Knysna's dancers on the move

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KNYSNA NEWS - Four dancers from Carmen's School of Dance have once again done Knysna proud by excelling in the online MOVE! National Dance Competition where they bagged seven gold and three silver awards.

As with countless other events around the country, in May the Theatre Dance Association (the organisers of MOVE!) announced that their annual competition would be moved online.

This meant dancers would have to enter their submissions online via video by the end of July to be adjudicated by the three judges. Due to social distancing rules, the dancers were only allowed to enter solo dance items.

The four young Knysna dancers entered various performances in the classical ballet solo, the demi-character ballet solo, and the national solo genres (they could choose any style here). With the results only being released on 4 September, all involved were on tenterhooks.

Not only did seven of the dances earn gold awards (90-100%) and three silver awards (80-89%), it was also announced that nine of the 10 entries placed in the top three across all age categories nationally.

Photo gallery: Carmen's School of Dance performs well

In the classical ballet genre, Alison Kolbe (age group 12 and under) earned a gold (93%) award and also placed third overall in the gold section; Milani Magadla (10 and under) received gold (90%); Madison Starkey (10 and under) got silver (85%) and first overall in the silver section; and Celyn Godfrey (10 and under) also attained gold (94%) and came third overall in the gold section.

Madison Starkey aced in the demi-character category.

In the demi-character genre, Alison earned a gold (90%) award and came first overall in the gold section; Milani received silver (86%) and achieved second place overall in the silver section; Madison reached gold (90,7%); and Celyn achieved silver (88,5%) and came first overall in the silver section.

In the national solo genre, Madison managed a gold (92%) award, coming second overall in the gold section; and Celyn also got gold (94%) and came first overall in the gold section.

On top of that, Madison also received a "Wild About You 12 & Under" gold medal award for her performance of Sailor's Hornpipe.

Celyn Godfrey in her demi-character item.