Unicke Performing Arts

We are immensely proud of our 2026 Elite Team. Each and every individual on the team received one or more High Gold awards this past weekend at the Talent Africa regionals, whether for one of their dances or a modelling item. Collectively they raked in a phenomenal 27 High Golds!

These girls spend on average nine hours per week on refining their technique, practising their routines and ensuring their tumbling tricks and techniques improve - and it was evident on stage.

Well done team - UPA all the way 🩵🙏🏻

Another incredibly successful day for UPA at Day 2 of the Talent Africa Gauteng Regionals 🤩🩵

We are beyond proud of every student who stepped onto the stage with passion, confidence, and dedication. Your hard work, growth, and love for the performing arts continue to shine through in every performance ✨

A huge congratulations to the students who received High Gold — the highest possible achievement at the Regionals 🏆

🏆 UPA Mount Zion – Elite Team
🏆 UPA We Go Down – Hilde & Dioné
🏆 UPA Legends – Emma & Tinieke
🏆 UPA Sound of War – Zoey & Mishke
🏆 Hilde Kirstein – Acro
🏆 Hilde Kirstein – Formal
🏆 Annabelle Kirstein – Acro
🏆 Annabelle Kirstein – Fitness
🏆 Dioné Botes – Acro
🏆 Mila Hodgskin – Acro

✨ Day 2 Results ✨
🏆 22 x High Gold
🥇 52 x Gold
🥈 14 x High Silver

A heartfelt thank you to our incredible coaches — Coach Tenícke, Coach Uné, and Tannie Knoppie — for your endless dedication, guidance, patience, and love poured into every student. Your passion and commitment continue to inspire and uplift our dancers every step of the way 🤍

Thank you to Talent Africa for hosting such a wonderful regional competition and for creating a platform where young performers can grow, shine, and share their passion with others 🌟 Talent Africa

We are so proud of every UPA student who represented the studio so beautifully this weekend 🤍

✨ WHAT A WAY TO START THE 2026 COMPETITION SEASON! ✨

Our dancers and models stepped onto the stage with confidence, grace, determination and sparkle, making Day 1 of the Talent Africa Gauteng Regionals a day to remember! 🩵🤍

From breathtaking dance performances to elegant runway presentations - we could not be prouder of each and every student who had the courage to step into the spotlight and shine. 🌟

Congratulations to our students who achieved HIGH GOLD – the highest accolade awarded at Regionals! 🏆

✨ Tenícke Smit – Formal Modelling
✨ Zoey-Jane Combrink – Acro Dance
✨ Mieke Venter – High Fashion Modelling
✨ Isabella Pienaar – Formal Modelling
✨ Tinieke Nel – Acro Dance

📊 Day 1 Results:
🏆 5 × High Gold
🥇 19 × Gold
🥈 9 × High Silver

What an incredible achievement for our first competition of the season!

Tomorrow we return for Day 2! The excitement is only beginning! 💫

In absolute awe of Miek-Anne’s incredible talent and natural ability as she steps onto the Talent Africa Regionals stage for the very first time this weekend in the 3–5 year old Tiny Talent category ✨

Such impeccable lines, beautiful confidence, and a stage presence far beyond her years. From the moment the music starts, she shines with a light that is impossible to miss.

Dedicated, hard-working, passionate, and overflowing with excitement for the journey ahead — every moment in the studio has led to this special weekend.

We are beyond proud of you, Mieks 🩵
Keep dancing with your whole heart and enjoy every second on that stage.

Unicke Praise ✨🤍

Built on the heart of Luke 6:38, Unicke Praise is the blessings, worship and Christian community of UPA — a space where faith, fellowship and purpose come together.

On Friday evening we hosted our very first Blankets & Bibles, Blessings & Brownies evening, and what a beautiful night it was. 🕯️📖🍫

A special thank you to Tannie Knoppie for sharing such meaningful insight from the Bible about thankfulness and living out the passion and talent that God has placed within each of us.

Coach Tenícke and Coach Uné assisted the girls with the highlight of the evening - our prayer chain craft project, where every link carried handwritten Bible verses, prayers, and heartfelt words of encouragement. Seeing every prayer added together was a powerful reminder of the strength of community and faith. ⛓️🤍

The evening was filled with love, worship, voicing our blessings, brownies, warm blankets and hearts completely filled with the love of God.

And this is only the beginning…

Our next event is already in the making for the end of July. 👀

Keep your eyes open for P&P,P&P if you want to join. ✨

LumetjieBytjie ✨🐝

Our beautiful Tiny Talent Ambassador is officially runway READY for her very first modelling ramp and we could not be more excited! 🤩✨

At only 3 years old, this little star already has the confidence, sparkle, and personality to light up the stage. 🌟 From the biggest smiles to the cutest excitement over her brand new modelling shoes, every moment has been absolutely precious. 👠🤍

Watch out world — this little queen is only getting started! 👑✨

Unicke Performing Art Family 🩵
A gathering of families, woven together by purpose and promise.

Choosing to invest not only in dreams, but in the quiet becoming — in courage growing behind the scenes, in confidence finding its voice, in futures being shaped one moment at a time.

These are the families who show up — with open hearts, steady belief, and unwavering support.
Who lift one another in both triumph and trial, who celebrate every child as their own, and who understand that this journey was never meant to be walked alone.

At UPA, we are more than a studio —
we are a meeting place of purpose,
where paths cross with intention,
and every connection carries meaning.

Here, something greater is unfolding… A community held together by faith, love, and shared vision — gently shaping lives, quietly building futures, exactly as it was always meant to be. 🤍

🩵 DETERMINATION AND FLEXIBILITY 🩵

Our Unicke Novice-Intermediate Acro girls are absolutely LEVELING UP 🤩🔥 photos of a few students from class yesterday evening.

Look at this incredible progress on their back mount on tummy trick! A skill that takes insane flexibility, strength, balance, control, and determination — and these girls are putting in the WORK every single week 💪🏼🤸🏼‍♀️

The growth, confidence, and teamwork in this group is so exciting to watch, and we are beyond proud of every single one of them 🩵✨

Future acro stars in the making ⭐️
Keep shining girls — your hard work is SHOWING, and this is only the beginning! 🔥🤩

Resistance Band Oversplit Stretch 🩵💪🔥 — a powerful flexibility exercise used by Dancers and Acrobats to safely push beyond your normal range.

Why we LOVE it 👇
🩵Improves flexibility & range of motion
🩵 Builds strength in your active flexibility
🩵 Helps achieve higher kicks, better leaps & oversplits
🩵 Supports injury prevention when done correctly
🩵 Trains both control AND extension (not just passive stretching!)

Using a resistance band helps you go deeper while still supporting the body — meaning you’re not just forcing flexibility, you’re building it 👏

At Unicke Performing Arts, we train smart, strong AND flexible dancers 💫

Raise Me Up – Lyrical Group 🩵✨
A breathtaking blend of strength, grace, emotion and artistry. Every lift, every line, every breath—pure elevation.