FYNARTS HERMANUS For the love of the arts www.hermanusfynarts.co.za
Darren English
Above: David Kramer. Opposite page top: Richard Cock conducting. Opposite page below: Dance for All
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elebrate winter and the 10th Hermanus FynArts Festival from 10 – 19 June with family, friends and like-minded festival goers. Share ten days of looking, learning, listening and actively engaging against the backdrop of Walker Bay . The festival opens once again under the baton of Richard Cock at the Dutch Reformed Church in Hermanus, and closes on Sunday 19 June at the Dutch Reformed Church in Onrus with a performance presented by the Cape Town Youth Wind Ensemble. This concert will be conducted by Faan Malan. Between these two concerts Hermanus will be alive with jazz, ensembles, recitals, the Enlighten Marimba Concert as well as the first-ever Choir Celebration with seven primary schools in Greater Hermanus taking part. Two theatre productions to look forward to are Gertrude Stein and a Companion, a theatre production about the American novelist, poet, playwrite and art collector who, with
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Alice Toklas, found refuge in the bohemian decadence of Paris where they entertained avant-garde writers and painters such as Ernest Hemigway and Picasso, and SMILE, a new one-man musical show that celebrates the genius of Charlie Chaplin in a multi-media experience. And lastly, Music al la Carte, is a journey of dance of some of the most popular magical moments from well-known musicals by the dancers of Dance for All (SA). The Strauss & Co Series of Interviews and Presentations opens on Saturday 11 June with the presentation of the FynArts Legacy Award to David Kramer. This award is presented each year at the discretion of the FynArts Advisory Board for longstanding and distinctive contribution to the arts in South Africa and beyond. David will be interviewed by journalist and poet, Danie Marais. The line-up in the Strauss & Co Series includes a wide range of topics, from an exploration into the visual languages of Pierneef by Ian
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