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TDP@ Dance Fusion Limpopo, done & dusted.

Summary:
X9 Pro silver
X20 Gold
X9 Pro Gold
X11 Special awards
X2 Highest score in preparation session

Day 1

🦄Bad dream (Lilly van Aswegen, Melissa Meyer) Acrobatics duet Gold and a special award “Great teamwork, choreography. Well executed”
🦄Ansuretha Perold Open solo Pro Gold and a 1st placing
🦄Talia Pienaar Modern jazz solo Gold
🦄Sarah-Leigh Phillips Contemporary solo Gold
🦄Game on Hip Hop group (Amieke Lombard, Heila Eastman, Ilané Pretorius, Jaime-Anne Luyt, Laura Brits, Lyah Lindeque, Niandri Venter, Xandri Pretorius) Gold with a special award “Well groomed, stylish and well grounded”. They also received the highest score in preparation session
🦄Aldré van der Lith Student Choreography Pro silver and a 1st placing
🦄Show me your Burlesque (Ansuretha Perold, Annika Meyer, Tihana Venter, Victoria Mackenzie) Gold
🦄Mienke van Niekerk Student choreography Gold
🦄Guard Crew (Aldré van der Lith, Elrene Knoetze, Karien Smith, MJ Perold, Victoria Mackenzie) Hip Hop group Pro Gold with a special award “Well-rehearsed. Great style”
🦄Aldré van der Lith Hip Hop solo Pro silver with a 3rd placing
🦄Karien Smith Hip Hop solo Gold with a 2nd placing
🦄MJ Perold Hip Hop solo Pro Gold with a 1st placing and a special award “Strength and total commitment”
🦄Victoria Mackenzie Hip Hop solo Gold with a 2nd placing
🦄Bo$$ (Aldré van der Lith, Cecelia Krugel, Emmalin Nel, Katryn Coetzee, Lara van Veelen, Melissa Meyer, Melné Lamprecht) Modern group Gold and an 2nd placing and a special award “With style & confidence”
🦄Aldré van der Lith Modern Jazz solo Pro silver with a 3rd placing
🦄Lara van Veelen Modern jazz solo Gold with a 1st placing and a special award “You have style-style-style”
🦄Stranger Things Contemporary Amateur group (Lara van Veelen, Alliné Pretorius, Cecelia Krugel, Katryn Coetzee, Melné Lamprecht, Tihana Venter, Zoë-Leigh Thompson, Ansuretha Perold, Elrene Knoetze, Mienke van Niekerk, Neria Fleischmann, Victoria Mackenzie) Gold with a special award “Clever choreographic aesthetics”
🦄Loose control Hip Hop duet (Aldré van der Lith & MJ Perold) Gold with a 1st place
🦄Lara van Veelen Contemporary solo Gold with a 1st place

Day 2

🦄Mienke van Niekerk Ballet solo Pro Silver (*Deoné)
🦄Katryn Coetzee Modern Jazz solo Gold
🦄Elana Muller Modern Jazz Pro gold and a special award “Style & sass”
🦄Katryn Coetzee Contemporary solo Pro Silver
🦄Cecelia Krugel Contemporary solo Pro Silver
🦄Mienke van Niekerk Contemporary solo Pro Silver
🦄Tihana Venter Contemporary solo Gold
🦄Zoë-Leigh Thompson Contemporary solo Gold
🦄Xandri Pretorius Modern Jazz solo Gold
🦄Melné Lamprecht Modern Jazz solo Pro gold with a special award “Eye contact & entertainment. You are gold” and also the highest score in preparation session
🦄Victoria Mackenzie Contemporary solo Pro Gold with a 1st placing

Day 3

🦄Heila Eastman open solo Gold
🦄Melissa Meyer Modern jazz solo Gold with a special award “So much potential. Keep on working hard”
🦄Tihana Venter Musical Theatre solo Gold
🦄Emmalin Nel Modern solo Pro silver
🦄Thato Maredi Hip Hop solo Pro gold with a special award “You are a future star. Ultimate style with swag”
🦄Elrene Knoetze Hip Hop solo Pro silver
🦄The maze Contemporary group (Arwen Dreyer, Isabella van der Merwe, Heila Eastman, Orifha Ntshauba, Sarah-Leigh Phillips) Gold
🦄Sticky Hip Hop group (Mincke Coetzee, Isabella & Lienke van der Merwe, Orifha Ntshauba, Sarisa Rana, Thato Maredi) Gold

What a vibe! What a dance familia! 💙🦄

TDP@ MDDA Eisteddfod, done & dusted.

