Cape Town Daily Photo

After my last post reporting on AquaBallet at the V&A Waterfront, I was invited to take photos of Cape Town City Ballet dancers practising at the UCT School of Dance (see this map).

What I can say about the experience is that it’s strangely intimidating walking into a full ballet class, camera in hand. But it seemed as though the dancers were friendly enough, and soon I was clicking away without any fear that they’d bandy together in a circle around me, hissing and snarling.

Okay, they weren’t *that* scary… I guess that’s just my picture-oriented mind getting carried away. Truth be told, I sat in a corner for most of the time clicking photo after photo and listening to Professor Triegaardt directing the dancers – “No, look that way…”, “Less cheek to cheek, more eyebrow to eyebrow…”, “Throw the balls that way and try not to hit the camera.”

How to support Cape Town City Ballet

Cape Town City Ballet is a non-profit organisation, so if you have a passion for ballet and would like support the art, visit this page for more details.