Renowned South African dancer Camille Bracher says she’s thrilled to perform in South Africa for the first time in over a decade. The former Royal Ballet dancer is the special feature in a new production “It’s Beautiful at the Ballet”, an inspiring, uplifting dance masterpiece.
The show premieres at the Theatre On The Bay on Friday, November 19, and runs until Saturday, December 4.
The dance extravaganza also features celebrated South African choreographers Veronica Paeper, Sean Bovim and Adele Blank, and promises “sheer entertainment”.
Bracher will be performing with a cast of 11 professional dancers and eight apprentice dancers from the Jacqui Pells School of Ballet, Cape Town and the Jozi Youth Dance.
I’m excited to step back onto the stage again and to experience that unmatched feeling of being transported into another world together with the audience. It is a magical world that enables you to use the music and the movement to escape together with the audience members into a completely different reality,” said Bracher.
“At the start of Covid, I found myself without a job after working for two world-renowned dance companies. I was living in London and had rent to pay so I knew I needed to make a plan quickly.
“I am also a qualified dance teacher and life coach and I knew that I needed to use these skills and adapt to the fluctuating circumstances that we were all living through. I decided to start teaching dance online and picked up a lot of students quite quickly. This was the beginning of my transition from stage to working online all day, every day.
“When things started opening up again I came back to visit my family in South Africa. Whilst here, I was asked to take part in this production of Beautiful at the Ballet. Hesitant at first due to my break from the stage, I thought that it would be a good opportunity to perform in South Africa for the first time since leaving at the age of 19 to join the Royal Ballet.”
Source: IOL
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