Solos;
* Heila Eastman Open solo 90%
* Talia Pienaar Modern jazz solo 91% and the
category winner
* Melissa Meyer Modern jazz solo 90%
* Xandri Pretorius Modern Jazz solo 88%

* Mienke van Niekerk Contemporary solo 84%
* Mienke van Niekerk Student choreography 88%
* Tihana Venter Open solo 89%
* Tihana Venter Contemporary solo 90% and the
category winner
* Cecelia Krugel Contemporary solo 89%
* Emmalin Nel Modern solo 87%
* Melné Lamprecht Modern solo 89% and the
category winner
* Zoë-Leigh Thompson Contemporary solo 85%

* Ansuretha Perold Open solo 89%
* Karien Smith Hip Hop solo 88%
* MJ Perold Hip Hop solo 89%
* Victoria Mackenzie Contemporary solo 90% and
category winner
* Melissa Malan Modern Jazz solo 88%
* Victoria Mackenzie Hip Hop solo 90% and
category winner

* Aldré van der Lith Hip Hop solo 87%
* Lara van Veelen Contemporary solo 88%
* Lara van Veelen Modern jazz solo 88%
* Aldré van der Lith Modern Jazz solo 88%
* Aldré van der Lith Student Choreography 89%

Groups;
* Lipgloss Hip Hop group (Arielle Terblanche, Ila van Rooyen, Mieke Lombard, Nathalie Moeken) 94% and the category winners

* The maze Contemporary group (Arwen Dreyer, Isabella van der Merwe, Heila Eastman, Orifha Ntshauba, Sarah-Leigh Phillips) 87%

* Hey Pachuco Modern Jazz group (Kiara Venter, Lana Landman, Talia Pienaar) 88%

* Sticky Hip Hop group (Mincke Coetzee, Isabella & Lienke van der Merwe, Orifha Ntshauba, Sarisa Rana) 87%

* Bad dream (Lilly van Aswegen, Melissa Meyer) Acrobatics duet 89%

* Game on Hip Hop group (Amieke Lombard, Heila Eastman, Ilané Pretorius, Jaime-Anne Luyt, Laura Brits, Lyah Lindeque, Niandri Venter, Xandri Pretorius) 89%

* Stranger Things Contemporary Amateur group (Lara van Veelen, Alliné Pretorius, Cecelia Krugel, Melné Lamprecht, Tihana Venter, Zoë-Leigh Thompson, Ansuretha Perold, Elrene Knoetze, Mienke van Nieker, Neria Fleischmann, Victoria Mackenzie) 89%

* Loose control Hip Hop duet (Aldré van der Lith & MJ Perold), 88%

* Show me your Burlesque (Ansuretha Perold, Annika Meyer, Melissa Malana, Tihana Venter, Victoria Mackenzie) Modern group 90% and category winner

* Guard Crew (Aldré van der Lith, Elrene Knoetze, Karien Smith, MJ Perold, Victoria Mackenzie) Hip Hop group 90% and category winner

* Hide & Seek (Ansuretha Perold, Elrene Knoetze, Mienke van Niekerk, Tihana Venter, Victoria Mackenzie, Zoë-Leigh Thompson) Open group 89%

* Bo$$ (Aldré van der Lith, Cecelia Krugel, Emmalin Nel, Lara van Veelen, Melissa Meyer, Melné Lamprecht) Modern group 89%

Danika, Melani & Stephanie. Dankie vir die aksie foto's 😜

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IDF exams, done & dusted.


X1 Pass plus 70%
X5 Commended 75%
X7;Highly Commended 80%
X6 Honors 85%
X16 Honors with distinction 90%
X8 High distinction 95%

Junior & Senior teacher's results, pending

Ansuretha Perold, Mila Lindeque, Mieke Lombard, Nathalie Moeken, Leonore Joubert, Victoria Mackenzie, Melissa Meyer, Katryn Coetzee qualifies for IDF Awards.

