Dance in Cape Town

Inside Dance, in Cape Town

• Acro Dance 1 entry

  Dance that works acrobatic skills into the choreography.

• Acrobatics 1 entry

  Acrobatic floor skills trained solo, from handstands and cartwheels up to walkovers and handsprings.

• Ballet 6 entries

  Classical dance built on turnout, the five positions and a set vocabulary of steps.

• Commercial Dance 1 entry

  Studio dance made for camera and stage, learned as set choreography rather than improvised.

  • Heels

• Contemporary 3 entries

  Concert dance that puts ballet's legwork together with the free torso of modern dance, and adds floor work and improvisation.

• Jazz 4 entries

  Theatre dance built on isolations, syncopation and a grounded, weighted line.

• Modern 1 entry

  Theatre dance in a balletic line, worked through set turns, leaps and travelling steps, also called Modern Theatre.

• Partner Dance 6 entries

  Dance for the social floor, danced as a couple or among couples.

  • Ballroom
  • Latin
  • Social Latin
  • Swing
  • Wedding Dance

• Social Dance 6 entries

  Dance you learn in order to dance it with the people around you, at a party rather than on a stage.

  • Social Latin
  • Swing

• Street Dance 4 entries

  Dance that grew up in clubs and public space rather than in a studio, danced largely on improvisation.

  • Breaking
  • Hip Hop

• Tap 4 entries

  Dance that makes its own rhythm audible, through metal plates at the toe and heel.