Mzuzephi Mathebula, or Nongolza, was a migrant worker who moved up north from the KZN during the late 1800s, presumably to eke out a living. He managed to do more than just that; he formed a band of ...

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 ...

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, ...

Teboho 'Tebza' Diphehlo is hoping to share the wealth. Originally from Soweto, South Africa, the renowned dancer has a goal of putting his home town on the map, thanks to the Pantsula style. Last year ...

Pantsula dance is commonly known as a traditional townshipdance and mostly used as entertainment instrument amongst township youngsters.However, it is a well-known fact that Pantsula Dance is more ...

It was there in the 1976 uprising. It was there alongside the Madiba jive in 1994 and it’s with us today, in our fashion, our music and our dance battles. Pantsula isn’t a trend. It’s a culture.

OZ Arts Nashville will present the U.S. premiere of The Ecstatic in May, featuring Johannesburg's Impilo Mapantsula and choreographer Jeremy Nedd fusing South African Pantsula dance with Pentecostal ...

Arts journalist Adrienne Sichel says pantsula is "very much an urban South African dance form". Pantsula is the language of the township. Complicated rhythmic formations, gangster swagger and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The song is about empowering women and in the video Beyoncé leads an army of women, who battle it out with men on the dancefloor. The video won many awards, including Best Choreography at the 2011 MTV ...