SA champion to rock the Giants All Styles Dance Festival

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This festival will be taking place at Carnival City for the first time from August 4 to 7.

One of South Africa’s largest and most prestigious all style dance competitions, the Battle of the Giants All Styles Dance Festival is in its 26th year and has traditionally been held at Sun City.

Truter, who dances with Boksburg-based dance company, Nikki Truter Dance Inspiration, is the South African Dance Champion of Champions for 2011 and 2012.

Truter has also competed in the Disco World Championships in South Africa in 2012 and received a third place.

In 2013 in Germany, she came sixth out of 127 dancers at the Disco World Championships and was the only South African to make a disco dance final.

Last year, Truter just missed the final out of 134 dancers at the World Championships.

Definitely a force to be reckoned with, Truter will be competing in the 19 and over championship freestyle and slow dance categories.

She will also compete in the disco dance section and disco freestyle section at the 2016 Battle of the Giants All Styles Dance Festival, hoping to claim her disco dance South African National Champion title for the sixth time.

A dedicated dance performer, Truter has been dancing since the age of two and turned 21 in July 2016.

Last year’s Battle of the Giants was wildly successful. Dancers performed in a sold-out SuperBowl at Sun City, to an audience of over 9 000 people over the course of three days.

“We are really excited to provide the stage for this year’s Battle of the Giants,” said Matthew Cook, the events and entertainment manager at Carnival City.

“We expect capacity crowds at the Big Top Arena and Mardi Gras to watch and support the country’s up-and-coming dancers.”

One of South Africa’s largest and most prestigious all-style dance competitions, the Battle of the Giants All Styles Dance Festival is an internationally recognised event organised and sanctioned by the South African Dance Teachers Association Stage Branch.

Competitors will showcase their talents in a range of freestyle dance techniques, including hip-hop, popping, breakdance, freestyle, ballroom, Latin American, slow dance, show dance, jazz, modern, ballet and disco dance.

The competition also includes a para-dance section where able and disabled dancers join together in a routine to compete in small groups and formations, so they too can go on to compete in a world championship.

All dance entry enquiries must be directed to Bev Wood on 083 282 7734 or email bewood@vodamail.co.za.

A new generation of dancers are coming forward with a unique dance style all of their own. Dancers demonstrate complex body movements and amazing syncopated foot movements, wearing glamorous costumes in some of the categories.

Athletes are judged on a demanding set of criteria, including timing and rhythm, body lines, movement, rhythmic interpretation, footwork and floor craft.

Well-known judge, ‘Super Malcolm’ is joining the event this year from the UK and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this year’s event, and will be judging the hip-hop and street dance sections.

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

Individual dancers will have the opportunity to compete for titles and prizes in this year’s Battle of the Giants competition, which is also one of the qualifier events 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 style of show dance, hip-hop and disco dance, jazz, modern and ballet.

The Battle of the Achievers competition is one of the special features of this event.

Finalists from the most advanced sections in the 16-years-and-over age groups in hip-hop and freestyle will battle it out in an effort to win this prestigious title.