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THEATRE
Two Decades, One InSPIRAtion
Venue: Artscape, DF Malan St, Cape Town. Tel: (021) 421 7695
Time: 7:00pm
Price: R250
Performances: 1 Aug 2010
Genre: Dance
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Dance for All (DFA), under the artistic direction of Philip
Boyd, will present a spectacular once-off Gala performance at the
Artscape Opera House, entitled Two Decades, One InSPIRAtion , in
celebration of twenty years of dance and in honour of the late Phyllis
Spira OMSG, Prima Ballerina Assoluta and the former Assistant Artistic
Director at DFA.
Long standing DFA supporters who have confirmed their
attendance at this event include DFA’s Honorary Life Patron Archbishop
Tutu and radio and tv personality Soli Philander. The Gala will showcase
the talent and skills of the DFA students who will be joined by top local
dance companies, many of whom have former DFA trainees among their
dancers. Audiences will see contributions from DFA’s own project-based
InSPIRAtions Dance Company, the Cape Dance Company, Cape Town City Ballet,
La Rosa, UCT School of Dance, Jazzart and the Cape Junior Ballet, amongst
others.
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DFA is a non-profit Section 21 Company that was established
20 years ago. Initially, only ballet was taught to a small group of
children in Gugulethu. Today DFA teaches a variety of dance forms to the
children and youth in Cape Town and beyond.
Phyllis Bernice Spira (1943 – 2008) South Africa’s Prima
Ballerina Assoluta, was often compared to the great dancer Alicia Markova
by contemporaries and critics. Ninette de Valois referred to her as "a
baby Markova" while the editor of Dance & Dancers, Peter Williams, said
that Spira had a flavour of Fonteyn “but with an approach all her own".
This memorable gala event will be one of those rare occasions when Cape
Town dance lovers will be able to see several of the Cape’s top companies
performing alongside each other onstage.
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