Proud teacher! Well done dancers!👯🖤

Art Festivus, done & dusted!

Solos;
Sarah-Leigh Phillips 87%
Melissa Meyer 90%
Talia Pienaar 89%
Xandri Pretorius 86%
Bad dream 90%
Thato Maredi 88%
Heila Eastman 90%
Mienke van Niekerk Contemp 89%
Mienke van Niekerk Ballet 85%
Mienke van Niekerk Own choreography 88%
Melné Lampbrecht 89%
Tihana Venter Musical Theatre 88%
Katryn Coetzee Contemporary 89%
Cecelia Krugel 86%
Cara van der Weshuizen 90%
Tihana Venter Contemp 91%
Aldre van der Lith Own choreography 80%
Emmalin Nel 85%
Katryn Coetzee Modern Jazz 89%
Karien Smith 87%
Victoria Mackenzie Contemp 92%
Victoria Mackenzie Hip Hop 88%
Elrene Knoetze 87%
Leonore Joubert 90%
Melissa Malan 90%
Zoë-Leigh Thompson 89%

Groups;
The Maze 85%
Sticky 87%
Hey Pachuco 83%
Game on 87%
I like to move it 87%
Lipgloss 91%
APT Game start 89%
Boss 89%
Guard crew 91%
Hide & Seek 91%
Stranger things 90%
Show me your Burlesque 87%

Limpopo Amateur Dance Festival (LADF) done & dusted.

Aldré van der Lith
Modern Jazz novice solo Silver 79%
Student choreography Silver 77.8%
Hip Hop Novice solo Silver 78.2%

Lara van Veelen
Modern Jazz novice solo High Gold 86.5%
Contemporary Novice solo Gold 83.5%
Special awards: "Performance & Stage presence"

Melné Lamprecht
Modern Novice solo Silver 78.5%

Emmalin Nel
Modern Jazz novice solo Silver 75.5%

Melissa Meyer
Modern Jazz novice solo Gold 85.1%
Special awards: "The world is your oyster. Gifted dancer."

Katryn Coetzee
Modern Jazz Amateur solo Gold 83%
Contemporary Novice solo Silver 77.9%
Special award: "Stage performance, lovely smile and energy."

Cecelia Krugel
Contemporary Novice solo Gold 80.4%

Tihana Venter
Contemporary Amateur solo Gold 80.3%

Mienke van Niekerk
Contemporary Novice solo Gold 80.5%
Student Choreography Gold 80%

Thato Maredi
Hip Hop beginner solo Gold 80.8%

MJ Perold
Hip Hop Amateur solo Gold 84.7%

Elrene Knoetze
Hip Hop Amateur solo Silver 71.9%

Karien Smith
Hip Hop Amateur solo Silver 78.%

Leonore Joubert
Hip Hop Amateur solo Gold 84.4%

Talia Pienaar
Modern Jazz Beginner solo Gold 80.6%

Ansuretha Perold
Open Advanced solo Gold 85.5%
Special award: "Powerhouse"

Stranger things Contemporary Amateur group Gold 84.4%

Hide & Seek Open Amateur group Gold 82.3%

Game on Hip Hop Amateur group Gold 83.9%

Bo$$ Modern Jazz Novice group Gold 84.6%

Show me your Burlesque Modern Jazz Amateur Duet Gold 83%

Sticky Hip Hop Novice group Gold 80.7%

The Maze Contemporary Beginner duet Gold 80%

Loose Control Hip Hop Amateur Duet Gold 82%



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On Saturday, 4 July the following dancers competed at the Dance Talent & Model Association (DTMA) Limpopo Provincials competition that was held at Ben Vorster High, Tzaneen. When they receive a score of 83% or above, they make it through to Nationals that will be hosted at Carnival City in September 2026. The judge was Naomi Walters and the results were as follow;

