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Schlager (First Movement) Music DAF: Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft CAST: Lauren Summerley, Angela Malan, Iain MacDonald, Monde Mashiqa | The Sleeping Beauty Music: P.I. Tchaikovsky Grand Pas de Deux The pas de deux for Princess Aurora and Prince Florimund is the crowning moment of this great ballet and one of the supreme statements of ballet at its most sumptuous and classical. CAST: Anya Carstens & Christian Tatchev Fairy of the Songbirds & Fairy of the Golden Vine In the Prologue of this fairytale ballet the fairies have brought gifts to bestow upon the infant Princess Aurora at her Christening, among them the Fairy of the Songbirds and the Fairy of the Golden Vine. CAST: Penelope Molfessis & Lauren Summerley La Traviata Music: Giuseppe Verdi Act I pas de deux & Act III pas de deux Based on Dumas’s story of the lady of the camellias, later adapted by Verdi for his opera La Traviata, this ballet tells the story of a Parisian courtesan who in the midst of a frivolous life finds herself unexpectedly loved and in love. But it is a love destined soon to shatter on the shoals of family honour and mortal illness. In her ballet Veronica Paeper traces the course of the love between Camille and Armand through a series of pas de deux, from its awakening to Camille’s dying moments. CAST: Angela Malan & Admill Kuyler; Karen Beukes & Iain MacDonald Lakmé Pas de Deux Music Leo Delibes CAST: Lauren Summerley & Monde Mashiqa Cavalleria Rusticana Pas de Deux The soaring melody of the intermezzo from Mascagni’s powerful opera provides the musical setting for this brief romantic pas de deux. CAST: Anya Carstens & Admill Kuyler Total Eclipse of the Heart (from Rock-a-TuTu) In a pas de deux from this deliciously tongue-in-cheek ballet – an entertaining blend of familiar fairytales and familiar pop songs – Shaggy the Wolf wins back the heart of his beloved Princess Rose. CAST: Angela Malan & Christian Tatchev La Traviata Music Giuseppe Verdi Choreography Veronica Paeper The tension of the drama in Act III is briefly broken by this Spanish flavoured pas de deux which is presented as an entertainment for the clientele of Madame Flora’s salon. CAST: Karen Beukes & Iain MacDonald The Sleeping Beauty Music P.I. Tchaikovsky Avian inspiration in ballet has produced flocks of dancing birds. None are more spectacular than the Bluebirds in The Sleeping Beauty in a pas de deux that demands technical brilliance and fluency above all else. The male character in particular has attracted many of the world’s leading dancers for over a century in a role that showcases so much that is breathtaking about ballet at its most dazzling. CAST: Penelope Molfessis & Andries Weidemann Finale All
The South African Ballet Theatre Patrons: Mr. Tito T. Mboweni, Sam Jonah KBE The Board Don MacRobert (Chairperson), Dirk Badenhorst, Karen Beukes, Fiona Budd, Michael Dove, Vincent Ghisleni, Annzie Hancock, Colin Hlatswayo, Sikkie Kajee, Margaret Kgasi, Iain MacDonald, Chris Murray, Keith Rosenbaum Chief Executive Officer Dirk Badenhorst
Principals: Karen Beukes, Anya Carstens, Iain MacDonald, Angela Malan, Christian Tatchev, Andries Weidemann
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