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CHOREOGRAPHING BALLET

Renowned choreographer Veronica Paeper, creator of more than forty ballets including Camille, Carmen, Cinderella and A Spartacus of Africa, gives a Saturday lecture-demonstration on the importance of sound and story in choreographing ballets.

Date: Saturday 19 January

Time: 10.00 am

COURSE FEES Full: R220,00 Staff and Students R110,00

Venue: LT3 Kramer Law Building UCT

Veronica Paeper received her ballet training under the tutelage of Dulcie Howes at the UCT Ballet School, where she studied with David Poole, Pamela Chrimes and Frank Staff. During her performing career Veronica rose to become a principal dancer with three South African companies: CAPAB Ballet, PACT Ballet and PACOFS Ballet. In 1974 Veronica was appointed resident choreographer for CAPAB Ballet. When David Poole retired she took up the post as Director of CAPAB Ballet on January 1, 1991. A prolific choreographer, Veronica has created more than 40 ballets, among them sixteen full-length works. During the 1980s she choreographed Spartacus (1984), Nell Gwynne (1984), The Tales of Hoffman (1985), Carmen (1987) and The Merry Widow (1988), all three-act works. Her work in the 1990s included Camille (1990), Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1990), The Nutcracker (1991), Hamlet (1992), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1993) and Walpurgisnacht (1993). She has twice won the coveted Nederburg Award for Ballet in the Cape, in 1980 and 1992. In 1994 she gained international recognition for her company when it became the first South African ballet company to tour abroad.

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