Seven-year-old ‘Klein Kwagga’ from Mpumalanga has stolen the hearts of South Africans across the country thanks to his passionate performance of Bernice West’s Lyfie on stage.
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Dirkco Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen unexpectedly stole the spotlight at his sister’s year-end concert, hosted by the dance school René’s Art of Dance on Saturday night, reported O FM.
It was when the schoolgoers’ brothers and sisters were invited on stage to dance to the beat of the Lyfie dance that Dirkco’s passion for dance erupted and sent the crowd buzzing with amused admiration for the showstopper.
Take a look:
@kleinkwagga1 Doen dit lyfie doen dit! @Bernice West #Dans #fun #show ♬ original sound – KleinKwagga
@karelolivier1 Die Here het my mooi gemaak #SAMA28 #hartandsoul #hartandsoul #dans #havingfun ♬ original sound – Karel Olivier
Beyond the crowd, Klein Kwagga, with his little vellies and khaki clothes, has made an indelible impression on Mzansi (and several international TikTokers too) who shared countless praises for Dirkco in the comment section:
I’m sorry but I’m obsessed 😍😍😍🥹🥹🥹 go klein Kwaggatjie 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾💍 – @Dave Lindelwa
Jumped straight out of his Toyota land cruiser and owned the show 😁 – @Myron_samuel_05
Watching this video over and over. It just made my day 😃👏🕺❤️ – @Felicia
Can we elect him to be a Chief of Mzansi Africa with hectares of land🥰🥰🥰… – @NAdiiima _ M
someone better tell Charlize Theron lots of PPL enjoying our Afrikaans 🤣😍😍😍 – @Dozen
The video had been viewed more than ten million times on TikTok by Monday afternoon.
According to O FM, his parents, Mercia and Jaco Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen, said someone posted the video over the weekend for the world to share in his joy. A family member then quickly helped them to create Klein Kwagga’s TikTok profile when the video went viral.
Klein Kwagga is the nickname given to Dirkco by his father.
The overnight star was also invited to the Pretoria FM studio where he was able to meet Bernice West and show off his dancing talent live:
@pretoriafm @KleinKwagga het kom kuier by Pretoria FM. Hier is ‘n insetsel van klein Kwagga se radio-onderhoud. Die volledige onderhoud sal op ons YouTube-kanaal gelaai word. Dalk, net dalk, dans klein Kwagga saam met Bernice West… Bly kyk tot aan die einde as jy wil weet.@Bernice West ♬ original sound – Pretoria FM 104.2
Al wat ons kan sê is die Here het vir Dirkco werklik te mooi gemaak het (all we can say is God truly made Dirkco beautiful).
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Picture: Screenshot from video