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[[Tanja Graafland]] was born in Florida, Johannesburg, and spent her childhood in Cape Town where she studied at UCT Ballet School. Later returned to Johannesburg where she trained at the National School of the Arts and privately with [[Reina Berman]]. Joined [[PACT Ballet]] 1986, achieving principal status in 1992. Repertoire includes Odette-Odile in [[Swan Lake]], Aurora in [[The Sleeping Beauty]], Nikiya in [[La Bayadere]], Swanhilda in [[Coppelia]], title roles in [[Papillon]], [[Rosalinda]], [[The Merry Widow]], [[Cinderella]], [[Giselle]] and [[La Sylphide]], Bianca in [[The Taming of the Shrew]], Juliet in [[Romeo and Juliet]], Natasha in [[War and Peace]], the ballerina roles in [[The Nutcracker]] and [[A Christmas Dream]] and in many shorter ballets. Recipient of awards from The Friends of the Ballet, DALRO, FNB Vita and Nederburg.
==Sources==
Theatre prorgramme for [[Rosalinda]], February 1995

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