Parkhurst Primary School teacher saves school with moves

Not all heroes wear capes, some wear spandex and know how to groove to the beat.

Parkhurst Primary School dance teacher Faryl Posnik has one main goal set for her and that goal is to save her school through her powers of dancing.

Posnik, who has been dancing since she was six, was raised in a household filled with dancers – her mother being a concert pianist and her father a ballroom dancer, her limits knew no boundary when growing up.

She soon progressed in the world of professional dancing as she mastered tap and modern dancing.

According to her, the school which she has been serving for more than four years is a sponsored school which means that the children don’t come from around the area. “They are transported from numerous places like Alexandra and Soweto. After school, some of these learners stand outside for hours just waiting for their transportation.

“Usually you get extra-murals at schools to keep the children occupied and that’s when I started dancercise for my learners. Most of the facilities that the school has are too expensive for the school to maintain, everyone’s trying their best to keep the kids happy. The school’s beautiful but there are certain parts of it that’s in need of repairing.”

Posnik proposed an idea to the acting principal of the school, Sanjeev Maharaj, to raise funds for the school by doing what she knows best.

“I approached Mr Maharaj with an idea to raise funds for the school by having dance classes targeted at the community members of Parkhurst and Sandton in the afternoon. Classes are scheduled for every Tuesday and Thursday from 17:00 to 18:00. All the money generated in the dancersize lessons will be going straight to the development of the school.”

For further information on the dancercise, contact Faryl Posnik on 082 687 8731.

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