RETURNING for its 24th season, Shall We Dance – the annual showcase of ballroom and Latin American takes to the Playhouse Opera stage from 9 to 17 September. The show features close to 100 of Kwazulu-Natal’s dancers from the region’s top dance studios.
With dancers from as young as eight years old to family groups to top international award-winning professionals, this year’s show is sure to dazzle and get everyones’ toes tapping.
The well-experienced duo of dance veterans, Caryl Cusens and Neville Letard, join forces as joint directors. They co-ordinate featured styles of ever-popular ballroom and Latin; as well as ballet; belly-dance; tap-dance; Irish and modern which is sure to captivate and keep your gaze glued to the stage. The professional couples this year are ballroom dancers Nicolai Bouet from Denmark and Anna Shagalina from the Ukraine who both represent Denmark in the genre of sport dancing. This exciting couple have just competed at the Amateur Rising Star Blackpool Dance Festival where they finished 16th in the world.
No strangers to the Shall We Dance family, the Latin couple for this year are Darren Hammond from South Africa dancing with Milla Lykke Nielsen from Denmark.
“This year we have everything from Queen to popular tracks by South African legends Mango Groove and Malaika. The programme includes music from Justin Bieber; Justin Timberlake; Taylor Swift; Swing City; Fulanito; Austin Powers; Pirates of Caribbean; Game of Thrones, Swan Lake and Singing in the Rain! And a dance show wouldn’t be complete without a bit of swing and a samba island type of music,” said Shall We Dance director, Neville Letard.
