South Africa has produced its very own “Billy Elliot”.
Leroy Mokgatle has become a sensation after winning a gold medal at a prestigious ballet Competition in London.
In addition to winning gold, he was presented with the Margot Fonteyn Audience Choice Award.
Before the competition they had four days of intense training but he said he learnt so much even during the preparation period.
They were trained by Christopher Montague, Sayward Harris, Angelique Harris, Heidi Wright and Angela Malan.
Mokgatle said he had been offered so many scholarships to dance with companies around the world that he decided to just “take it step by step” and pace himself.
When he gets frustrated with himself and can’t perfect a move he has learned to be patient with himself, or speak to his coaches and friends.
CCTV’s Julie Scheier caught up with him in Johannesburg and has the story
