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(18**-18**) Dancer, dance master and performer.  
 
(18**-18**) Dancer, dance master and performer.  
  
Named by [[Treble Violl]] (cit Bosman, 1928: p. 439) as the leading dance master in Cape Town in the 1840s, and he is listed as a performer in a number of performances by the [[Dalle Case]] French company in 1848.
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Named by [[Treble Violl]] (cit Bosman, 1928: p. 439) as the leading dance master in Cape Town in the 1840s, and he is listed as a performer in a number of performances by the [[Dalle Case]] French company in 1848.
 
 
Among his appearances as performer are:
 
 
 
14 February: a "grand musical interlude" featuring a "farcical ballet" called  ''[[De Gelukkige Man, of De Ontmoeting in het Donker]]''
 
 
 
24 February: a performance of two plays, interspersed with various dance numbers (the plays are a vaudeville entitled ''[[The Respources of Jonatha, or The Two Masters and one Valet]]'' and ''[[Running Mad Through Love]]''
 
 
 
13 March: A full programme consisting of ''[[The Art of Avoiding to do Military Duty]]'' with a "Grand Interlude of Music and Dancing", a classic tableau, the laughable Comic Ballet [[A Visit to the Military Prison...]] and "An English dance!!".
 

Revision as of 07:18, 2 May 2015

(18**-18**) Dancer, dance master and performer.

Named by Treble Violl (cit Bosman, 1928: p. 439) as the leading dance master in Cape Town in the 1840s, and he is listed as a performer in a number of performances by the Dalle Case French company in 1848.