SA choreographer slays the internet again - a video to bring on summer

Famed Cape Town choreographer Rudi Smit has done it again. This time his dancing video has been created to get people in a festive mood.

Smit said that when he heard Dutch rapper Dopebwoy’s song Cartier, he immediately conceptualised the choreography to it.

“To be quite honest‚ it was a fairly instantaneous thought. I heard the song‚ choreographed to it and saw this whole fun summer vibe in my head and wanted to create just that! I had one rehearsal with my company and we did the shoot the next day‚” said Smit.

In the video‚ Smit and six other dancers can be seen busting a move on the roof of plaza at the Civic Centre in Foreshore.

The dance crew effortlessly manoeuvre their way from one dance move to the next. In the last scene‚ Smit pours a cold beverage over his face – a sure way to ring in the summer season.

Smit said the idea behind the video was to get people in the mood for summer.

“With it being summer and me wanting to portray the vibe and energy of Cape Town summer‚ I wanted to create something that celebrates that and shows the fun‚ playful‚ vibrant feeling of summer in Cape Town‚” said Smit.

On his Facebook page, the Cartier video has been viewed more than 61‚000 times and shared more than 1,000 times.

And Smit has been receiving only praise for the video.

Sally Berold commented: “YESSSSSSSS!!! Making South Africa proud.”

Muzi Williams commented: “This was so much fun to watch!! Well done guys.”

And Carica Beets Cox commented: “Stunning!!”

The cherry on top will be to get the attention of Dopebwoy. “That would be awesome. It’s always a great feeling when artists appreciate what we create to their music‚” said Smit.

Smit got a lot of attention last year for his choreography video to Megan Trainor’s song Me Too. That video has been viewed more than 900‚000 times and received more than 12‚000 likes.

Even Trainor was left stunned by the video. Taking to Twitter, the singer said: “WOW WOW WOW UNBELIEVABLE … slay my life!”