Live action dance show starts tomorrow

"Dancing is a way of expressing everything I feel without saying a single word. When I move, be it on stage or just for the sheer joy of being alive, I'm drawing on everything beautiful and joyful within me. And that's what Dance Club is about: the joyful spirit of the music and moves; the intense, youthful energy of the young dancers and our audience. Needless to say, I am very excited to be part of this show," said Lorcia Cooper, the host of Cartoon Network's brand new South African show, Dance Club.

Dance Club, a live action television series in which viewers are shown a dance of the week and then led, step-by-step, through the various components of the dance, launches on Cartoon Network tomorrow, Saturday, 14 November at 9am with a repeat on Sundays at 6.30pm. The show is choreographed and hosted by Lorcia, who is an award-winning dancer and dance teacher, best known for her roles in Back Stage and Scandal.

A mix of human and animation

Dance Club is a mixture of Cartoon Network Animation and live, human action. Lorcia and her dancers interact, fall in love and potentially come to loggerheads with various Cartoon Network characters. Regular visitors on set will include Ben Tennyson, The Power Puff Girls and Chowder
the Chef.

"I love being on the show, love learning the new moves and knowing that other children at home are learning something new and fun with me," laughed Kayleen Jegels, 11-year-old dancer on the new show and lover of macaroni and cheese, neon pink and hip-hop. "It feels really amazing to share my talent on the screen and I just want to say to other kids out there who are watching the show and thinking they can't do what we do - it doesn't matter how good other people are, or how incredible they seem to be, don't get intimidated! Do your thing and you will get to your dreams too."

Grooming young and active minds

Cartoon Network Dance Club was created to give South African viewers a stake in the channel and to ensure that the programming on Cartoon Network appeals to as broad a market in the region as possible. "The show combines South African and UK expertise and forms part of a key Turner
Broadcasting Systems (TBS) strategy to invest in South Africa and its people. We want young viewers to participate with our television products and not simply consume them. We're looking to groom young and active minds and bodies, and are certain that Dance Club will provide the kind of fare that get audiences off their couches and moving along to the music," commented Alan Musa, VP and GM, Pan Middle East and Africa for Turner Broadcasting Systems.