The first dancer of colour to join the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet whose ballet school in Cape Town was closed in the 1970s as he refused to operate under apartheid rules
Johaar Mosaval has passed away. Born in Cape Town’s District Six, he was South Africa’s first black principal dancer at England’s Royal Ballet. Mosaval performed on international stages before returning to South Africa to teach and mentor the next generation of dancers. Johaar Mosaval has passe.
Johaar Mosaval was the first black South African to become a senior principal dancer at the Royal Ballet, the highest rank in the profession at one of the world’s most prestigious classical ballet centres. This weekend at Artscape, a ballet performance by the Cape Town City Ballet, The Johaar M.
Every once in a while, a theatre production comes along that blows expectations out of the water - for artists and audience alike. In this case, it was Dreaming Dance in District Six - the Johaar Mosaval Story.