Every single little girl grows up learning about the gracefulness being a ballerina.
Every single little girl, at some point in her life, yearns to dance.
Every single little girl wants to wear a tutu and a tiara and prance around on tippy toes and dance to her hearts content.
Every single little girl dreams of dancing to audiences on a stage and getting praise and applause for being beautiful and graceful and perfectly girly.
Dancing to me, is an essential part of growing up.
Dancing is an essential part of human culture.
I got the link to the Save the Cape Town City Ballet site yesterday, and I think it’s a crying shame that the company is not getting the funding that’s needed to develop and bolster all the little girls in Cape Town’s dreams of being a ballerina.
Basically the Ballet company will close down if it doesn’t receive urgent funding. We cannot let that happen.
I don’t have a little girl, but I have a niece. A little girly girl, who learnt to walk on her tippy toes, before she walked on flat feet. She has just turned 3, and is forever twirling and dancing and prancing around. The thought of her not being able to go to that prestigious company, if she ever gets that good, just because a few bureaucrats were shortsighted, makes my blood boil.
So, lets all pull together to do something about it. Please tell your companies. Please tell your colleagues. Please tell your friends.
If you donate something, you also stand a chance to win one of the following:
- One of 5 sets of double tickets to the Poetry In Motion Gala Event, to be
held at Artscape Opera House on Sunday, 9 May 2010 [ More info … ]
- 24 Bottles of wine, kindly donated by Michael Oliver, along with 3 signed
copies of his books.
- A magnificent poster-size photographic print from Cape Town City Ballet’s
current photographer, Pat Bromilow-Downing.
Please use the reference JV1 for your donations:
Cheques should be made out to:
CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET and posted to
PO Box 94, RONDEBOSCH 7701
For direct internet transfers:
Bank: NEDBANK
Account name: CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET
Branch code: 123 209 (Please note: Some banks will require 2 extra 00’s at the end, eg. 123 209 00)
Account no: 123 200 8842
Reference: Name + Reference Number (JV1)
If you make a donation, please send an email to win@savecapetowncityballet.co.za and with details of your name,
contact details and the amount donated. All emails received will be placed into a
random draw, to be held on Tuesday, 4 May 2010.
This is tragic! But I heard the other day that the Jhb Ballet School HAD already closed down due to lack of funds – (the one in Braamfontein) Can anyone confirm this? I was shattered to hear!! How can we not have ballet schools? It means all our budding ballet stars will go overseas.
PACT ballet closed in 2000 and all the members went to CT
I did ballet for many many years, and I rememeber when PACT closed. Was tragic for the dance industry! But the school that J is talking about is definately is not PACT. We heard a few weeks ago that there is another school in JHB that is closing due to funding (but I can’t remember which one it is). If I find out, I’ll let you know!
I think it’s shocking by the way! Ballet is such an important cultural art… all little girls should have the priviledge to dance once in thier lives! 🙂
I will do this post too if you don’t mind. Thanks for bringing to my attention.