Our parents made a lot of sacrifices because dancing is not the cheapest sport. The dresses are expensive, so my mum learned to sew, and she started a catering company to pay for the lessons and the travel abroad for competitions. Motsi Mabuse Read Quote
I’m so thankful for dance because if I had grown up with just the bitterness of the very hard childhood we had, and I’d never ‘experienced the love of the dance world, then I probably would have been a very sad person. Motsi Mabuse Read Quote
You’ll always have someone attacking you in some way. But it’s weird from someone who’s never met you. Motsi Mabuse Read Quote
I missed my youth because I was dancing, I didn’t do all the crazy stuff. I didn’t have boyfriends or anything – the first man I met I married! Motsi Mabuse Read Quote
The biggest issue for me has been the language because I speak so much German now. I’ve had to focus on my English and find more words to describe what I want to say and also soften my tone. It was quite stiff from 20 years of speaking German, so when I started speaking more English, oh my god, my tongue was like: ‘Argh’! Motsi Mabuse Read Quote
There’s no stopping same-sex dancing couples. I don’t understand how people being happy can affect others so much – just let them be. Motsi Mabuse Read Quote
In a way, it is easier to be the younger sibling, as the older one has to pave the way. Motsi Mabuse Read Quote
I just want my daughter to grow up in a society where she feels accepted being South African, German and Ukrainian. Motsi Mabuse Read Quote
