Acclaimed Wentworth dancer opens free dance school for disadvantaged youth

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Sherwin Green may be just 22-years-old but his talent for dance has seen him perform and compete on stages across the world from Orlando in the US to Aberdeen in Scotland.

His family formed a dance group in Wentworth called Testify when he was still young and it became the vehicle through which he and his cousins would spend hours every week practising their dance moves at his grandparents’ house.When he was still in primary school, at the age of nine, he saw a flyer for dance auditions in the neighbourhood and jumped at the opportunity.

This decision would see him go on to travel the world at just 10-years-old, dancing in various competitions.Between 2013 and 2106 he travelled many times to the US in cities such as Orlando where he and his dance team won several trophies. “I was fortunate enough to have parents who understood my passion and even though they did not have the finances to allow me to travel, we somehow did it and they let me go live my dream even though I was quite young,” he said.

In recent years, Sherwin has used all his experience to get into professional choreography and to impart all he has learnt on the next generation of South African talent. “I always felt like there was a huge gap between overseas, and South Africa yet we have dancers out here doing such amazing work. My aim to close that gap between South Africa and the rest of the world in terms of dance. It is about showing people the etiquette around dance how to become a professional in order for one to be successful in the industry,” he said.

 

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