Fiery footwork on the dance floor

Burn The Floor, the show that revolutionised the image of dance, returns to SA for the fourth time and one of its stops is the iZulu Theatre at Sibaya Casino from June 8 to 19.

The original concept grew from an electric display of ballroom and Latin dancing at Sir Elton John’s 50th birthday party in London, March 1997. There, producer Harley Medcalf, discovered the ballroom dance world and its charismatic people.

Initially, Medcalf’s idea of a new theatrical ballroom production sent shock waves through the ballroom dancing establishment. For decades, ballroom competitions had been performed behind closed doors, as a pastime for the privileged… and well before reality television embraced it with such shows as Dancing with The Stars and Strictly Come Dancing.

The show, Burn The Floor, opened in England in 1999. A decade later, after visiting thirty countries and more than one hundred and sixty cities worldwide, it achieved its long standing dream, to bring Ballroom to Broadway.

The new edition to tour SA, the “gloriously sinful” Burn The Floor: Fire in The Ballroom, choreographed and directed by Peta Roby, has more surprises in store and promises to blow the roof off the theatre. It has the same rebellious spirit as the previous editions, though more daring with a theatrical rock angle – including music from Santana, Janis Joplin, Christine Aguilera and Led Zeppelin.

Burn The Floor has the reputation of being the world’s toughest dance show and the dancers are handpicked to embrace a new Latin American feel. The international cast of dance champions now includes the sensational South Africans, Johannes Radebe and Kylee Brown.

Get your tickets now at Computicket. Visit www.computicket.com, call 0861 915 8000 or purchase your tickets at any Checkers, Shoprite or CheckersHyper stores. For block bookings and group discounts for the Durban run, contact Ailsa Windsor of Going Places: editor.goingplacessa@gmail.com, or 083 250 2690.

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