The world’s toughest dance show returns to SA

BURN The Floor, the show that revolutionised the image of dance, returns to South Africa  for the fourth time. The show will run from 8 to 19 June at the iZulu Theatre at Sibaya Casino.

The original concept of Burn The Floor grew from an electric display of ballroom and Latin dancing at Sir Elton John’s 50th birthday party in London, March 1997. There, producer Harley Medcalf discovered the ballroom dance world and its charismatic people with their deep intensity, commitment, discipline, burning passion and total love of the ballroom art form. Burn The Floor: Fire in The Ballroom is choreographed and directed by Peta Roby and has more surprises in store and promises to blow the roof off the theatre. It has the same rebellious spirit as the previous editions, though more daring with a theatrical rock angle – including music from Santana, Janis Joplin, Christine Aguilera and Led Zeppelin.

Burn The Floor today remains focused on its ballroom origins, but this new edition to be seen in South Africa, the ‘gloriously sinful’ Burn The Floor: Fire in The Ballroom, choreographed and directed by Peta Roby, has more surprises in store and promises to blow the roof off the theatre. The international cast of dance champions now includes the sensational South Africans, Johannes Radebe and Kylee Brown.

Born in and talent nurtured in South Africa, Johannes Radebe is the current reigning South African National Ballroom and Latin American Champion. He is also a season dance trainer for Strictly Come Dancing SA. Kylee Brown was born in Pretoria and started dancing at the age of eight. Brown is the undefeated WDC South Africa U21 Latin Champion. In 2011, she won the U21 WDC World Latin Championships and the highlight of her dancing career to date was winning the U21 Open British Latin Championship in Blackpool in 2012.  Tickets are available through Computicket.

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