THE annual showcase of fabulous ballroom and Latin American takes to the Playhouse Opera stage from 8 – 17 September. The show features close to 100 of KZN’s most exciting dancers. 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.
No stranger to Shall We Dance fans, Ryan Hammond who has wowed crowds in the SA version of Strictly Come Dancing, will be back with his new partner, Angelique Allison.
SA’s professional ballroom champion Penwell Nhlapo is also back and this time he has Lindelwa Mankangeni on his arm.
The final professional team was crowned the Grand Finalists in the British Championship last month. Fresh from the UK, Gerhard van Rooyen and his new partner, Micheline Marmol take to the stage to exhibit the thrilling dance style of Adage. Adding to the mix of the extravaganza, the flamboyant dancers from the Linda Vargas Spanish Dance Company will be back on stage. In SWD 2017 the company will make two guest appearances.
The first “Ole Sevilla” will showcase the talents of the entire company and will include a guest appearance by classical Spanish dancer Carmen Zulueta. The second, “Alegrias” will be a guest solo performance by Ramon Fernandez.
He will be accompanied by Demi Fernandez on guitar and Bryan Stone on percussion. Booking at Computicket.
WIN: Three Northglen News readers can each win two tickets to see the show on Friday, 8 September at the Playhouse Opera at 7.30pm. To enter, fill in the competition form below and click submit. The competition closes at midnight on Monday, 4 September.