Cape Town Ballet: Partners and poses

Following the success of Belles of The Ballet, which showcased the ballerinas of Cape Town City Ballet on Women’s Day this year, Belles & Beaux will combine the skills of both the female and male dancers of the company in a highly-entertaining and fun-filled show that is ideal for the holidays.

Some of the highlights will include excerpts from Robin van Wyk’s 2011 hit ballet The Italian Affair. Two of the Cape Town audience’s favourite dancers, Mervyn Williams and Johnny Bovang, will display their comic skills in The Waltz from the one act ballet, Graduation Ball, choreographed by Russian David Lachine.

Scenes from the second act of Veronica Paeper’s Spartacus will be included in the programme, set to the emotive music of Aram Khachaturian.

From the classical repertoire, dance lovers will be treated to scenes from Diane & Acteon, La Bayedere and Scheherazade, to name a few.

The programme will end with highly-appealing and humorous scenes from the third act of Orpheus in the Underworld, by Veronica Paeper. Set in Pluto’s Night Club, the Mafia and Caliope strut their stuff, while Cape Town City Ballet’s gorgeous girls will end the programme with the Can Can.

Belles & Beaux is presented at the Artscape Opera House by Cape Town City Ballet from December 18-22. Ticket prices range from R125 to R220 and bookings can be made at Computicket or Artscapedial-a-seat on 021-421-7695.