Thursday, July 3rd 2025

18:00 - 19:30: The Magic of Dance

ECHOES OF REFLECTION
Composer: Beethoven – Piano Concerto no. 5, 2nd Movement
Choreographer: Angela Revie
Dancers: Members of Mzansi Ballet

AWAKENING OF FLORA, DRIGO/PETIPA
Composer: Riccardo Drigo
Choreographer: Marius Petipa
Dancers: Armande Meier (ICE/YAGP)

SPEAKERS
Composer: Ohad Fishoff/Noa Zuk
Dancers: Mika Weiss (ICE/YAGP)

BEAUTY
Composer: Love Supreme
Dancers: Itamar Kleinerman (ICE/YAGP)

DLALA CHARLIE
Composer: Distruction Boys
Choreographer: Nkosana Modise & Bafana Binda
Dancers: Nkosana Modise & Bafana Binda

SOLACE
Composer: Claude Debussy
Choreographer: Angela Revie
Dancers: Angela Revie & Ariel Mejica (Mzansi Ballet)

HARLEQUINADE
Composer: Riccardo Drigo
Choreographer: Marius Petipa
Dancers: Ofentse Bolelwang (Mzansi Ballet)

AWAKENING
Composer: John Williams
Choreographer: Angela Revie
Dancers: Mikayla Van Heerden (Mzansi Ballet)

MASC-ED

Choreographer: Angelica Stiskin 

Dancers: Joffrey Ballet School 

1° FLASH SOLO

Composer: Jean Sibelius 

Choreographer: Jorma Elo 

Dancers: Caelan Gagnon (ICE/YAGP) 

PENDULUM 

Composer: Ludovico Einaudi, Daniel Hope 

Choreographer: Tyler Angell 

Dancers: Danica Deschamps (ICE/YAGP) 

EPOCH 

Choreographer: Angelique Harris 

Dancers: Finn Anderson (ICE/YAGP) 

APPLAUSE
Composer: Lady Gaga & DJ White Shadow 

Choreographer: Natalia Gap Music 

Dancers: Emilia Dubiel (ICE/YAGP) 

ARMOUR

Choreographer: Crystal Huang 

Dancers: Athena Hu (ICE/YAGP) 

DESERT MOON (TRADER’S DANCE) ACT 2, SCENE 5

Composer: Wouter Kellerman 

Choreographer: Angela Revie 

Dancers: Members of Mzansi Ballet 

ACTEON
Dancers: Nikhil Sengupta (ICE/YAGP) 

SWAN LAKE ACT 3 PAS DE DEUX

Composer: PI Tchaikovsky 

Choreographer: After Marius Petipa 

Dancers: Kiana Rose Prinsloo and Ariel Mejica (Mzansi Ballet) 

20:30 - 22:00: Carmen

Artists: Mzansi Ballet 

Composer: Georges Bizet 

Choreographer: Angela Revie & Jose Manuel Buzon 

Set Designer: Andrew Botha
Dancers: Members of Mzansi Ballet 

Friday, July 4th 2025

18:00 - 19:30: Great Choreographers of the World

SONG OF KHUDUGO 

Composer: Vincent Mantsoe 

Choreographer: Vincent Mantsoe 

Dancers: Members of Mzansi Ballet 

PAS DE DEUX ACT 1, SCENE 6 

Music by: Dr Cara Stacey, Mpho Molikeng & Matthijs van Dijk 

Choreographer: Angela Revie 

Dancers: Kiana Rose Prinsloo & Ariel Mejica (Mzansi Ballet) 

DESERT MOON (TRADER’S DANCE) ACT 2, SCENE 5

Composer: Wouter Kellerman 

Choreographer: Angela Revie 

Dancers: Members of Mzansi Ballet 

ECHAD MI YODEA (THE CHAIRS DANCE) 

Composer: Love Supreme 

Choreographer: Ohad Naharin 

Original lighting design: Avi Yona “Bambi” Bueno
Dancers: The Tractor’s Revenge and Ohad Naharin 

SOLACE

Composer: Claude Debussy 

Choreographer: Angela Revie 

Dancers: Angela Revie & Ariel Mejica (Mzansi Ballet) 

