Tsebang Sipambo has been dancing across international stages, winning trophies and medals while being the only black girl to represent South Africa.
She has collected medals, awards and trophies across the world, after learning ballet to help overcome a neuro-muscular disease.She has graced competition stages around the world with her technical jazz moves, and walked away with multiple medals and trophies for representing South Africa on the international stage. Remarkable as her achievements may be, they're even more so once you realise that she achieved them despite having had to overcome a congenital neuro-muscular disorder.
“I was born with a neuro-muscular disorder. They first saw it in speech therapy which I attended because I was very quiet and didn’t speak. I struggled a lot with coordination. I couldn’t ride a bicycle. Having conversations was really hard. Multitasking was a great, daily difficulty for me,” she explains.
Sipambo then decided to take part in competitions, and with her mother’s help and support, the only way for her was up. Among her many awards is a star-shaped red and white trophy, which she received for being a top 10 finalist Dancer of the Year during the 2019 American Dance Awards. A heavy shoe box is filled to the brim with gold, silver and gold medals from the Dance World Cup, and the local World Dance Challenge.
“I have always been the only black person in my team. It was hard in the beginning but as soon as I started formulating my friendships, it became easier.
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