Defying Gravity Productions

Defying Gravity Productions Professional and Dynamic Defying Gravity Productions can spice up any event. We also offer Choreographing services for any event, musical or School Production.

Dance Studio/ Production Company Specialising in:
• Dance Training • Corporate/ Event Entertainment • Choreography • Promotions and Activations
📍Gqeberha, RSA 🇿🇦 We provide entertainers for any event, Birthday parties, Corporate events, Private functions, Weddings, Night Clubs , Children parties and many more. We offer dance training in the Port Elizabeth area, Modern Dancing, Hip Hop , Tap danci

ng and a brand new Training Program called SALT that will lengthen your muscles, tone and create new muscles in your body. Defying Gravity Productions - Leap for your Dreams
Since 2008

31/08/2026

NMB Dance Festival Showcase ✨ featuring 5 of our dance items that were selected to perform at the gala evening.

Gala Evening & Prize-Giving ✨❤️What a beautiful evening! We are so proud of our two groups and three championship winner...
30/08/2026

Gala Evening & Prize-Giving ✨❤️

What a beautiful evening! We are so proud of our two groups and three championship winners who took to the stage for the showcase last night. ✨

A very special congratulations to all of our prize winners! 🏆 Your hard work and dedication truly shone through.

Hip Hop Section Winners
The following dancers were the top scorers in their respective categories: 👏🏼
🌟 Philani Simelane • 7 & 8 Years Boys
🌟 Tumi Britz • 11 & 12 Years Girls
🌟 Rebecca Nel • 15–17 Years Girls
🌟 Nicole Hills • 18 & Over Girls

Hip Hop Championship Winners 🏆
🌟 Kelly Schoeman • Masters Girls
🌟 Rebecca Nel • Senior Girls
🌟 Janno Kruger • Junior Boys

Special Awards ✨
🌟 Tumi Britz • Little Cherub Voucher — Adjudicator’s Choice for Most Promising Junior in any genre
🌟 Rebecca Nel • NMBDF Hip Hop Bursary
🌟 Defying Gravity Dance Studio • Jean Cunningham “For the Love of Dance” Memorial Trophy

We are bursting with pride! ❣️ Huge congratulations, boys and girls! We admire your hard work, dedication and passion, and absolutely love watching you light up the stage. ✨

Heidi Sampson Lauren McCarthy

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What a stunning culmination to a week filled with memories, friendships and, of course, so much dancing! 🧑🏼‍🩰❤️

Well done to each and every one of our dancers and teachers! We are so incredibly proud to have given our entire studio the opportunity to take part — from beginners to advanced dancers, and our youngest dancers to our more experienced performers.

This year, we had a whopping 213 dancers take part across a variety of items, including solos, duets, and groups, achieving an incredible 38 🥇 Gold, 81 🥈 Silver and 36 🥉 Bronze awards! ✨

A huge well done to every single dancer who stepped onto that stage. Every performance, achievement and moment on stage is something to be proud of! ✨

And to our incredible parents and guardians, thank you for supporting, encouraging and fostering your children’s dreams. Your love and commitment make all of this possible.

Now it’s time to rest those dancing feet… but keep your eyes peeled, because we have some exciting things coming up! 👀✨

Nelson Mandela Bay Dance Festival Thank you! ❤️

🏆 Our Masters Hip Hop Champion 2026! 🏆Kelly is so much more than a dancer and teacher to us — she is family. 💜 It has be...
29/08/2026

🏆 Our Masters Hip Hop Champion 2026! 🏆

Kelly is so much more than a dancer and teacher to us — she is family. 💜 It has been such an honour and privilege to watch her grow over the years, both on and off the stage. Not many dancers reach this level, and we are so incredibly proud of the dedication and commitment to her craft that she has shown over the years.

Our very own Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants story, except it’s our Kelly over the years, and we’ve had the joy of watching her grow through every chapter! 😂💜 We also got to celebrate a very special milestone this week — her 21st birthday! 🎂✨

It’s such a blessing to be part of not only your dance journey, but your life. We are beyond proud of you, Kelly! You deserve this moment and everything that comes with it. 🏆✨

Our Champion! 💜

Nelson Mandela Bay Dance Festival

Day 6️⃣ ✨Our final few items! What a week it has been watching our dancers take the stage, give their all, and continue ...
29/08/2026

Day 6️⃣ ✨

Our final few items!