Stranger Things Contemporary Pre- Amature group (Ansuretha Perold, Cecelia Krugel, Elana Muller, Elrene Knoetze, Lara van Veelen, Melné Lamprecht, Mienke van Niekerk, Victoria Mackenzie, Zoë-Leigh Thompson) 93.5%

MJ Perold Hip Hop Pre-Amature solo with 91%
Lara van Veelen Contemporary Pre-Amature solo 90%

Aldré van der Lith Modern Novice solo 89.5% and a 1st place

Emmalin Nel Modern Novice solo 87% and a 3rd place

Melné Lamprecht Modern Novice solo 87.5% and a 2nd place

Show me your Burlesque (Ansuretha Perold, Elana Muller, Victoria Mackenzie) Modern Pre-Amature 91.5%

Loose control Hip Hop Pre- Amature duet (Aldré van der Lith & MJ Perold) 88%

Zoë-Leigh Thompson Contemporary Pre-Amature solo 89% with a 2nd place

Victoria Mackenzie Pre-Amature Contemporary solo 95% with a 1st place

Ansuretha Perold Open Amature solo 89.5%

Bo$$ (Aldré van der Lith, Cecelia Krugel, Emmalin Nel, Lara van Veelen, Melissa Meyer, Melné Lamprecht) Modern Novice group 90.5% with a 2nd place

Cry me a river Pre-Amature Open group (Ansuretha Perold, Elrene Knoetze, Lara van Veelen, Mienke van Nieker,k Victoria Mackenzie, Zoë-Leigh Thompson) 92% and a 1st place

Elana Muller Modern Novice solo 91%

Melissa Meyer Modern Novice solo 88% and 1st place

Elrene Hip Hop Pre-Amature solo with 88% and a 2nd place

Victoria Mackenzie Hip Hop Pre-Amature solo with 94% and a 1st place

Heila Eastman Open Beginner solo 86% with a 1st place

Game on (Aldré van der Lith, Cara van der Westhuizen, Elrene Knoetze, MJ Perold, Victoria Mackenzie) Hip Hop Pre-Amature group 94.5%

Special Awards:
• Best entertainment award: Show me your Burlesque with Ansuretha Perold, Elana Muller & Victoria Mackenzie.
• Best choreography award: Stranger things with Ansuretha Perold, Cecelia Krugel, Elana Muller, Elrene Knoetze, Lara van Veelen, Melné Lamprecht, Mienke van Nieker, Victoria Mackenzie & Zoë-Leigh Thompson.
• Best performance award MJ Perold
• Star quality award Victoria Mackenzie
• Brought the house down to Game on with Aldré van der Lith, Cara van der Westhuizen, Elrene Knoetze, MJ Perold & Victoria Mackenzie.

Overall competition winners:
• Senior Hip Hop Pre-Amature dancer, Victoria Mackenzie
• Senior Contemporary Pre-Amature dancer, Victoria Mackenzie
• Junior Modern Novice dancer, Melissa Meyer
• Senior Modern Novice dancer, Elana Muller
• Open Junior beginner dancer, Heila Eastman
• Senior Open Amature dancer, Ansuretha Perold
• Senior Pre-Amature group, Game on with Aldré van der Lith, Cara van der Westhuizen, Elrene Knoetze, MJ Perold & Victoria Mackenzie
• D/T/Q Senior Pre-Amature, Show me your Burlesque with Ansuretha Perold, Elana Muller & Victoria Mackenzie
• Best overall impression dancer, Victoria Mackenzie

All dancers qualify for DTMA Nationals!

Proud teacher moment, most certainly!!🖤👯

A-Arts Limpopo, check✔️

Day 1
Ansuretha Perold Open Championships solo 93%

Stranger Things Contemporary Amateur group (Ansuretha Perold, Cecelia Krugel, Elana Muller, Elrene Knoetze, Lara van Veelen, Katryn Coetzee, Mienke van Nieker, Tihana Venter, Victoria Mackenzie) 90%

Tihana Venter Musical Theatre Novice solo 89% with a 1st place

Loose control Hip Hop Amateur duet (Aldré van der Lith & MJ Perold) 92% with special award, “Lovely partner work”

