The Strictly judge on dance, the new series and growing up under apartheid in South Africa
‘We wake up in the morning and just jiggle it out!’ Six things we learnt from Motsi Mabuse on Woman’s HourThe Strictly judge joined Jessica Creighton on Woman’s Hour to discuss how she first started dancing whilst growing up in South Africa, and how she became a Latin dance champion and star of one of the UK’s best loved TV shows.
“I think that's the most important part. If you're really willing to open yourself up, go all the way and risk it, then there's a good chance that the dancing will also become an easier and easier job.” “We were aware of riots. We were aware that we were second-class citizens. We were aware that we had to work harder. My parents invested a lot. All their earnings went into our education and that we had a house and our wellbeing. They put us into schools where we were kind of the only black kids, and there was conflict all the time.
“So, that's kind of hard as a child, but at the same time it gave us this strength of saying: “I know you see me coming, I know what you're thinking, and I still want to go through the door. It's tough but we pulled through.”“People are like: ‘Do you guys like each other?’ It’s fun. We sit there and enjoy the most fabulous dancing ever. We banter a lot with Craig, that’s fun.
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