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/ 5 June 2006

Ballet catches on in South Africa’s townships

A famed South African former dancer and his ex-ballerina wife have opened up a new world and possible career prospects for children from Cape Town’s poor slums through free dance lessons. The project launched by Philip Boyd and his wife, Phyllis Spira — one of the country’s top ballerinas in her heyday — now encompasses about 600 children.

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