Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — The dance begins easily enough, with a knock-kneed jump. Then a series of soccer kicks, a sideways prance, a thrusting pump, a backward kick as your eyes ...

South Africa Tourism partnered with viral video star Matt Harding to launch a South African Soccer-themed dance contest with a grand prize of a trip to the World Cup in June. Contestants create and ...

Diski is South African slang for soccer and The Diski Dance is a dance is made up of a series of rhythmic choreographed soccer moves. The Diski Dance was created to generate excitement for the 2010 ...

Dancer Kevin Ambrose took his position and whispered, “Smile big!” to the other three teens getting ready to perform in a Joffrey Ballet company rehearsal room. Instead of graceful ballet moves, the ...

Can you do the diski? The dance that was taught to thousands across the country in preparation for the World Cup hasn’t been seen in stadiums — much to the chagrin of Wendy Ramokgadi, the dance’s ...

Dumisani Sondlo, Cape Town: Only this week, I learned that the Diski dance has five distinct moves. They are the Juggle, followed by the Header, the Table Mountain, the Trepa and the Bridge. As ...

The first in a series of stories about the upcoming World Cup in South Africa, which begins June 11. “There’s a style in which South Africans play soccer. It’s always flair-y, it’s always showy and it ...

The Diski, a local dance based on South Africans' unique way of playing soccer and created especially for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, went international when the visiting American dance performance ...

The World Cup resumes in South Africa with the quarterfinals Friday. The past two days were officially rest days to give players a chance to recuperate. But South Africans could use a breather, too, ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The dance begins easily enough, with a knock-kneed jump. Then a series of soccer kicks, a sideways prance, a thrusting pump, a backward kick as your eyes follow an ...