Youth Dance in South Africa

Inside Dance, in South Africa

• Acro Dance 4 entries

  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.

• African 1 entry

  Dance of the African continent, from the village forms to what is danced in a township street tonight.

  • African Social Dance

• Ballet 19 entries

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

• Contemporary 5 entries

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

• Creative Movement 1 entry

• Dance Fitness 1 entry

  Dance taken as a workout, where the routine serves the exercise.

• Freestyle 1 entry

  Fast solo dance to high-energy pop, built on jazz technique and carrying kicks, spins, leaps and gymnastic tricks. Also called freestyle disco.

• Jazz 3 entries

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

• Lyrical 1 entry

  Dance that follows a song's words and feeling, on ballet's line with jazz's give.

• Modern 7 entries

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

• Partner Dance 3 entries

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

  • Ballroom
  • Latin
  • Social Latin
  • Sokkie

• Social Dance 4 entries

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

  • African Social Dance
  • Social Latin
  • Sokkie

• Spanish Dance 1 entry

  Dance from the Spanish tradition, danced to guitar, song and castanets, with the rhythm driven through the feet and the line carried in the arms and hands.

  • Flamenco

• Street Dance 9 entries

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

  • Amapiano
  • Hip Hop

• Tap 8 entries

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