{"id":60719,"date":"2014-05-29T09:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/60719\/sisters-take-on-the-dancing-world\/"},"modified":"2014-05-28T14:52:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T12:52:53","slug":"sisters-take-on-the-dancing-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/05\/29\/sisters-take-on-the-dancing-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters take on the dancing world"},"content":{"rendered":"

They are full of talent and will soon be showcasing this to the world.<\/p>\n

Lambton dancers Tatijana (8) and Vesna Ignjatov (10) will again be representing South Africa at the Freestyle World Dance Championships, at the Winter Gardens, in Blackpool, in the United Kingdom.<\/p>

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The competition takes place on June 28 and 29, and the girls will be leaving for England on June 23.<\/p>\n

Last year Tatijana danced in the u-8 premier championship, at the competition, and came second.<\/p>

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She qualified in South Africa with 100 points this year.<\/p>\n

Over the past two years the youngster has been almost unbeatable, and at this year’s championships she will be competing in the u-10 premier section.<\/p>\n

Vesna made the semi-finals last year, in Blackpool, and she qualified with 45 points to represent South Africa, this year.<\/p>\n

She will be competing in the u-12 championship section at the competition.<\/p>\n

David Jones, their trainer from Dance Zone, in Bryanston, will be heading to the UK with the family.<\/p>\n

He is one of the top freestyle trainers in the country and believes the girls will do well.<\/p>\n

Freestyle is an evolved version of disco dance, and has developed sub-categories, in which dancers compete in solos, in couples and in groups.<\/p>\n

The discipline involves runs, spins, kicks and leaps, as well as many other diverse steps and acrobatic movements.<\/p>\n

At the Freestyle World Championships Vesna will be competing in sections with between 80 and 120 dancers.<\/p>\n

The premier championships, in which Tatijana is competing, has smaller sections, where there will be between 20 and 30 dancers in each section – only children who have proven their talent and winning ways can compete in this section.<\/p>\n

The Ignjatov sisters are dedicated and training hard in order to fly the South African flag high.<\/p>\n