DANCE
HERITAGE DANCE
A festival of local dance will celebrate Heritage Day on September 24 at 19h00 in the BAT Hall at
the BAT Centre.
BALLET CLASSICS
The Playhouse Dance company, accom-panied by the NPO under the baton of Naum Rousine, presents
a another top programme of quality dance in Ballet Classics this month.
Frank Staff's delightful Peter and the Wolf sees Peter Gardner as the narrator.
There's also Bournonville Suite, expressing the joys and frivolity of dance with a distinctive Italian
flavour. Both pieceswill be performed by local young dance students under the direction of Ann Layfield, Pat Durham
and Dudley von Loggenberg.
The Playhouse Dance Company perform Le Corsaire pas de deux and the
Harle-quinade pas de deux.
The second part of the programme features the full-length classical ballet Firebird
set to Igor Stravinsky's music and choreographed by Jean-Paul Comedlin, who also produced the beautiful Les
Nuits d'EtŠ last year.
Ballet Classics
runs in the Playhouse Opera from September 6 to 8.
RHYTHM AND DANCE
The Royal Academy of Dance's Natal regional advisory panel is presenting Rhythm and
Dance at the Playhouse Drama on September 8 at 14h30 and 18h00. Tickets cost R20.
Funds from this production will be put into a bursary fund to be awarded to three successful
candidates in November this year.
The production comprises performances from RAD Studios throughout KZN.
PARTNERS IN DANCE
The Playhouse Company's Partners in Dance highlights Deaf Awareness Week.
Partners in Dance
comprises two pro-grammes, both presented in the Play-house
Studio. Programme A at 19h30 on September 3 features the V N Naik School for the Deaf and the Fulton School for
the Hearing Impaired. Tickets through Mr Pillay on 87-1280.
Programme B at 19h30 on September 6 and 7 is presented in association with Very Special Arts which
caters for the performing needs of all disabled. Tickets from Mrs S Moodley on 262-9095.
Art work from recycled materials will be on display in the Studio Theatre foyer.
Tickets for Partners in Dance are R10.
TEA DANCES
This month's popular Tea Dances will take place at the Athlone Hotel on September
5 from 19h30 to 23h00. Entry fee R8, with light dinners and a full bar available. Phone Judy on 84-8893.
SOCIAL DANCES
An evening of social dancing will be held at the Durban College of Education in Umbilo on September
7. Dancing gets under way at 20h00 and entrance is R10. BYO. Details from 207-2424.
BALLROOM DANCING
A ballroom dancing competition will be held at the Pinetown Civic Centre on September 21 in aid
of SPCA.
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