DanceSolutions

2 Days to Roodepoort Dance Festival !!! Its YOUR time to shine !! This is your moment to make memories !!

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Four lovers.
A mischievous fairy.
A donkey’s head.
Questionable decision-making.

Sounds chaotic? It is.

Step into A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The Musical, where one enchanted forest turns everything upside down in the most entertaining way possible.

📍 Lesedi Theatre, Johannesburg
📅 28 - 30 August 2026
🎟 https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1598746747

Dance is more than movement.

It connects us to our bodies, our creativity, and one another. It gives us space to express, explore, learn, and grow.

As Jacques d’Amboise reminds us:

“Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It’s the rhythm of your life.”

At NDEO, we believe in the power of dance education to shape not only dancers, but thoughtful, creative, and connected people.

✨ How has dance shaped the rhythm of your life?

This September, Joburg Ballet invites audiences to experience one of the world’s most captivating stories as Carmen ignites the stage at Joburg Theatre.

Set to Georges Bizet’s unforgettable score and choreographed by acclaimed choreographer Veronica Paeper, Carmen is a powerful ballet of love, obsession, jealousy and desire.
📍 Joburg Theatre
📅 Opening 25 September

Tickets available via Webtickets: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1598474818

Photo: Lauge Sorensen
Dancers: Revil Yon and Monike Cristina

Some valuable tips from Deborah Engelman.....
As we enter into new adventures and new beginnings this competition term, please remember to consider LONGEVITY as you dance!

Whether you dance (or want to dance) professionally or want to keep dance in your life as a personal passion, I want you to be able to do it for a long time!

Here are some tips:

1. Always warm up before dancing full out and before stretching!
2. Stretch to a point of mild to moderate, not extreme, discomfort—not pain and breathe there for 30-45 seconds.
3. If you are injured, do not dance through extreme pain. Follow the advice of medical professionals who have experience with dancers. Modify your movement in a way that protects your injured part.
4. Jump on two feet before jumping on one foot.
5. Drink lots of water.
6. Take occasional short breaks from dancing! Allow your mind and body to recover and replenish!

Pushing yourself is necessary for continued progress. But pushing yourself beyond safety will shorten your dance career!