There will be no hanging up of the pointe shoes for PE ballet dancers Anneke Claassen, Skye Phillips and Kate Weakley when they return from their once-in-a-lifetime experience at the American Academy of Ballet (AAB) Summer School of Excellence in New York on Monday next week (17 July). They will be heading straight into rehearsals for the Friendly City Youth Ballet production of Thumbelina, to be staged at the PE Opera House from 27 to 29 July. The aspiring ballerinas, all 17, are no … [Read more...] about From Dancing in New York to the Opera House stage
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It’s off to New York for Four PE Ballerinas
Four Port Elizabeth ballet dancers will soon be winging their way to New York, treading in the pointe shoes of the founder of the PE Youth Ballet to spend their mid-year school holidays honing their skills at the sought-after American Academy of Ballet Summer School of Excellence. Anneke Claassen and Louise Daniel of Pearson High School, Skye Phillips of St Dominic's Priory and Kate Weakley of Victoria Park High School took on international competition to win scholarships to the American … [Read more...] about It’s off to New York for Four PE Ballerinas
Port Elizabeth’s Ubuntu Featured in Huffington Post
Doesn't it just make you feel proud when Port Elizabeth residents, institutions or even just the city are mentioned in 'popular' media? Jenna Arnold from the Huffington Post quoted the sterling work being done by the Ubuntu Education Fund in Kwazakhele, Port Elizabeth in the following article: Don't Let 'Three Cups of Tea' Controversy Discourage Giving. The relevant section of the article is: One skeptic was Jacob Lief, who repeatedly questioned the Central Asia Institute's model during … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth’s Ubuntu Featured in Huffington Post
