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The South African International Ballet Competition launched the Training Teachers in the Townships programme at one of the classrooms in Thesele Secondary School in White City Jabavu, Soweto.
This programme was initiated by former Joburg Ballet chief executive Dirk Badenhorst to train and empower teachers in townships on how to coach dancers in classical ballet using the Cuban method. The idea is that the teachers will go on to start their own ballet school in a township.
This, says Badenhorst, is the only way to start producing more professional black dancers in South Africa. During the launch, children enjoyed a session of ballet with the teachers, head by Cuban teacher Maria de los Angeles.
Pictures: Leon Sadiki
