During Saturday’s Role on Hellenic Radio, host, Renos Nicos Spanoudes chats to Joburg Ballet’s artistic director Iain MacDonald about Joburg Ballet welcoming spring with the scintillating classical Cinderella, for just eight performances from Friday 30 September to Sunday 9 October.

Choreographed by Joburg Ballet’s artistic director Iain MacDonald and given its world premiere in 2013, Cinderella waltzes across the stage with Johann Strauss’s immortal melodies providing the perfect musical setting for this ultimate rags-to-riches tale. Designer Andrew Botha’s breathtaking designs frame the action while Joburg Ballet’s stars will set the stage alight with dancing in the grandly classical tradition.

The casting for the roles of Cinderella and the Prince are as follows. Casting is subject to change.

Friday 30 September at 18h30:  Nicole Ferreira-Dill and Armando Barros

Commenting on the return of Cinderella, Iain MacDonald said: “Cinderella has always been one of the company’s most popular ballets, both in our original version well as our current production which was last staged at the Joburg Theatre in 2016 and at the Teatro at Montecasino in 2018

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