Cara Hip Hop Amateur solo with 92% and 1nd place

Karien Smith Hip Hop Amateur solo with 87% and 2nd place

MJ Hip Hop Amateur solo with 87% and 2nd place

Elrene Hip Hop Amateur solo with 86% and 3nd place

Leonore Joubert Hip Hop Amateur solo with 89% and 2nd place

Victoria Mackenzie Hip Hop Amateur solo with 90% and 1nd place

Tihana Venter Contemporary Amateur solo 85% and 3rd place

Mienke van Niekerk Contemporary Novice solo 82%

Cecelia Krugel Contemporary Novice solo 83% with a 6th place

Katryn Coetzee Contemporary Novice solo 84% and a 4th place

Show me your Burlesque Modern Open quartet (Ansuretha Perold, Elana Muller, Tihana Venter, Victoria Mackenzie) 91% with a special award, “Pure entertainment”

Game on (Aldré van der Lith, Cara van der Westhuizen, Elrene Knoetze, Karien Smith, Leonore Joubert, MJ Perold, Victoria Mackenzie) Hip Hop Amateur group 89%

Day 2

Aldré van der Lith Hip Hop Novice solo 88% and 1st place

Mienke van Niekerk Student choreography 84%

Lara van Veelen Contemporary Amateur solo 87% and 2nd place

Victoria Mackenzie Contemporary Amateur solo 89%

Sarah-Leigh Phillips Contemporary Novice solo 84% and 2nd place

Bo$$ (Aldré van der Lith, Cecelia Krugel, Emmalin Nel, Katryn Coetzee, Lara van Veelen, Melissa Meyer) Modern Open Amateur group 88%

Xandri Pretorius Modern Open beginner solo 80% and 1st place

Lara van Veelen Modern Open Novice solo 89% and 1st place

Melissa Meyer Modern Open Novice solo 87% and 2nd place

Emmalin Nel Modern Open Novice solo 84% and 2nd place

Aldré van der Lith Modern Open Novice solo 87% and 1st place

Elana Muller Modern Open Novice solo 88%

Katryn Coetzee Modern Open Novice solo 85%

Overall competition trophies;
Lara van Veelen, Best Modern Open dancer 2026
Aldré van der Lith & MJ Perold, Best D/T/Q 2026

All dancer qualify for the next round of Provincials, Rising to Fame.

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Dance Talent Model Association (D.T.M.A) trials, done & dusted. What a wonderful experience. What a great start to the competition season.

All solos/duos and groups are going to provincials. Well done dancers! Just wow!

Results:

Solos;

MJ 89.7%
Lara 82.9%
Aldré 82.9%
Emmalin 84.4% 3rd place
Melné 86.5% 1st place
Zoë-Leigh 85.7% 3rd place
Victoria Mackenzie 89.3% 2nd place
Ansuretha 88.3%%
Elana 85.7%
Melissa 85.4% 1st place
Elrene 84% 2nd place
Victoria 88.9% 1st place
Heila 81.9%

Duos/groups;

* Stranger Things (Ansuretha, Cecelia, Elana, Elrene, Lara, Melné, Mienke, Victoria, Zoë-Leigh) 85.2%

* Bo$$ (Aldré, Cecelia, Emmalin, Lara, Melissa, Melné) 86.7%

* Cry me a river (Ansuretha, Elrene, Lara, Mienke, Victoria, Zoë-Leigh) 87.4%

* Game on (Aldré, Cara, Elrene, MJ,Victoria) 91.2%

* Show me your Burlesque (Ansuretha, Elana, Victoria) 92.7%

* Bel Air (Aldré & MJ) 90%

Special awards;

Stranger things. Great group dynamic, connection as a whole. Overall performance level; well choreographed, well constructed and well performed. Well executed!
MJ, great showmanship.
Show me how to Burlesque, well polished., well rehearsed. Connected well on stage. Strong, attitude, Terrific trio!
Elana Muller, personality and audience connection.
Such a delight.

Overall trophies;
Senior Hip Hop winner, MJ
Junior Modern winner, Melissa
Senior modern winner, Melné
Junior beginner winner, Heila
Senior amateur winner, Ansuretha
Group Pre amateur winner, Game on
DTQ senior winner, Show me your Burlesque

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