Redeeming Arts Presents: Faith | Hope | Love
Redeeming Arts presents Faith | Hope | Love — an evening of ballet.
Join Redeeming Dance Academy and Yeshua Ballet Theatre for an original performance exploring the three virtues that shape a life well-lived: faith, hope, and love. Through classical technique and contemporary storytelling, our dancers offer a meditation on the things that endure.
A rare evening on stage. This performance marks a special return to the stage for Elzanne Fields, co-founder and director of Yeshua Ballet Theatre and Redeeming Dance — joined by international guest artists and the dancers of Redeeming Dance Academy.
Featuring South African ballet stars:
Elzanne Fields — Co-founder & Director, Yeshua Ballet Theatre Andile Ndlovu — The Washington Ballet
Rachelle Davis — Yeshua Ballet Theatre
When: Saturday, June 13th — evening performance (exact time coming soon)
Where: Life Austin Events · 1504 East 51st Street
All proceeds benefit Redeeming Arts in support of the fight against human and child trafficking. Every seat filled is a step toward that mission.
Bring someone with you. This is a night worth sharing — invite a friend, a family member, a fellow lover of the arts, and experience it together.
About the Artists
Elzanne Crause-Fields is the co-founder and director of Yeshua Ballet Theatre and Redeeming Dance. A South African–trained ballet artist, she earned her National Diploma in Dance (Ballet major) from Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria.
She has performed as a principal dancer with Bovim Ballet, Cape Dance Company, and the South African National Dance Trust, and as a soloist with Joburg Ballet and Free Flight Dance Co. Her career has spanned collaborations with renowned choreographers from the United States, Sweden, Canada, the Netherlands, and Spain, and engagements with Tshwane Dance Theatre, Ballet Theatre African, South Afrikan Ballet Theatre (now Joburg Ballet), Darkroom Contemporary, and The Fugard Theatre. She produced, choreographed, and starred in HOPE, a fundraising production benefiting South African orphans.
Elzanne is passionate about dance as a gift for inner healing and growth, to teach and positively impact the ballet and dance world.
Andile Ndlovu of Johannesburg, South Africa, is in his tenth season with The Washington Ballet, after dancing one season with TWB's Studio Company. Ndlovu began his training in Latin American and ballroom dance at the age of ten.
At 15, he began training in ballet under Martin Schöenberg, director of Ballet Theatre Afrikan. In 2007, Ndlovu performed with South African Ballet Theatre, performing the lead in Don Quixote and the Jester in Swan Lake, among other roles. He went on to dance with Cape Town City Ballet and tied for first place in the contemporary category of the 2008 South African International Ballet Competition. Ndlovu was part of the 15-year anniversary tour of Step Afrika! as a guest artist, performed his collaborative choreography solo with Gregory Vuyani Maqoma in Beyond Skin, and was a part of the South African version of Queen with Mzansi Productions, choreographed by Debbie Rakusin and Timothy Le Roux.
He was also a nominee for best male performer of 2018 for the Benois de la Danse held at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Andile has choreographed Something Human, Mvulu, and B1 for The Washington Ballet, and Degree of Separation for Nashville Ballet.
Rachelle Dartnall is a Mental Empowerment Coach for dancers with over 25 years of experience in the dance industry as a professional dancer, teacher, and coach. She has worked internationally across South Africa, Dubai, Australia, Los Angeles, and the United States, performing and teaching at the highest level alongside globally recognized artists and productions.
With a background in Sport Science specializing in Sport Psychology, Rachelle integrates mindset, emotional awareness, and nervous system regulation into her work with dancers. She is the founder of Umbrella Project, a platform dedicated to helping dancers build confidence, resilience, and a strong sense of identity both on and off the stage.
Through her coaching, Rachelle has supported dancers across all levels of the industry, guiding them to perform with clarity, self trust, and intention. Her work goes beyond performance, equipping dancers with tools that support not only their success in dance, but their growth as individuals.
Now based in Austin, Texas, Rachelle continues to work closely with dancers, studios, and teams, bringing a new approach to training that prioritizes both high performance and long term wellbeing.