{"id":165005,"date":"2026-05-28T14:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/?p=165005"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:57:34","slug":"leane-theunissen-is-meer-as-net-n-ballerina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/leane-theunissen-is-meer-as-net-n-ballerina\/","title":{"rendered":"Lean\u00e8 Theunissen is meer as net \u2019n ballerina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Deur Maryke Roberts. Foto\u2019s: Helena Fagan, Joan Ward, Paul Seaby,\u00a0Lauge Sorensen en Fiona MacPherson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lean\u00e8 Theunissen<\/strong> is nie net \u2019n ballerina nie; sy is \u2019n kunstenaar wat reeds 11 jaar lank professioneel op die verhoog mense betower. As deel van die opwindende geselskap Cape Ballet Africa (CBA) bring sy \u2019n vars energie na die Suid-Afrikaanse dansw\u00eareld: van die eteriese <em>Giselle<\/em> en die betowerende <em>Nutcracker<\/em> tot die tydlose grasie van <em>Swan Lake<\/em>. Lean\u00e8 het reeds haar stempel op die w\u00eareld se mees ikoniese ballette afgedruk en saam met internasionale sterre soos Brandon Lawrence gedans.<\/p>\n<p>Sy glo in \u2019n gebalanseerde lewe. Benewens haar ongelooflike dissipline op die verhoog, spog sy met \u2019n BCom-graad in bemarking en sakebestuur, is sy \u2019n gekwalifiseerde Pilates-instrukteur, en sy verdiep haar tans in sielkundige berading.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-165005 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/leane-theunissen-is-meer-as-net-n-ballerina\/leane-theunissen-photo-credit-helena-fagan-copy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leane-Theunissen-Photo-credit-Helena-Fagan-copy-400x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-165015\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-165015'>\n\t\t\t\tLeane\u0300 Theunissen (Foto: Helena Fagan)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/leane-theunissen-is-meer-as-net-n-ballerina\/leane-theunissen-in-rehearsal-for-cape-ballet-africas-the-nutcracker-photo-credit-joan-ward-copy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leane-Theunissen-in-rehearsal-for-Cape-Ballet-Africas-The-Nutcracker-Photo-credit-Joan-Ward-copy-500x334.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-165014\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-165014'>\n\t\t\t\t(Foto: Joan Ward)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CBA, wat in 2024 deur die bekende danspersoonlikheid, Debbie Turner gestig is, is \u2019n viering van Afrika-identiteit binne die klassieke ballettegniek. Dit is \u2019n plek waar tradisie en vernuwing mekaar ontmoet \u2013 dink aan die bekroonde choreografie deur Mthuthuzeli November.<\/p>\n<p>CBA maak reeds internasionale golwe! Mthuthuzeli se <em>Chapter 2<\/em> het in 2025 by die gesogte Benois de la Danse-toekennings twee kategorie\u00eb gewen, terwyl die geselskap ook benoemings by die Kanna- en Naledi-toekennings ingepalm het.<\/p>\n<p>Die opleiding en opvoeding van jong professionele kunstenaars wat saam met meer ervare kunstenaars werk, is \u2019n sleutelfokus vir CBA. Die maatskappy het onlangs sy eerste vakleerlingskap in die Wardrobe-afdeling ge\u00efmplementeer, ter erkenning van die belangrikheid daarvan om die volgende generasie kunstenaars agter die skerms sowel as op die verhoog op te lei.<\/p>\n<p>Creation Wines se kortfliek, \u201cCebrating the \u2018culture\u2019 in Agri-Culture\u201d, is met \u2019n silwer toekenning by die International Tourism Film Festival Africa bekroon. Die fliek was \u2019n samewerking tussen Creation Wines, die Kaapstadse Filharmoniese Orkes, Cape Ballet Africa, die modeontwerper Kat van Duinen en die komponis Peter Johnson.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_165008\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165008\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-165008\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leane-Theunissen-and-Solomon-Osazuva-in-Cape-Ballet-Africas-Giselle.-Photo-credit-Helena-Fagan-copy-500x328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-165008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leane\u0300 Theunissen en Solomon Osazuva in Cape Ballet Africa se &#8216;Giselle&#8217;. (Foto: Helena Fagan)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Vir Lean\u00e8 is ballet meer as \u2019n beroep; dit is \u2019n skool vir lewensvaardighede. Sy moedig jongmense aan om hul drome met grasie en oortuiging na te jaag.<\/p>\n<p>Moenie die kans misloop om Lean\u00e8 en die geselskap in aksie te sien nie. Sy speel verskeie rolle, waaronder die hoofrolle van Giselle en Odile in <em>Giselle<\/em> en <em>Swan Lake<\/em> onderskeidelik.