Dipsy's Ro'Dizzy - rugrat of an extraordinary league

THATO KALA
Correspondent | Tuesday August 23, 2011 00:00

 

The five-year-old's eye-catching dance moves, done with so much aplomb and awe-inspiring enthusiasm, have deservedly earned her the stage name Ro'Dizzy Don' Stop.

The talented little girl, MAD's youngest contestant, effortlessly does exactly what any audience yearns to keep an eye on with dances ranging from Hip-hop to kwaito.  Despite entering the competition at the 11th hour she has kept the crowd alive every time she gets onto the stage.  Ro'Dizzy spotted a MAD poster while shopping with her mother at Riverwalk Mall a few weeks before the competition started and curiously sought to know what it was all about from her mum.  Shortly after getting the much-needed explanation the youngster's mind was made - dancing in the competition must be a priority.

Many will remember her for donning a Zebras' jersey number 11 during the opening stage of the competition.

Ironically, her dad, Dipsy, who turns out for South Africa's SuperSport United, puts on Jersey 11 whenever he does duty for the nation.

Interestingly, dance tutor and organiser of the show Heath Lambert admits they have nothing to do with the moves that have earned Ro'Dizzy a sizeable following at such a tender age.

'The amazing and unique thing about this youngster is that I never taught her the routine of going about it.  She just does it the way it suits her and no doubt she loves what she does.  She is really talented at it,' Lambert recently said.  The gifted starlet listens to music and responsively puts her feet together.  She has amazing rhythm.

The savvy, dowered with a loveable character, is convinced she has an idea of when her love for dancing was birthed.

'I used to dance in your stomach,' she cued her business mother, Millie Rutang, during the interview.

Rutang is Managing Director and owner of Nicopolis Properties (Pty) and The Party People Events Management Company. Mirthful as Ro'Dizzy's statement sounds, there is a ring of truth to it as Rutang affirms: 'When she was young I could see her love for music, I guess it all runs in my family.  My mother, young and older sisters all sing.

Actually, when I was pregnant with her, the minute I played music she would literally move in my stomach.'

But her unique dancing skills are not the only outstanding thing she is endowed with. She is part of the Carabet Kids drama club in Maruapula, she plays piano, drums and carries a guitar everywhere she goes.  The Rainbow Primary School reception pupil tops her class all the time.  Add to that, she recently came first in a mini-marathon held at her school.

And as they say 'the apple does not fall far from the tree', Ro'Dizzy has a bit of Dipsy's football skills.  'Every time I pick her up from school I find her playing soccer with the boys and when I ask her about it she says 'my daddy plays ball'.  She's such an amazing kid,' said the proud mother.

According to Rutang, after Ro'Dizzy was born the biggest baby at 5,4 kg at a hospital in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America (US) on February 22, 2006 her doctor kept saying 'there is something special about the child'.

But November 4, the date for the MAD final, will determine just how special she is. And clearly, the starlet is a firm believer in her abilities.

'I know I'm a winner,' she tells her mum.