Recapping this week's entertainment

December 2018:

We ended off our year on a high note of sorts. South Africa is a diverse country whether we take into account the attitudes of the masses is a whole other topic, I am merely referring to the vast amount of different cultures and nationalities reside here.

Therefor I am not surprised in the slightest when I hear how HUGE K-Pop is amongst our youth. According to Wikipedia K-pop (abbreviation of Korean pop; Hangul: 케이팝) is a genre of popular music originating in South Korea.[1] While the modern form of K-pop can be traced back to the early 90s, the term itself has been popularized since the 2000s, replacing the term Gayo (가요), which also refers to domestic pop music in South Korea.[2][3] Although it generally indicates "popular music" within South Korea, the term is often used in a narrower sense to describe a modern form of South Korean pop that is influenced by styles and genres from around the world, such as experimental, jazz, gospel, hip hop, R&B, reggae, electronic dance, folk, country, and classical on top of its traditional Korean music roots.[4] The more modern form of the genre emerged with the formation of one of the earliest K-pop groups, Seo Taiji and Boys, in 1992. Their experimentation with different styles and genres of music and integration of foreign musical elements helped reshape and modernize South Korea's contemporary music scene.[5]

Back in my day we had N'sync, Britnery spears, and Christina Aguilera and nowadays they have Jungkook, Jennie Kim and J-Hope.

On 1 December, we had the honor of performing at the annual Korean Culture Day at V & A Waterfront in Cape Town, and although we didn't dance to K-Pop music, the audience and participants of the sho alike enjoyed our little throwdown.

Below are the members of the team made up of Good Hope Dance Company including two ladies from WeDFy Entertainment who wowed the crowd that day.

From left:

Bboy Eezy Ish

Quanita Allie

Bboy Bax

Nicola Pharo

Shameelah Kinnear

Graham Swartz

Below from left:

Lyle Jonas

Bboy Meaty

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