Angels In Africa: ballet in Johannesburg at UJ Arts & Culture, 13 to 15 November 2026
This November, WGRUV Dance Company brings Angels In Africa, the finale of our third season, to UJ Arts & Culture in Johannesburg. Three works of historical depth and spiritual imagination make up the programme, offered as a family-friendly celebration for the festive season. It closes with the South African premiere of Martha Graham's Diversion of Angels.
Dates and times
Friday 13 November 2026, 19:00
Saturday 14 November 2026, 15:00
Sunday 15 November 2026, 15:00
Venue
UJ Arts Centre (UJ Arts & Culture), UJ Kingsway Campus, corner of Kingsway Avenue and University Road, Auckland Park, Johannesburg.
Tickets
Tickets are sold on Webtickets. Prices are per ticket:
Adults: R300
Pensioners: R230
Children: R120 (age range not stated by Webtickets)
Groups of 10 or more: R200 per person
Family packages, per person: R275 (family of 4), R255 (family of 6), R235 (family of 8)
The programme
Reverence by Jessica Lang, set to Robert Schumann's Symphonic Studies, Op. 13, opens the evening.
Prayer, an imaginative work by WGRUV's own Lex and Holly Gruver, communicates depth and soul through the contemporary movement WGRUV is known for.
Diversion of Angels, the landmark 1948 ballet by Martha Graham, closes the programme. It traces three expressions of love: adolescent, romantic and mature. Staged in the Martha Graham Dance Company's centennial year, this is its South African premiere.
Running time: about 1 hour 30 minutes. The show is family friendly.
In Holly Gruver's words
“This program is a gift to Africa,” says Holly Gruver, Artistic Director of WGRUV. “Three works, three visions of what it means to love, to reach beyond ourselves, and to be still enough to see it. We’re grateful to carry Diversion of Angels into the Graham Company’s hundredth year, and to share it here, for the first time, with the audiences of South Africa.”
Also in Gqeberha
Angels In Africa plays at the Mandela Bay Theatre Complex, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), from 6 to 8 November 2026. Angels In Africa in Gqeberha
About WGRUV Dance Company
WGRUV Dance Company is a contemporary ballet company based in Bryanston, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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