St Mary’s School, Waverley dancer placed top six at Dance World Cup World Finals in Spain
Boipelo Dichabe competed in jazz, lyrical and contemporary.
St Mary’s School, Waverley learner and dancer, Boipelo Dichabe, placed top six as a solo dancer at the Dance World Cup World Finals in Spain, which took place from July 3-12.
Boipelo represented South Africa in the solo children’s jazz, lyrical and contemporary categories.
Dance World Cup is a global dance competition for children and young adults. It involves qualifiers held worldwide, leading up to a final competition hosted in a different country each year.
South Africa held its qualifiers in March of this year, where dancers from around the country participated. The top six dancers are selected at the qualifiers in Johannesburg and Cape Town; thereafter, the highest score from both qualifiers (Johannesburg and Cape Town) per dance is selected to represent South Africa at the Dance World Cup Grand Finals.
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The 13-year-old explained that she was overwhelmed to be placed top six in the world for Lyrical.
“I placed seventh for jazz and 10th for contemporary. I received a special Golden ticket invitation to participate in a prestigious masterclass being held in Barcelona in September.”
Boipelo added that there were nine different categories at the Dance World Cup Grand Finals.
These categories included: Ballet, Contemporary, Lyrical, National or Folklore, Acro, Jazz, Showstopper and Dance.
The dancer noted that she always enjoyed Jazz because it brought her a great amount of joy.
“Contemporary is a genre I feel a strong connection to because I can pour all my emotions into my movements and become the truest version of myself. Lyrical is very special to me because it allows me to tell a story through dance that can move people.”
Boipelo said since she qualified for all three categories, she ended up performing all three dances at the Dance World Cup Grand Finals.
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