Johannesburg (CNN) Shannon Glover is one of South Africa's most prominent ballet dancers. She's tasked with taking on Camellia - the lead role in Alexandre Dumas' tragic romance, and highly prized ballet production - La Traviata. Choreographed by Veronica Paeper, it's a version that's been a staple of South Africa's ballet season for almost three decades. Fusing a sweeping dance composition with Giuseppe Verdi's emotional score rearranged for ballet - Paeper's production has been very successful. Staged by countless ballet companies each year since it was first performed in 1990, the much-loved tale follows the tragic love story of a courtesan and her admirerRead More

Source: CNN March 08, 2017 12:11 UTC