{"id":51589,"date":"2023-10-12T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T10:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/dancers-set-sights-overseas-20231012-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T08:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:20:41","slug":"dancers-set-sights-overseas-20231012-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/dancers-set-sights-overseas-20231012-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancers set sights overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thirteen dancers of the Pro Dance studio in Welkom have been selected for Team South Africa 2024<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Two of the three dancing groups won gold<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oamogetswe is the overall best performing male dancer and overall grand champion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirteen dancers of the Pro Dance studio in Welkom have been selected for Team South Africa 2024, competing next year in Los Angeles, America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_f07f04c8\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9557\/82ec9373e0ce4e93895bc816b272a40f.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/28fcc9a0ab2d4799968428829045db55.jpg\" title=\"The dancers who have been chosen for team South Africa 2024 to compete in Los Angeles next year are, from left, front: Zoey Cilliers, Annebelle Brand, Ellamae Ballot and Nadine Jacobs; back: Charn\u00e9 Grobler, Kiana van Vuuren, Carlien van Zyl, Sabrina Knoesen, Lara Badenhorst, Jana Swart, Ilene Nel, and Eloise Jansen.Photo: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The dancers who have been chosen for team South Africa 2024 to compete in Los Angeles next year are, from left, front: Zoey Cilliers, Annebelle Brand, Ellamae Ballot and Nadine Jacobs; back: Charn\u00e9 Grobler, Kiana van Vuuren, Carlien van Zyl, Sabrina Knoesen, Lara Badenhorst, Jana Swart, Ilene Nel, and Eloise Jansen.Photo: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Oamogetswe Rooi won gold for his hip hop solo at the competition held at the Rustenburg Civic Centre from 30 September to 7 October. 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