What a week it has been watching our dancers take the stage, give their all, and continue to make us so proud. Every performance, every achievement and every moment of growth is worth celebrating. 🌟

We are so proud of each and every one of our dancers and teachers and all the hard work, dedication and love they have poured into their dancing and training. 💕 Keep shining, girls & boys! ✨

Results: 4🥈 2🥉

Two of our items, “Cleopatra” group and our “Twins” duet have been asked to perform in the gala evening tonight. What an honour. Our champs will also be taking the stage as title winners. See you tonight for the final stretch!

👏🏼🌟🫶🏻

Nelson Mandela Bay Dance Festival

Day 5 💜Another beautiful day of dancing, performing and making memories on stage. We are incredibly proud of every dance...
29/08/2026

Day 5 💜

Another beautiful day of dancing, performing and making memories on stage. We are incredibly proud of every dancer who continues to give their all, step outside their comfort zone and dance with so much heart. 💕

Keep dancing and working hard, keep believing in yourselves and, most importantly, keep enjoying every moment on that stage. 🩰✨

“To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.”
— Agnes de Mille

Results: 7 🥇14 🥈 2 🥉 + A Hip Hop Championship Title

Here’s to another wonderful day of dancing! 💜🌟 One day to go…

Nelson Mandela Bay Dance Festival

Day 6 - last day “Lets Go!”
29/08/2026

Day 6 - last day “Lets Go!”

Championships - Night 2 ✨A huge congratulations to Rebecca Nel, who was awarded Senior Hip Hop Girls Champion! 🏆🔥 What ...
29/08/2026

Championships - Night 2 ✨

A huge congratulations to Rebecca Nel, who was awarded Senior Hip Hop Girls Champion! 🏆🔥 What an incredible achievement! Your hard work, dedication and passion have truly paid off, and we couldn’t be prouder of you! You absolutely deserve this moment. ❤️‍🔥 We have loved watching you blossom from a tiny little girl into the awesome firecracker performer you are today.

We are also very proud of Lua Posthumus, who competed in the Senior Modern Girls Championship. 🌟 Qualifying for and taking the stage in this competitive section is something to be incredibly proud of! 💕

Well done girls! Your hard work, dedication and commitment to dance is unmatched. 🧑🏼‍🩰

Congrats to all teachers involved with our champs entrants this year. It takes a village to run this show! 👏🏼🫶🏻

Nelson Mandela Bay Dance Festival

We are so excited and proud to announce that Kelly Schoeman was awarded Masters Hip Hop Girls Champion, and Janno Kruger...
28/08/2026

We are so excited and proud to announce that Kelly Schoeman was awarded Masters Hip Hop Girls Champion, and Janno Kruger was awarded Junior Hip Hop Boys Champion last night at the NMBDF! 🏆✨

Congratulations to you both! ❤️ You have worked so incredibly hard — not just over the past few weeks, but throughout all the years of training that have brought you to this moment. It’s been an honour to watch you improve and blossom into the performers you are today. 🌟

We are absolutely thrilled and so proud of you both! 🥹🏆 What an incredible achievement! ✨

Congrats to all teachers involved with our champs entrants this year. It takes a village to run this show! 👏🏼🫶🏻

Nelson Mandela Bay Dance Festival

Day 4️⃣ 💫Another day of beautiful performances, and we couldn’t be prouder of our dancers and teachers. Watching them st...
28/08/2026

Day 4️⃣ 💫

Another day of beautiful performances, and we couldn’t be prouder of our dancers and teachers. Watching them step onto the stage, embrace the moment and do what they love is what it’s all about.

“Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.”
— Martha Graham

Results: 2🥇 14🥈 4🥉 + Two Hip Hop Championship Titles🎖️

Keep dancing with the heart. 💖

Nelson Mandela Bay Dance Festival

14 hours later - that’s a wrap on day 4 ✨
27/08/2026

14 hours later - that’s a wrap on day 4 ✨

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Port Elizabeth
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