Shall We Dance set to dazzle audiences
Shall We Dance has pulled out all the stops this year.
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Prepare to be dazzled at The Playhouse Opera's annual showcase of Shall We Dance from 5 to 13 September.
The glitzy showcase featuring eight amateur dance academies will wow crowds with genres from Latin, Argentinian Tango and Line Dancing, Belly Dancing, Modern and Ballroom. Audiences can expect displays of the quick step, box step, cha-cha, do-si-do, waltz, enchufla, gancho an even a double reverse spin.
Highlights of the show will be the three visiting professional acts from Johannesburg. Gerhard van Rooyen and Amor Kruger will be igniting the stage with their adagio style dance where van Rooyen continually picks up Kruger and cleverly throws her into the air, almost an acrobatic duo with lots of balance and trust involved.
Grant Esterhuizen and Jeanné Swart take to the stage for four numbers including the paso doble, a rich Spanish style Latin American dance to Malaguena. Esterhuizen and Swart are the current professional South African Latin champions.
Making his third appearance at Shall We Dance is Ballroom dancer, Penwell Nhlapo who will be dancing with his partner Evelyn Kgole. The duo will grace the stage offering a sexy quick step to the number Hot Honey Rag from Chicago, and a slow fox trot to Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black.
Musical numbers to look forward to include recent hits like Pitbull’s Timber, the global hit Pharrel Williams’ Happy that will get everyone wanting to dance. You are Beautiful by One Direction, Maroon 5’s Moves Like Jagger and Shakira’s Dare .
Local music includes Vicky Sampson’s African Dream and traditional pieces include a waltz to Oh Mio Babbino Caro, and a Spanish number to David Garret’s Carmen Fantasy fusion.
Dance Instructor and Shall We Dance co-ordinator, Caryl Cusens said, “We have pulled out all the stops in this year’s show. The team have been hard at work creating this magnificent display of local talent and I believe they have outdone themselves once again. It will be a showcase to be proud of!”
East Coast Radio’s Damon Beard will delight the audience again as the suave MC.
Shall We Dance is grateful for the supporting grant from Business and Arts South Africa (BASA).
For more info, like the Facebook page Shall We Dance Durban.
