The extraordinary life of Sir Geoffrey Neiman will be honoured by the dance community with SOBREMESA, a once-off performance curated to celebrate his far-reaching contribution to Spanish dance and the arts.
SOBREMESA will be performed on Tuesday 27 October at 19h30 in the Artscape Opera House.
All proceeds from this unique event will go to the Theatre Benevolent Fund.
Bookings can be made at Webtickets
Presented by Artscape and Cape Ballet Africa, the evening brings together dancers from various companies, artists and friends to pay tribute to Sir Geoffrey, an iconic dancer, choreographer and teacher, who passed away in June. (A tribute to him was published in the Cape Jewish Chronicle in July.) Many members of the Spanish dance community will also come together to celebrate Sir Geoffrey.
Spanish dance was Sir Geoffrey’s creative lifeblood. SOBREMESA’s celebratory programme encapsulates all the elements of the creative industry he loved featuring Spanish dance in all its glory.
His illustrious career included a 20-year dance partnership under the stage name Enrique Segovia with Mercedes Molina, which saw him performing with leading Spanish dance companies. His enduring cultural legacy also included helping to establish the Spanish Dance Society, going on to play a key role in devising the Society’s male syllabus. This syllabus has assisted to preserve, promote and maintain standards for Spanish dance across five continents. In 1999, he was honoured with the “Cruz de Oficial de la Orden de Isabel la Catolica” by King Juan Carlos of Spain for his outstanding contribution to Spanish culture and dance education. More recently, Sir Geoffrey was acknowledged as Honorary Life President of the Society.
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