 27 December 2003
Artscape Theatre
  
Johnny Bovang & Michael Johnston as
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Ugly Sisters in Cinderella |
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In keeping with the festive spirit of the season, Cape Town City Ballet will also be presenting Veronica Paeper's ever-popular full length Cinderella. This will be the traditional production, first choreographed in 1975 with music by Sergei Prokoviev and costumes and decor by Peter Cazalet. Johnny Bovang & Michael Johnston as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella.
In 1977 the ballet won the Department of Education prize for choreography. The ballet tells the classic fairy tale story of the young Cinderella, and her two ugly stepsisters, Violet and Daffodil and their search for the Prince at the ball. The romantic highpoint comes with the pas de deux in the second act between the now glittering Cinderella and the
handsome prince.
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| The role of Cinderella will be danced alternately by Marianne Bauer, Tracy Li and Michelle Louw and the Prince by Johnny Bovang, Daniel Rajna and Coert Grobbelaar. There's guaranteed humour as Cape Town City Ballet's male dancers take on the roles of the stepsisters, providing this production with some pricelessly funny moments. Paeper's award-winning Cinderella continues to entertain and please audiences of all ages. |
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