Snap Back steps up

On Friday,24 March, the Herald visited the Snap Back Studios hip-hop crews, Cream and Chivalry, and spoke to the dancers.

The two dance crews took first and third place respectively during the National Championships held in the Mother City, Cape Town, early in March. Crew Cream won bronze and Crew Chivalry took the gold medal.

Crew Chivalry consists of nine dancers, and Crew Cream had 10 dancers dancing in Cape Town.

The Herald spoke to Monique Grobler, 18, Carla Neethling, 13, and Larisha van Wyk, 17. All three are from Crew Chivalry, the senior crew, and also from Hoërskool Riebeeckrand.

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Monique has been dancing at Snap Back Studios for one year, while Carla has been dancing for eight years. Larisha has been dancing for seven years. They all agree that the movie Step up is their most inspiring dance movie. Larisha said that she likes Hip Hop because ” You can let go, there is no rules.”

Crew Cream is the junior dance crew, and they are aged from 11 to 13 years old. The dancers are all from either Laerskool Randfontein or Laerskool Rapportryer.

Both crews will be competing in the World Qualifying Circuit event in October in order to qualify for the World Hip-hop (HHI) Championship to be held in Arizona in the USA next year.

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Madelien van Niekerk and Eileen Levey, co-owners and trainers at Snap Back Studios, are extremely proud of their recent achievement.

Details: Contact Eileen on 073 970 4455 or Madelien on 073 713 5440.

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