Dance lights up Sun Arena

CHANCE TO REPRESENT SA

Sun City welcomes the return of the Battle of the Giants All Styles DanceSport Championships. The competition, in its 27th year, will take place at Sun City’s newly upgraded Sun Central entertainment hub, home to the iconic Sun Arena (Superbowl), over four nail-biting days from tomorrow until Sunday.

The annual DanceSport Championships have been hosted at Sun City since 1999, with the exception of 2016 when it was held at Sun International’s Carnival City during the upgrade of Sun City’s entertainment centre.

Prior to 1999, the competition was hosted at another Sun International venue.

One of South Africa’s largest all style dance competitions, it is an internationally recognised event organised and sanctioned by the South African Body of Dance (SABOD) . Competitors will showcase their talents in a range of freestyle dance techniques including hip-hop, popping, break dance, freestyle, ballroom, Latin American, slow dance, show dance, jazz, modern, ballet and disco dance.

The competition is open to dancers ranging from under-9s to over-35s, from beginners to amateur or rising star level to championships level. Individual dancers

Tickets cost R120 per adult and R60 per child under 12.

Pensioners and members of Sun International’s MVG programme pay R90. will have the opportunity to compete for titles and prizes in this year’s competition, which is also one of the qualifiers in the World Trial Circuit programme.

Dancers can obtain points in order to be a South Africa representative in the International Dance Organisation (IDO) Championships in the styles of show dance, hip-hop and disco dance, jazz, modern and ballet.

“The Battle of the Giants All Styles DanceSport Championships is one of the most anticipated annual events at Sun City. In 2015, dancers performed to an audience of over 9 000 people over the course of three days. This year promises yet another audiovisual spectacular as South Africa’s performing artists come together to showcase their talents,” says Raul de Lima, general manager at Sun City.

The event holds great spectator value and is one not to be missed by dance fans and supporters.

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