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Van 7 Augustus bied Global Star Events en Cape Ballet Africa\u00a0<em>Swan Lake<\/em> by Teatro, Montecasino, Johannesburg, aan. Bespreek by Webtickets.<\/li>\n<li><em> Elysium <\/em>is van 3 Oktober by die Baxter in Kaapstad as deel van CBA se lente-seisoen te sien. Besprekings open eersdaags by Webtickets.<\/li>\n<li>In November is <em>Giselle<\/em> by die Adam Small-teater, Stellenbosch, te sien.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_165010\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165010\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-165010\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leane-Theunissen-in-Giselle-295-Fiona-MacPherson-copy-2-500x407.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"407\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-165010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leane\u0300 in &#8216;Giselle&#8217; (Foto: Fiona MacPherson)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Lean\u00e8 vertel meer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Lean\u00e8, jy dans reeds 11 jaar lank professioneel. As jy terugkyk na jou jonger self wat net begin het, wat is die een les oor die balletw\u00eareld wat jy wens jy toe reeds geweet het?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In die balletw\u00eareld, soos in die lewe, lyk elkeen se pad anders. Party kry gou goeie geleenthede, ander wag jare. Party groei vinnig, ander blom soos wat hul lewenservaring groei. En elkeen het tye van voorspoed en teenspoed. Om jou pad en jou tydlyn te vergelyk met \u2019n ander s\u2019n bring meer ongeluk as vreugde. Dit verhinder jou selfs soms in wat jy persoonlik wil bereik. Fokus om jou beste te doen in elke geleentheid wat voor jou geplaas word en vertrou dat die pad sal loop presies soos wat dit moet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Jy het al die groot klassieke rolle soos <em>Giselle<\/em> en <em>Swan Lake<\/em> vertolk. Hoe balanseer jy die streng eise van klassieke tegniek met die emosionele vryheid wat nodig is om hierdie karakters lewe te gee?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Om emosie en tegniek te balanseer, kan baie moeilik wees veral op dae waar jou lyf dalk moe\u00ebr voel of jou battery net nie op \u2019n 100% hardloop nie. \u2019n Mens moet leer om die tegniese aspek te vertrou. Ons oefen elke dag om beweging te verfyn en die menslike liggaam is wonderlik ten opsigte van hoe repetisie jou spiere leer om oor en oor dieselfde ding op dieselfde manier te kan doen. Op die verhoog moet jy vashou aan dit en jouself in die emosie inleef. Soms, in baie spesiale oomblikke, dryf die emosie inteendeel harder as die tegniek. Ek weet byvoorbeeld dat ek beter optree wanneer ek op die storie fokus en nie op wat my lyf doen nie. Die belangrikste wanneer dit by emosionele vryheid kom, is om egte emosie uit te beeld pleks van te probeer om net sekere gesigsuitdrukkings uit te beeld.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-165005 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/leane-theunissen-is-meer-as-net-n-ballerina\/leane-theunissen-and-denys-cherevychko-in-cape-ballet-africas-the-nutcracker-photo-credit-lauge-sorensen-copy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leane-Theunissen-and-Denys-Cherevychko-in-Cape-Ballet-Africas-The-Nutcracker.-Photo-credit-Lauge-Sorensen-copy-500x333.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-165013\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-165013'>\n\t\t\t\tLeane\u0300 Theunissen en Denys Cherevychko in Cape Ballet Africa se &#8216;The Nutcracker&#8217;. (Foto: Lauge Sorensen)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/leane-theunissen-is-meer-as-net-n-ballerina\/leane-theunissen-in-cape-ballet-africas-giselle-photo-credit-photo-credit-helena-fagan-w0a8305-copy\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leane-Theunissen-in-Cape-Ballet-Africas-Giselle.-Photo-credit-Photo-credit-Helena-Fagan-W0A8305-copy-500x361.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-165012\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-165012'>\n\t\t\t\tLeane\u0300 Theunissen in Cape Ballet Africa se &#8216;Giselle&#8217;. (Foto: Helena Fagan)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Cape Ballet Africa word beskryf as \u2019n organisasie wat \u201ctrots Afrika\u201d is. Hoe be\u00efnvloed hierdie fokus op identiteit en kultuur die manier waarop jy jou kuns op die verhoog benader?