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Shenize Bekker

  • Actor, Dancer, Model, Singer
  • 20, Female
  • Gauteng, Johannesburg

General Information

I am 1.6 m tall, with green/brown eyes and blond hair.

Skills/Talents

I act, sing and dance. I also play hockey. For fun and relaxation I do art, ride quadbike and swim. I'm also teaching myself to play guitar. I recently started learning keyboard, as I want to write and compose my own music.

Experience

I've been dancing for eight years, acting for seven years and singing for six. I've done Eisteddfods, Dance Festivals and numerous other competitions to gain experience and for the enjoyment of performing in front of people. I've been extremely privileged to have taken part in Actors, Models and Talent for Christ, hosted in Orlando Florida USA for three years now, where I performed in front of Producers, Casting managers and Scouts in the International Industry. My platform started with South African Talent Championships where I got chosen to represent S.A. in the USA after performing in acting, singing and dancing. My Music Theater dreams became a reality when I played Brigitta in Sound of Music, the South African Tour Theater production by Andrew Lloyd Webber, in 2014. Since then I also appeared in three other Theater productions, Jack and the Beanstalk (as the Broadway Cat), The Snow Queen (as young Hanna) and Beauty and the Beast (as Dusty, the feather duster). I've done exams through Trinity College London since 2014 and completed four levels in Music Theater Exams and also one level in Rock/Pop exam in 2015. I did my first TV advert in October 2014, Summer 2014 Vodacom add and I had a small role in a new Afrikaans film, Free State as 'Young Jeanette'. I competed at Dance Masters Association of South Africa and received Regional and S.A. colors in Hip Hop & Tap Dancing. I was also very blessed to be chosen as part of the S.A. team who participated in New York, USA in July 2016 at the American Dance Awards. The highlights for ADA was receiving a special award with my duet hip hop partner and winning the category for my hip hop solo and the workshops I attended hosted by Jeff Lapes & Amanda Castro. I've had the amazing opportunity to work with Nate Butler, an American songwriter, music producer, vocal producer and recording artist. He has been a part of 45 million records sold worldwide and has worked with multi-platinum artists. My first single 'It's our chance', co-written, beats created, produced and recorded by Nate is available for download on iTunes. The music video is available on you tube - It's Our Chance - Shenize I did a two week Broadway Performance Showcase Experience in March'16 where in just 10 days auditions, rehearsals and recordings got done and the awesome Broadway production, SWING SWING SWING a musical revue were showcased to audiences over two nights. On Sunday, 24 July 2016, I was part of 'History in the making' for South African Dance, when I got SA-Protea Colors for Hip Hop, together with my crew and the other crew from Cape Town. We represented South Africa at the Hip Hop International World 2016 Championships in Las Vegas, which was held in Aug'16. What an amazing opportunity to participate along 22 countries and 39 other junior crews. The experience of being in the presence of such talented hip hop dancers from all over the world, was absolutely mind blowing! I also had the privilege to attend dance workshops with Paris Goebel, Napoleon & Tabitha, Brian Puspos, Tricia Miranda and Matt Steffanina. The fact that I could go to this event as a Protea SA representative and gain all this experience from amazing dancers, is such a blessing and I am very thankful to have been given the opportunity. I've been taking part in the South African Talent Championships (SATCH) for 7 years now, where I act, dance and sing. I'm very blessed to have been chosen for the past 6 years to be part of the team to represent SA at Actors, Models and Talent for Christ in the USA, and this year I was chosen to go to Dallas Texas to represent SA at a Talent convention. I had the amazing opportunity to attend a TV & Drama workshop with Brumilda Van Rensburg on 20 May'17. She is an awesome lady and I'm very blessed to have been exposed to her talent, experience and passion for the same things that I love! I had the priviledge to attend an International Music Workshop on 05 Oct 2017 with Blaze Johnson & my 'singer/songwriter' idol, Nate Butler. It's been 2 years since co-writing with this very talented induvidual and seeing him again has ignited the singer/songwriter flame... watch this space! SATCH 2018 awarded me with finishing in the top 10 senior dancers and I was the overall winner in the top 10 senior actors, after performing in 14 items across singing, dancing and acting. I've also received an invite to attend an event in Dallas Texas USA in 2019. I've taken part in acting, singing & dancing at the International ARTS Talent showcase in October 2019. I had the privelidge to share the stage with Nate Butler and got a call back from Kim Myers from the USA. I will be going to Orlando Florida USA in July 2019, to perform infront of international Agents, Record Labels, Casting Directors, Managers and Producers from Hollywood, Miami, New York, Atlanta and more. During October and November 2018 I was part of a new reality TV program that will air on Chanel 147 on DSTV in 2019. This has been an amazing opportunity and experience and I've met the most amazing people. I will be posting the start of season one as soon as DSTV has finalized the air dates.

Qualifications

Dancing - Bronwynne's Dance Academy Singing - Virtuoso Performing Arts and Learning Skills Academy. Acting - Boss Studio Dancing - Reemicks Dance Studio Acting - LALT Theatre House - Louw Breytenbach MTW - Duane Alexander & Anton Luitingh Vocal - Nate Butler (American song writer, producer and artist)

 
 

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