MASC-ED

Choreographer: Angelica Stiskin 

Dancers: Joffrey Ballet School 

ECHOES OF REFLECTION 

Composer: Beethoven – Piano Concerto no. 5, 2nd Movement 

Choreographer: Angela Revie 

Dancers: Members of Mzansi Ballet 

BOLERO 

Choreographer: Shahar Binyamini 

Dancers: ICE/YAGP & Mzansi Ballet 

20:30 - 22:00: Mzansi Ballet & Ticino Sound | Rhythm of Two Souths

ACT 1 

BEN SCHOEMAN: PIANO

Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, Op. 103 “Egyptian” 

Reworking by composer: Mathias Steinauer

Choreographer: Angela Revie 

Dancers: Members of Mzansi Ballet 

DAVIDE VENDRAMIN: ACCORDION

Composer: Edvard Grieg - Melancholy, Op. 47 No. 5
Reworking by composer: Mathias Steinauer 

SZHUWA WU: VIOLIN 

Composer: P.I. Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Op. 20 - Act III: Pas De Deux 

Reworking by composer: Giacomo Platini 

Choreographer: After Marius Petipa 

Dancers: Kiana Rose Prinsloo and Ariel Mejica (Mzansi Ballet) 

SHO KUBOTA: MARIMBA

Composer: Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque 

Reworking by composer: Sarai Vengelli de Cresci
Choreographer: Angela Revie 

Dancers: Angela Revie & Ariel Mejica (Mzansi Ballet) 

MELANIE SCHOLTZ: VOICE

Original songs from with electronics and double bass 

ACT 2 

ENRICO DINDO: VIOLONCELLO & MONICA CATTAROSSI: PIANO 

Africa and nature 

I - PAESAGGI E VISIONI
Robert Schumann - Fantasiestücke op. 72 

II - IL RITORNO DELLA PRIMAVERA Felix Mendelssohn - Sonata op. 58 

III - LA FORZA DEGLI ELEMENTI Johannes Brahms - Sonata op. 99 

BIS - CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Le Cygne (da “Il Carnevale degli Animali”) 

Saturday, July 5th 2025

18:00 - 19:30: Colors & Rhythm

Teatro alla Scala: Fabrizio Meloni 

Trio Percussioni: Francesco Muraca - Antonello Cancelli - Matteo Manzoni

RAPSODIA TEMPERANTE - Fabio Giuseppe Nuzzolese 

GHANAIA - Matthias Smith 

MADEIRA RIVER - Philippe Glass 

OKKO - Iannis Xenakis 

DEFRANCO’S SOLO CLARINET

AFRICAN BLUES - Wolfgang Roggenkamp 

CLAPPING MUSIC NOTE VERSION -Steve Reich 

INTERMISSION - 20 MINUTES 

Lugano Percussion Ensemble - Kesivan Naidoo - Waikiki Contemporary Quartet - Melanie Scholtz - Nicola Angileri 

DRUMMING PART I AND PART II - Steve Reich 

AFRICAN DANCER - Kesivan Naidoo 

20:30 - 22:00: The Gold Rhino of Mapungubwe

Originator & Director: Dirk Badehorst
Choreographer: Angela Revie
Co-Choreographer: Mdu Nhlapo
Composer - Musical Arranger & Director: Mark Cheyne
Lyricist: Dr Reuel Khoza
Co-Composers: Mpho Molikeng - Dr Shalati Joseph Khoza - Matthijs Van Dijk - Dr Cara Stacey - Wouter Kellerman
Set & Production Design: Andrew Botha
Dancers: Mzansi Ballet & ICE/YAGP 

PART 1 - INTERMISSION 20 MINUTES - PART 2 

This program includes:

ECHAD MI YODEA (THE CHAIRS DANCE) 

Choreographer: Ohad Naharin
Original lighting design: Avi Yona “Bambi” Bueno 

Dancers: The Tractor’s Revenge and Ohad Naharin 

BOLERO
Composer: Maurice Ravel 

Choreographer: Shahar Binyamini 

Dancers: ICE/YAGP & Mzansi Ballet