Winter Dances

Cape Town City Ballet continues its 90th Anniversary celebrations with 'Winter Dances', a programme of exciting creations and existing works.

The company will be dancing flat out in a range of styles including a creation by international star and choreographer of the highly successful 'Polarity', Kenneth Tindall; a World Première by David Nixon CBE and two South African premières choreographed by Mariana Rodrigues and Capetonian Mlindi Kulashe. CTCB will also be restaging a piece by Garry Trinder that hasn't been seen since 1993.
Royal Ballet Principal dancer Fumi Kaneko will perform the iconic Dying Swan solo on the 29th, 30th and 31st August at evening performances as a special addition.

Dying Swan
The Dying Swan is a solo dance choreographed by Mikhail Fokine to Camille Saint-Saëns’s Le Cygne from Le Carnaval des animaux as a pièce d’occasion for the ballerina Anna Pavlova, who performed it about 4,000 times. It will be performed at Winter Dances across select performances by Guest Artist and Principal of the Royal Ballet, Fumi Kaneko.

Duration: 1 hour 40min, including 30 min interval
Age Restriction: N/A


Kindly note Artscape provides wheelchair seating. You can book directly via this website but should you require assistance please call Artscape Dial-a-Seat on 021 421 76 95 who will assist with navigation and booking.

Important Notice: PAID PARKING FOR ARTSCAPE THEATRE

Secure parking is available for Artscape patrons at the Cape Town Civic Centre basement parking area. Access is via the Jan Smuts Street entrance at the times indicated below:

Operating hours

• Mondays to Fridays between 5 pm and 11 pm
• Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays during showtimes

Parking tariffs
Fee: R40.00 / Pensioners: R30.00
For more info, please contact dial-a-seat: 021 421 76 95