For 30 years, beginning in the 1980s, the South African dance pantsula has grown in popularity in the black townships surrounding Johannesburg, but it's only become a mainstay of the capital city’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ask a pantsula how long he's been dancing, and he'll pause. Not because he's doing the math-he's just trying to remember that far ...

Members of a local dance group Via Katlehong perform 'Pantsula', a dance known for its syncopated, quick-stepping, low to the ground format at the Joburg Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo: ...

Growing up in a Black township, Vusi Mdoyi found a sprinkle of joy under apartheid in a street-dancing style known as pantsula. As a choreographer, he has elevated it into high art, injected with ...

Growing up, Vusi Mdoyi was amazed by the vibrant culture of Pantsula and its unique dance. Determined to bring it to the mainstream he performed on the world’s largest stages. Show more With ...

Tshepang Mashego, Thapelo Masinga, Rodney Khoza and Lesego Mokwena. The energetic Amakoporal Pantsula Dancers literally stop traffic when they start busting their moves in the township. It is moves ...

A quick-stepping dance has gone mainstream thanks to its crazy energy, competitive edge and campaigning force In the beginning, it was all about the shoes. In the early 1950s in Sophiatown, ...

The funeral of Soweto Skeleton Movers founder Jabulani Manyoni has divided South Africans after mourners gave him an unconventional send-off during his funeral.

Ask a pantsula how long he’s been dancing, and he’ll pause. Not because he’s doing the math-he’s just trying to remember that far back. These men (and a growing number of women) have been steeped in ...

JOHANNESBURG, July 7 (Reuters) - Thato Qofela first performed 'pantsula', a symbol of Black South African culture and resistance to the apartheid regime, in his childhood backyard. Now, he is helping ...