So You Think You Can Dance?

Do you truly think you can dance?  If so then by all means go try out for the Dance competition TV show. In South Africa we have our version of this show which is doing pretty well. We have only gone through two seasons but it is quite visible that it will be a great success. My one main insight on this matter is that the show is for a variety of dance styles but it seems like the same person won both  seasons.

Season 1

Elizma when she won SYTYCD South Africa,season 1

In the 1^st season we got Elizma Wildschutte a 31 year old female from Cape Town, South Africa. Elizma is a freelance dancer who specialises in Contemporary dance. She started training in ballet and modern jazz at age 5 with C.A.F.D.A school of dance under the direction of Wendy Abrahams. She trained there 'till matric after which I joined Jazz art Dance Theatre’s training programme for 3 years. She then left for Johannesburg at the end of 2002 where she freelanced for 5 years doing various corporate gigs and back up dancing for local artists.

Season 2

Lulu when she won SYTYCD South Africa,season 2

Now came the 2^nd season where we saw Lulu Mlangeni taking it all. Lulu is 25 year old female from Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lulu is a freelance dancer who specialises in Contemporary, She started dancing in Soweto (where she lives) in a community dance group doing modern dancing. Later she got introduced to contemporary in 2004. She has worked with the most prominent choreographers in South Africa such as Gregory Maqoma, Nelisiwe Xaba, P.J Shabaga, James Ngcobo etc. She has toured nationally and internationally (including Germany, Tanzania, Mexico, Brazil, Paris, Amsterdam etc.).

Elizma Wildshutte

Here you see the pictures of the two dancers and you can see the similarity between them. But this is only just the visual similarities, after going in depth of research about these two dancers I noticed other similarities in how they carry themselves and their dance styles.

Lulu Mlangeni

For a dance show that prides themselves in the variety in dance styles this I find weird. Not saying that these two dancers weren’t good just that I’m sure some of you guys had your favourite dancer. Which one was your favourite dancer?