DANCING TO THE SAME TUNE
In a house decorated with horror movie posters, a young woman’s body is found on her bed, with two bloodied objects clutched in her palm. Detective Jane Rizzoli and forensic pathologist Maura Isles are called to the murder scene, but are unable to identify the immediate cause of death.
Sound familiar?
No, it’s not a scene from popular television series Rizzoli & Isles, but it is the plot of American author Tess Gerritsen’s latest book, I Know a Secret.
Gerritsen’s books are the inspiration for the series, and I Know a Secret will almost certainly be the basis of a future episode.
Gerritsen, a retired physician, brings her experience of emergency and autopsy rooms to her writing. She also studied anthropology at Stanford University, and those already familiar with her writing may be able to place her fascination with centuries-old human remains.
I Know a Secret will be on SA shelves early next month.
A new ballet that draws on three dance companies as well as the skills of top stage director Fiona Ramsay will premiere in Johannesburg next Friday.
Ramsay has been working with Joburg Ballet, the Vuyani Dance Theatre (VDT) and Moving Into Dance Mophatong (MIDM) on the production of Big City, Big Dreams which will run at the Joburg Theatre.
Adding to the mix are choreographers Shannon Glover (Joburg Ballet), Lulu Mlangeni (VDT) and Sunnyboy Motau (MIDM), who have put together a ballet that tells the story of a young man who steps onto the corporate ladder, only to discover an unexpected and fascinating window to the world of dance opening before him.
Big City, Big Dreams fuses styles from classical ballet and contemporary and street dance, and is set to an original score by composer Nik Sakellarides.
There are just eight performances.
Big City, Big Dreams — a collaboration