Dance rising star learnt the art the hard way: If it was not for his naughtiness as a young boy, Phikolwethu Luke would have never discovered the beauty of ballet dance.
Luke, one of the rising stars in dance, reveals he learnt about dance by peeping through the door to watch girls learning to dance.
The dance teacher would catch him and his punishment would be to spend a week dancing with the girls.He ended up falling in love with dance and pursued it as his career.“As a young boy I used to watch girls during ballet classes and when the teacher noticed that I’ve been standing there watching, I would run away. When the teacher caught me, he punished me by putting me in a ballet class.
“I had to dance with the girls alone. When the week was over, he asked me if I would come back again, and I said yes. From then I started alternating dance with other sporting codes until I took a decision to follow it. I was 10 years old at the time.“What I loved about dance was the freedom to express yourself without limitations. I realised that the more I was involved the more it broadened my perspective.
"It is a fairly new production and very powerful in terms of both countries’ history. The two productions seek to open a conversation about our history, culture and heritage. The story tackles the issue of colonisation.”As his journey continues in the industry, he wants to use art to tell stories that speak to SA culture.
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