WGRUV IN THE MEDIA
THE FUSE
21 October 2026
Martha Graham’s Diversion of Angels to Show at SANDT Legacy of Dance Gala at Artscape Opera House
Announces the first South African performance of Martha Graham's Diversion of Angels, danced by WGRUV by arrangement with Martha Graham Resources at the SANDT Legacy of Dance Gala on 24–25 October. It features Lorenzo Pagano, Resident Rehearsal Director of the Martha Graham Dance Company.
FABULOUS WOMAN MAGAZINE
30 September 2026
WGRUV Dance Company announces their final 2026 season: Angels In Africa
WGRUV Dance Company, the professional contemporary ballet company founded by Artistic Director Holly Gruver, will close its 2026 season with Angels In Africa, a triple bill opening in November at the Mandela Bay Opera House, Gqeberha from November 5 to 8, before travelling north for a festive-season run at the University of Johannesburg Arts and Culture Centre from November 12 to15 and the Roodepoort Theatre from December 15 to 20.
CAPE TOWN NEWS
20 October 2026
Image: Artscape Theatre Centre – Official Event Listing
Legacy of Dance Gala Brings International Ballet Stars and South African Talent to Artscape
A preview of the SANDT Legacy of Dance Gala at the Artscape Opera House on 24–25 October, with Dutch National Ballet guests and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. WGRUV Dance Company is named among the eight South African companies taking part.
DIE BURGER
24 October 2026
Foto: Jaco Marais / Die Burger
Rooi staan vir dans-gala!
A photo story in Die Burger shows Saili Gruver dancing in WGRUV's performance of Martha Graham's Diversion of Angels at the Legacy of Dance Gala at the Artscape Opera House. She dances with Chloe Gruver and guest artist Lorenzo Pagano from New York.
WHAT'S ON IN CAPE TOWN
October 2026
JOBURG STYLE
5 October 2026
WHAT'S ON IN JOBURG
October 2026
THE HERALD
5 October 2026
Work by modern dance pioneer Martha Graham heads to Bay stage
In a historic milestone for South African dance, WGRUV Dance Company is set to stage the premiere of modern dance pioneer Martha Graham’s landmark 1948 masterwork, Diversion of Angels. The piece headlines the company's Season 3 finale, a triple bill titled Angels In Africa, which opens in Gqeberha before heading to Johannesburg and Roodepoort.
THE NATIONAL
29 September 2026
WGRUV Dance Company closes its season with South Africa's first staging of a Martha Graham classic
Among the three works is the South African premiere of “Diversion of Angels”, choreographer Martha Graham’s landmark 1948 work, staged in the same year the Martha Graham Dance Company marks its centenary.
“Diversion of Angels” traces three stages of love, adolescent, romantic and mature, through a single continuous composition, and closes out an evening built around three distinct choreographic voices.
MY NMB
28 September 2026
Angels in Africa
The evening opens with Reverence, set to Robert Schumann’s Symphonic Studies, Op. 13. Choreographer Jessica Lang describes the work as “my definition of ballet” – a piece built to be experienced rather than explained, moving between stillness and fluidity as four couples form shifting partnerships, turns, lifts and embraces, with recurring circular formations lending the work a sense of continuity and interconnectedness.