Johaar Mosaval, a charismatic South African ballet dancer who left the racial barriers of apartheid behind to become a celebrated principal with London’s Royal Ballet, and who is believed to be the first South African man of color to do so, died on Aug. 16 in Cape Town. He was 95.
His death, in a hospital after a fall a few months earlier, was announced by his family.
Mr. Mosaval (pronounced MO-sah-val) was a magnetic performer whose solo roles — and the pyrotechnics he brought to them — were praised by critics and beloved by audiences…
