Kempton’s own dance crew makes SA’s Got Talent top 18

KEMPTON Park’s very own celebrity hip hop dance crew, Freeze Frame, has made it into the top 18 of SA’s got Talent.

The programme showcases South Africans with diverse talents and these acts get an opportunity to perform and be judged on a weekly basis in front of both a studio and television audience until the winner is crowned.

Brandon Grobler, Freeze Frame’s main dancer and manager, says the journey has been a blessing of hardship that is making the team stronger.

He says the crew almost didn’t make it for auditions.

“It was a long process of having to fly to Cape Town to do the auditions there because we could not make the Johannesburg auditions.”

Grobler said they were working very hard, given the fact that the dancers were students and had school work and show bookings.

The crew is also working on a new dance movie, “Here Me Move”, which will be launched in December.

“We are doing all this between the preparations for SA’s Got Talent, so it’s straining. It has also been emotional preparing for the show because we want to win it so badly we end up frustrating ourselves,” he added.

“We want to take the title home for many reasons, to prove to South Africa that what we do isn’t mediocre but it’s our lifestyle that feeds us and pays our bills. It should be respected and acknowledged.”

The crew was established in 2006. They specialise in corporate and private events, festivals, celebrations, TV commercials, productions, music videos, opening and closing of concerts as well as promoting brands and charity events. The dancers range from 13 years and older and are all from different backgrounds, genders and race.

The crew hosts an annual hip-hop event to celebrate their birth as a dance group. Performers at the event include beat boxers rappers and dancers.

“We bring together all kinds of hip-hop elements under one roof, although mainly dancing. We have successfully created Big Bang’s own demand, establishing it among the community going on to our sixth annual event,” Grobler said.

The crew is also involved in a number of charity initiatives through a division they call FFCREWcares4U.

“We reach out to the less privileged and encourage and motivate children to make the best and the most out of their circumstances and become more than what they are.”

The crew has a passion for helping others and hosts hip-hop dance workshops every two months to educate and empower the youth with skill to dance and discipline while having fun.

“Our aim is to open a dance academy for the youth and to educate them on how to make an impact within their communities.”

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