SA Dance Queen, Choreographer, Adjudicator and Dance Teacher | Freelance
Johannesburg

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Born in Mafikeng, South Africa’s North West Province, where she started out in traditional dancing at the age of 4, this indomitable dancer devoted herself passionately to her creative forte, turning professional and receiving her first Latin American qualification at the age of 16. Today Tebogo Kgobokoe is eminently known as the Dance Queen of South Africa, having established herself as an acclaimed world professional champion, coach and adjudicator in the dance world. This undefeated South African Professional Ballroom and 7 times Latin American champion, has dazzled South Africans with her unforgettable rhythm, explosive personality, professionalism and artistry. Tebogo is one of South Africa’s top choreographers and works with dance companies and coaches as well as with some of South Africa’s top amateur and Tebogo Kgobokoe is an arts activist with a passion to ensure that more opportunities are awarded to deserving artists and that the arts contribute positively to job creation. Her aim is to contribute towards the recognition, respect and support for arts and culture. She advocates that, “Dance is a form of discipline which instills confidence, respect, good mannerism, perseverance and courage as well and enriching physical and mental well-being of an individual.” professional dancers on different dance styles and is currently coaching a number of top dance couples all over the world. Aside from her main style of Latin American, Tebogo has also trained in a variety of other dance forms including Contemporary, Modern, Gymnastics, Spanish, Ballet, Freestyle, Rock n Roll and Ballroom. She has partnered with a number of Professional Dancers including Kagiso Ntseane, Louis Esterhuizen, Michael Wentink and Harold van Buuren.

A Leader of Tomorrow

Recognised as “A Leader of Tomorrow” in the Arts and Culture sector, by South Africa’s Most Influential Women and Government Meritorious Award

Feather Awards Winner

Winner of The Feather Awards

Cosmopolitan Awesome Woman | Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan Awesome Woman

Women of Excellence Award | Rapport and City Press | 2002

Rapport and City Press “Women of Excellence Award” (2002)

Tshwane Businesswomen's Award (BWA)

Winner of the Tshwane Businesswomen’s Award (BWA), in the Entrepreneur category

Shoprite Woman of the Year | 2001

Shoprite Women of the Year Award in the Arts Category

PROJECT: "Soul Connect"

Project Owner and Initiator, 2006 - present

Soul Connect, an Educational Schools Mentorship Campaign, is the brain child of Tebogo Kgobokoe. The project engages with high school learners in Grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 through monthly school visits in order to cover an aspect of career guidance often missed by universities who are unable to bring to these young developing minds, the realities of their dream careers. She is involving a number of high profile young entrepreneurs who will have a positive impact on the lives of these learners.
Soul Connect offers a tangible reality of the various “dream careers” youth desire. This is achieved by creating opportunities for learners to interact on a face to face level, with established and successful professionals and entrepreneurs. Learners will be given the opportunity to satisfy their enquiring minds constructively and with professional and extensively experienced leaders, movers and shakers currently active in a range of “dream careers”, taking them through what it takes to enter each profession, what sort of personalities succeed in each profession and what are the pitfalls and benefits of each profession.
The Soul Connect campaign promotes the need for education and the need for learners to empower themselves, while ensuring that each learner understands the need for discipline, hard work and continued education and that hardly anything is handed over on a silver platter. It provides the learner with valuable insights into and deeper understandings of careers at a level which institutions cannot provide. Learners get to hear honest accounts of each professional’s work life and work / life balance, what and how each professional studied, their aspirations, dreams and how these were achieved.
The young professionals involved in this programme represent a range of professions including:
Optometrists; owners of mining companies; arts consultants / artists; marketing directors; graphic designers; Information Technology developers and specialists; economists; sports personalities; project managers; radio and television personalities and presenters; auditors, bankers; bloggers; attorneys; farmers; record label owners; fashion designers, doctors, lawyers, accountants etc.

North West Provincial Arts and Culture Council

Councillor, 2008 - present

South African Business Women in the Arts

Co-Founder, 2010 - present

National Arts Council of South Africa

Dance Panellist, 2008 - present