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Dada Masilo wanted her audiences to feel the passion and to leave the theatre with a buzz. In her Hamlet, the commitment of the cast ensures this message still holds true.

Joburg Ballet makes a promising, if somewhat initially tentative, UK debut with a programme of five works, four by South African choreographers.

An African reimagining of The Rite of Spring, it combines solos that fizz with electric currents and ends with an unforgettable, arresting experience. 

A South African Giselle of spell-binding intensity at Sadler's Wells.

La danseuse et chorégraphe sud-africaine Dada Masilo présente en décembre sa nouvelle création Giselle au Théâtre de la Villette. Dans la lignée de ces précédentes chorégraphies telles que Swan Lake, Dada Masilo revisite une fois de plus un grand chef d’œuvre classique en l’ancrant dans la société sud-africaine contemporaine 

Dada Masilo’s Giselle is about her redemption, not his.

Dada Masilo is a delightful performer whose warmth and goodwill instantly captures your heart.

William Kentridge’s chamber opera Refuse the Hour emerged amid a hurricane of clashing out-of-sync metronomes, frenetic choreography, African drumming, brass glissandi, and sound-making contraptions. 

Dada Masilo's Swan Lake combines modern gestures and Beyonce-esque booty twerks with classical ballet phrases. At Sadler's Wells as part of Sadler's Sampled.