Narrative Piece

When I realised that I could dance great!!!!!!!

As a little boy, I used to watch a lot of Michael Jackson and Wade Robertson shows. My mother and father also told me that they were great dancers when they were young and that is where I realised that I also want to dance.

At the age of 12, I saw group dancers in Lamberts bay, called the mysterious b.boys. They were a very great group. They used to beat all the groups in the Cederberg district. I really liked this group, because they worked hard and achieved a lot. They weren’t that much older than me.

The following year, when I turned 13, I signed in for auditions for this group. The dance audition was a solo and we had a week to prepare ourselves for this solo dance. I practised very hard for this audition. The Saturday morning about nine, the auditions started and I was 7^th in line. The first 6 were done and only 1 made it through. When it were my turn, I felt dizzy, but got myself together and went in there and done my thing. I gave my all to that one chance.

I got in and the group told me I was the best dancer in the auditions. I started to practice with the Mysterious b.boys and we were getting along very good.

We danced at the ‘Dance yourself crazy’ competition and we won the competition. I got an award for the best dancer for the competition and there I knew I had a lot of talent in dancing.