Award-winning Oti Mabuse makes her mark on the UK’s top dance show
Strictly Come Dancing gives a local lass a platform to achieve her lifelong ambition
On Sunday evenings, four-year-old Oti Mabuse would switch off the television, insisting that her family watch her perform the dance steps she had rehearsed all week. Now, 22 years later, she is performing for a television audience of 11-million UK fans of Strictly Come Dancing. Over the past month, the Strictly show has toured the UK and Mabuse has received thunderous applause from vast crowds. South Africans can share the excitement as the 14th season of Strictly Come Dancing is screened on BBC Lifestyle. Meeting Mabuse at a London hotel following shows at the Wembley and O2 arenas, there is no sign of the glitz and glamour that typifies the Strictly style. Casually dressed in ripped jeans and a Minnie Mouse sweater, Mabuse, 26, is warm and relaxed, with a ready laugh and a maturity and level-headedness that belie her age. She is modest about her recent success on Strictly, in which she and her dance partner, actor Danny Mac, reached the final round. Fans at the show described her ...
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