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Ek is mal oor die diversiteit wat ons in CBA het. Dansers van elke agtergrond en kultuur het \u2019n geleentheid om \u2019n plek te vind, en dis iets om op trots te wees. Kultuur en identiteit kan vrylik uitgedruk word in die kind wat gelewer word en daar is nie \u2019n verwagting van een om presies soos die ander te wees nie. Dit skep \u2019n diverse eenheid onder die dansers wat in min plekke gevind word.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Benewens jou dansloopbaan het jy \u2019n BCom-graad en studeer jy tans berading. Hoe help hierdie akademiese rigtings jou om \u2019n meer afgeronde kunstenaar te wees, en hoe hanteer jy die druk van so \u2019n besige skedule?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Kunstenaars moet leer van die w\u00eareld om hulle, want dit is wat uitdrukking gee tot diep emosie. In die lewe is ons almal geneig om in ons eie klein groepies te bly en te funksioneer, maar dit maak ons nie ryker as mense nie. As ons uitbrei, ander leer ken, oor goed wonder wat ons nie alledaags te\u00ebkom nie, ontketen dit \u2019n waardering vir mense en die lewe. Dieselfde is waar vir my loopbaan: die kennis wat ek buite opbou dra by tot \u2019n dieper en ryker loopbaan, want ek word blootgestel aan goed buite my klein balletboksie. Dit is moeilik om goeie balans tussen alles te vind en nie altyd moontlik nie: die studies trek soms ongelukkig so bietjie aan die agterspeen, maar ek sou dit nie anders wou doen nie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Ballet word dikwels gesien as \u2019n w\u00eareld van uiterste dissipline en opoffering. Wat is die grootste vreugde of \u201cgeestelike beloning\u201d wat jy uit die kuns vorm put wat die harde werk die moeite werd maak?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Daar is min plekke in die lewe waar \u2019n mens vry voel om al jou maskers af te haal en ten volle jouself te wees. Vir my is die verhoog een van daardie plekke en dis absoluut \u2019n geskenk van Bo. Ek dink ons almal wonder soms waar ons inpas of waar ons veilig is om onsself te wees, so om gereeld daardie vryheid te ervaar is al die opoffering werd. Dis ook absoluut \u2019n voorreg om kuns te kan uitbeeld wat ander toelaat om diep te voel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_165011\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165011\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-165011\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Leane-in-rehearsal-for-Michelle-Reid-new-work-photo-credit-Joan-Ward-copy-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-165011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Foto: Joan Ward)<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><strong>CBA fokus sterk op die opleiding en opheffing van jong kunstenaars. Waarom dink jy is dit belangrik dat die volgende generasie juis nou ballet as \u2019n lewensvatbare loopbaan in Suid-Afrika moet oorweeg?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Ons w\u00eareld as geheel is in \u2019n interessante geskiedkundige tydperk met die opkoms van KI en oorlog. Maar ons moet waak daarteen om ons menslikheid te verloor. Kuns het menslike kunstenaars nodig. Ware kuns is nie \u2019n perfekte, masjien-gemoduleerde produk nie. Dis iets wat so bietjie gebroke is sodat di\u00e9 wat dit aanskou hul eie gebrokenheid in die gesig kan staar. Dis belangrik dat ons nie alle aspekte van ons menswees tussen masjiene en geweld verloor nie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Watter raad het jy vir \u2019n jong aspirant-ballerina wat dalk voel sy pas nie in die tradisionele \u201cballet-boksie\u201d nie, maar droom van \u2019n plek op die verhoog?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Ek het nog nooit in die tradisionele \u201cballet-boksie\u201d gepas nie, maar ek het \u2019n droom, vasberadenheid en hardwerkendheid in my gereedskapkis gehad. Moenie laat mense vir jou voorskryf wat moontlik is of nie. Hardloop jou drome na met alles wat jy het en wie weet waar dit gaan eindig. Ek glo dat God ons elkeen met talente en gawes geskep het en Hy doen graag die onverwagse en onmoontlike in ons lewens. Drome kom nie altyd tot vrug nie, maar as ons voluit gaan, eindig ons altyd op waar ons moet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lees ook:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/rooirose\/orpheus-is-geen-klassieke-ballet-nie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Orpheus<\/em> is geen klassieke ballet nie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deur Maryke Roberts. Foto\u2019s: Helena Fagan, Joan Ward, Paul Seaby,\u00a0Lauge Sorensen en Fiona MacPherson &nbsp; Lean\u00e8 Theunissen is nie net \u2019n ballerina nie; sy is \u2019n kunstenaar wat reeds 11 jaar lank professioneel op die verhoog mense betower. 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