Observatory Sports Club hosts Heritage Day line dancing
Sassy Line Dancing encourages social cohesion through dancing.
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In celebration of different cultures and backgrounds, Sassy Line Dancing hosted a dance class at Observatory Sports Club on September 25.
Sassy Line Dancing founder Marcelle Batista said the idea behind the dance lesson was to unite different cultures.
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“Doing the Jerusalema dance is about uniting people. It’s also about promoting heritage and celebrating our backgrounds but not forgetting that we’re South Africans,” she said.
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“The aim was to also showcase line dancing through Master KG’s popular Jerusalema dance, people only think it’s cowboy boots dancing, but it is more than that including a social and health benefit. I was hoping for more people but as people get to the idea of line dancing and how social it is, they might be inclined to attend our classes.”
A dancer, Josephine McKenzie said, “I was invited to the line dancing Heritage Day class by my friend, Brenda. It was a fun way of celebrating Heritage Day because I met different people from various backgrounds and cultures.”
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Another dancer, Brenda Spence added that although she couldn’t keep up with the dance routine she had fun.
“I started nicely, but I ended up overheating and sweating. Overall I had fun learning the routine.”
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