WATCH: Tembisa Red Devils pansula group shines
Tembisa Red Devils put Tembisa on the map.
A caring Tembisa resident felt it is important for the Tembisan to feature a local pansula dance group to inspire other young people in the location.
The Tembisan visited the dance group to see what impressed the reader and to give them a platform to talk to their fans.
The group was very happy to know that there are people who acknowledge their work.
Group member Tsepo Moloagae said their pansula group is known as the Tembisa Red Devils.
“We have performed at many events in different places. We are 13 members in total,” said Tsepo.
He said the group was established in 2009 with only eight members and some of the first members left the group.
Tsepo says despite challenges the group has grown to 13 members again and junior performers are trained to keep the pansula culture in Tembisa alive.
“We have won every competition we entered. We won the Stumbo Stomp Amapantsula competition, the Jika Majika competition, and this year we won the Red Square Dance Competition 2019,” Tsepo said proudly.
He said on May 25 they performed at the Red Square Dance Competition 2019 and they won the best pansula category and also an overall prize.
He said they are looking forward to work with a London production company that wants to document their pansula dance genre.
“Now people take our work seriously. Initially they thought amapansula are criminals and did not encourage us. They just told us to go to school,” said Tsepo.
For people who want to invite the Tembisa Red Devils to perform at an event, call Tsepo on 061 856 3994.
