{"id":99803,"date":"2015-09-16T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/99803\/local-dancers-dance-up-a-storm\/"},"modified":"2015-09-16T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T07:50:29","slug":"local-dancers-dance-up-a-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/16\/local-dancers-dance-up-a-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Local dancers dance up a storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dancers from around the country took to the floor, last weekend, in the Supreme Dancer of the Year competition.<\/p>\n

The competition, hosted by Diana Moore Dance World, took place at Carnival City and saw many local dancers showcasing their talent.<\/p>

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Over 800 entries were received in the various categories.<\/p>\n

Andrijke van Tonder (9) did well at the competition.<\/p>

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She competed in the Rising Star (aged eight to nine) section and out of 33 contestants came second in the freestyle slow category and third in the freestyle solo category.<\/p>\n

She is trained by Ashleigh Moore at Diana Moore Dance World.<\/p>\n

Scarlett Schutte (7) and Andrijke then excelled in the couples section in the 11 and under category and took first place.<\/p>\n

This was the first time the duo competed in this section.<\/p>\n

Scarlett also trains at Diana Moore Dance World.<\/p>\n

Lambton dancer Tatijana Ignjatov, competed in both the freestyle and slow dance, 9 and under championship section at the Supreme Dancer of the Year competition.<\/p>\n

She excelled for the third year in a row and came out tops in both categories.<\/p>\n

Tatijana also won the Juvenile Champion of Champions section for the third year in a row.<\/p>\n

Her trainer, David Jones was delighted with her performance.<\/p>\n

Tatijana\u2019s sister Vesna enjoyed competing in the competition.<\/p>\n

She placed second in both the freestyle and slow dance 11 and under sections.<\/p>\n

Vesna also placed fourth in the final of the Juvenile Champion of Champions section.<\/p>\n

She is trained by David Jones.<\/p>\n