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== Training ==
 
== Training ==
  
Quoted from the programme of ''[[Snake Beneath the Rose]]'' of 1986: 'Anton started ballet training in Pietersburg and matriculated with higher grade music in 1980. He then studied for a year at the UCT Ballet School with [[Dudley Tomlinson]] and [[Mignon Furman]] and the for 3 years at the Pretoria Technikon with [[Susan Oosthuizen]] - [[Botha Yeatman|Botha]] and [[Ken Yeatman]]. He completed the National Diploma in Ballet as well as RAD examinations to SOLO SEAL. One of his most critically acclaimed performances during this time was as the Blackamoor in the student production of ''[[Petrushka]]''. In January 1985 he was called up for National Service, but also managed to fit in a short spell with the [[PACT]] Ballet Company. Anton, who is at home in both classical and contemporary styles, has also been dancing for Esther Nasser's Movement Inc for 3 years'.
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Quoted from the programme of ''[[Snake Beneath the Rose]]'' of 1986: 'Anton started ballet training in Pietersburg and matriculated with higher grade music in 1980. He then studied for a year at the UCT Ballet School with [[Dudley Tomlinson]] and [[Mignon Furman]] and the for 3 years at the Pretoria Technikon with [[Susan Oosthuizen]] - [[Botha Yeatman|Botha]] and [[Ken Yeatman]]. He completed the National Diploma in Ballet as well as RAD examinations to SOLO SEAL'.
  
 
== Career ==
 
== Career ==

Revision as of 11:41, 3 June 2014

(19**-19**) Ballet dancer.


Biography

Training

Quoted from the programme of Snake Beneath the Rose of 1986: 'Anton started ballet training in Pietersburg and matriculated with higher grade music in 1980. He then studied for a year at the UCT Ballet School with Dudley Tomlinson and Mignon Furman and the for 3 years at the Pretoria Technikon with Susan Oosthuizen - Botha and Ken Yeatman. He completed the National Diploma in Ballet as well as RAD examinations to SOLO SEAL'.

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