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Debbie Hathway

Debbie Hathway is a specialist dance writer and critic for the Cape Times as well as Bizcommunity's BizLounge. She was a writer, columnist and critic for the Weekend Argus, Cape Argus and Daily News Tonight.
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Devilish intervention

[Debbie Hathway] If there's one thing you can be sure of when it comes to contemporary dance, it's that you don't quite know what you're going to get. So, if you're already accustomed to, if not a fan of, the genre and you have the opportunity to see new work, you've got to bank on the reputation of the choreographers - just as they're banking on you to back them at the box office.

Posted 1 month ago | Like
Ballet as we like it

[Debbie Hathway] When tremendous feats are performed, onlookers want to know one thing: How did they do it? On the international dance stage and, more specifically, last week at the six-day Cape Town International Ballet Competition in the Mother City, dance aficionados wanted to know two things: How did they do it and how were they scored by the panel of international dance luminaries?

Posted 2 months ago | Like
Breathtakingly beautiful ballet

[Debbie Hathway] When it comes to watching world-class local ballet performances, it's long been at the stage where Cape Dance Company (CDC) is a sure bet. Now, however, with the addition of experienced professional dancers, Simone Muller, Grant van Ster and Marlin Zoutman earlier this year, the company has become a more cohesive whole since its last Cape Town season at the Masque Theatre, Muizenberg - settled, focused, impeccably turned out, superbly trained. In short, phenomenal.

Posted 5 months ago | Like
Two as One

[Debbie Hathway] Despite a seven-year stint living and working in Japan, it is clear that theatre audiences have not forgotten local contemporary dancer Jacki Job. There was strong support for her recent one-off performance of Two as One at Cape Town's Artscape Theatre, danced with Kenshi Nohmi and accompanied by taiko player Hidano Shuichi from Japan, as well as South African soundscapist/musician Garth Erasmus.

Posted 9 months ago | Like
Cape Dance Company at the Masque Theatre

[Debbie Hathway] I remember years ago a fellow Durban dance critic complaining that the Playhouse Theatre lights were too dark for writing notes. I make notes regardless - a comment about the performers who excelled and interesting things about aspects like the set, music, costumes and choreography. Anything that moves me and that I think will inspire people to book tickets or entertain readers who can't get to the theatre.

Posted 11 months ago | Like
Somebody to Love

[Debbie Hathway] Mzansi Productions' director Dirk Badenhorst picked a tried-and-tested theme for his current production, Somebody to Love - a dance celebration to the music of Queen.

Posted 11 months ago | Like
Screamingly funny musical showcase

[Debbie Hathway] If you're up for some bellyaching laughs and great musical talent, don't miss Gino Fabbri and Donna Africa in Completely Nuts at On Broadway in Cape Town until 12 February. It's a comedy review that sets out to prove that "madness, like stupidity, is an entirely subjective affair".

Posted 1 year ago | Like
Foot-tapping salute to Harlem heyday

[Debbie Hathway] The Free Flight Dance Company returns to the stage, cabaret-style, as it revisits the "music, rhythms and vibe" of Harlem's Cotton Club in 1920s' New York. Its production of Cotton Club Moves is on at the Baxter Theatre's Flipside until 30 December daily, at 6pm and at 7.30pm on New Year's Eve.

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Western Cape reigns supreme at national DanceSport championships

[Debbie Hathway] Eastern Cape dance fans, as well as supporters and competitors from around the country, Zimbabwe and Botswana descended on the East London International Convention Centre last weekend, 2 to 4 December, 2010, for the South African National DanceSport and Achievers Championship.

Posted 1 year ago | Like
Whirling dervish transforms Carmen

[Debbie Hathway] Dada Masilo had the audience roaring with delight by her second entrance in her contemporary dance version of Carmen at the Baxter Theatre last week. Even more mesmerising than she was in her interpretation of Romeo and Juliet last year, this petite dynamo couldn't blend in to a corps de ballet if she tried!

Posted 1 year ago | Like

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