N\u00e1 \u2019n slegte besering twee jaar gelede, is die Bloemfonteinse danser L\u00e9lani Theron (18) se mikpunt om onder die top drie te wees in vanjaar se World Freestyle-kampioenskap op die Blackpool-dansfees op 24 en 25 Junie in Engeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 dansfees is vir L\u00e9lani die eerste tree om haar lewe aan dans te wy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy dans al van die ouderdom van agt jaar, en sedert tienjarige ouderdom mededingend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy het in 2021 \u2019n erge terugslag gekry toe sy al die ligamente in haar een knie skeur. Daar is vir haar ges\u00ea dat sy nie weer sou dans nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy het egter deurgedruk en n\u00e1 ses maande weer begin oefen. Agt maande n\u00e1 die operasie, in Mei 2022, het sy weer aan \u2019n kompetisie deelgeneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sedertdien het sy so goed gedans dat sy vir die w\u00eareldkampioenskap gekwalifiseer het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie afgelope jaar was beslis die mees uitdagende, maar die jaar waarin ek die meeste plesier uit my dans gekry het. Ongeag hoe moeilik dit was, ek het bly fokus op my doel om vir die kampioenskap te kwalifiseer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy is nou vierde op die Suid-Afrikaanse ranglys en gaan Suid-Afrika verteenwoordig in die vroue o.18-Premier Champs-afdeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Haar afrigter, Manulani Cohan van die Dance Domination-dansateljee in Langenhovenpark, s\u00ea L\u00e9lani kan maklik enige genre dans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSy is baie toegewyd en werk hard vir dit wat sy wil h\u00ea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u00e9lani s\u00ea sy wil nog \u2019n hele paar jaar aan danskompetisies deelneem, maar droom daarvan om eendag haar eie dansateljee te h\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van haar grootste prestasies is dat sy ses keer die provinsiale kampioen was en dat sy gekies is om deel te neem in die Acro-beurskompetisie, waar sy vyfde in Suid-Afrika was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy was vyf keer Suid-Afrikaanse kampioen, drie keer naaswenner en twee keer algeheel derde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDans is my passie en ek kan my lewe nie sonder dans voorstel nie. Dans voed my siel en ek is mal daaroor om nuwe en opwindende bewegings te leer en voortdurend my liggaam sterker te maak,\u201d s\u00ea di\u00e9 toegewyde danser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u00e9lani het begin met \u2019n Back-a-Buddy-projek om geld in te samel vir die reis na Blackpool. Kry meer inligting daaroor op haar Facebook-blad Lelani Theron.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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