Bookings are open for Cape Town City Ballet’s exhilarating winter season, which runs from 4 to 28 August at Artscape in the Opera House.
The programme features a thrilling lineup of Romeo and Juliet, alongside an invigorating new triple bill, Ikigai.
Select performances will star international guest artists, to be announced, and be accompanied by Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra.
Romeo and Juliet:
Following her acclaimed recent productions of Carmen and A Christmas Carol – The Story of Scrooge, Veronica Paeper returns to stage Romeo and Juliet for CTCB. Performed to Sergei Prokofiev’s dramatic score, William Shakespeare’s quintessential boy-meets-girl tale, follows the life course of the ill-fated, star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet.
Set in the beautiful Italian city of Verona, the ballet explores the tapestry of life, from the bud of youth, the blooming of adulthood, hidden forbidden love, a suffocating family feud, visceral hatred and inevitable tragic destiny.
The details:
- Dates: 4 to 28 August
- Cost: R175 to R750
- Bookings, shows and times: 021 421 7695 or Computicket
- Block bookings (ten or more): R30 discount per ticket through Artscape Box Office.
- Pensioners tickets for specific performances can be purchased from Artscape Box Office only, at R30 discount per ticket.
Ikigai:
Ikigai is an invigorating triple bill inspired by the Japanese philosophy of life purpose, life happiness and life peace. Suitably depicted in those ideas are ballets by three generations of award-winning choreographers: Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels, Sir Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineurd and Kenneth Tindall’s Polarity, in collaboration with the artists of CTCB.
The details:
- Dates: 17 to 28 August
- Cost: R175 to R475
- Bookings, shows and times: 021 421 7695 or Computicket
- Block bookings (ten or more): R30 discount per ticket through Artscape Box Office.
- Pensioners tickets for specific performances can be purchased from Artscape Box Office only, at R30 discount per ticket.
The Artscape Theatre Centre is located at D.F. Malan St, Foreshore, Cape Town.
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