The talent and formidable prowess of Cape Town City Ballet members glitters under the spotlight in Alchemy — Three Dances, which premiered at the Artscape Opera House on Saturday.

The novel line-up — George Balanchine’s neoclassical Concerto Barocco, Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels and Robert North’s Troy Game — celebrates the acclaimed works of three of the world’s famed male choreographers, whose style and vision diverge dramatically...