Burn The Floor To Set The Stage Alight In SA

The Joburg Theatre is presents the exclusive visit to South Africa of the world's most popular dance show, Burn The Floor - on The Mandela Stage and for a limited season only from July 14 until August 14!

Burn The Floor is the show that revolutionised the image of dance, which then launched the many reality dance shows So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing With The Stars and Superstars Of Dance - to name but a few - that audiences have grown to love.

The energetic production was originally designed as a special performance in 1997 at Sir Elton John's 50th birthday celebration. At the height of the festivities, a group of sixteen young dancers brought the house down with a ten-minute dance cabaret. After seeing this performance, legendary Australian theatre producer Harley Medcalf had the spark of an idea to build a full stage show around that he had just seen. From that first moment of inspiration, what would become the international sensation Burn The Floor quickly evolved.

Since then, the show has toured in 30 countries and over 160 cities worldwide. The current company boasts performers from 10 countries with more than 100 Championship Dance titles between them. These include winners and finalists from So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing With The Stars and Superstars Of Dance.

While the production has no spoken dialogue, it does tell a story, and it brings a whole new meaning to ballroom dancing. "This ain't your grandma's ballroom," says Harley Medcalf, the show's creator. Ballroom dancing has been around for years, but Burn The Floor, the theatrical ballroom dance show, is anything but old school. Burn The Floor labels itself as "Ballroom. Reinvented."

Filled from start to finish with spellbinding numbers in ballroom dance styles ranging from The Waltz, Cha-Cha, Samba, Salsa, Rumba, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Mambo, Tango, Swing, Jive, Lindy Hop, Viennese Waltz and Paso Doble, Burn The Floor is "like ballroom dancing super charged. It's the incredible art form of ballroom dance combined with rock and roll," adds Medcalf.

 

With the creativity of world-famous ballroom choreographer Jason Gilkison, Burn The Floor takes ballroom to a whole new level. Gilkison's unique choreography combines the classic ballroom styles with a modern flare. "I wanted people to see that ballroom has come of age again," says Gilkison. "This is a new interpretation of what this generation is doing with ballroom and how they're experiencing those dances." Gilkison was also choreographing the new Step Up 3D movie.

Though Burn The Floor is a show that dance enthusiasts will love, it's not just for the performance connoisseur. Unlike many dance performances, Burn The Floor brings so many styles to the stage, it doesn't matter who you are. You're guaranteed to love it. "Most people think if they're going to a ballroom show, they're going to see some people waltzing around the stage and things like that," says Medcalf. "But they don't know what they're getting themselves into because this show just blows away all expectations."

For more info on Burn The Floor, log onto http://www.burnthefloor.com/. Tickets are priced from R195 and are available exclusively by visiting http://www.joburgtheatre.com/.

With the hottest ticket in town only being available to audiences in Johannesburg, Joburg Theatre is currently negotiating travel packages from other major cities so that enthusiasts do not miss out on this once in a lifetime experiences. Details will be available shortly.