Popular dancer and choreographer, Kafayat Shafau, aka Kaffy, has advised up-and-coming female dancers not to trade their bodies for dance gigs.
In an interview she granted on Saturday, Kaffy alleged that some ladies now use dancing as a cover for prostitution.
She lamented that these set of ladies are attempting to bastardised the art of dancing with the unruly attitude.
He said, “Dance is not a hustler’s game, because a lot of girls are disguising prostitution by using dance. They would rather sell the sex side than the skill side. My only consolation is that the industry is growing so big that there is room for those kinds of people. Dance is an art form but sometimes, we cross the line, because of the sensual expression. I also do it, but there is a line I cannot cross, and clothes I cannot wear. One doesn’t need to be naked to be sexy or sensual, unlike what some people think.
“My advice to potential dancers is that they should choose their path, and be true to it. Don’t let pressure push you to a path you never originally wanted. You don’t have to alter your body, and there is more to dance than music videos and clubs. You can be a dance executive, coach, science, dance injury prevention, therapist, and many other things.”
Speaking further, Kaffy said the notion that women in the entertainment industry don’t support their female colleagues as much as their male counterparts is untrue.
She said, “Women are just more emotionally expressive, so you can detect when a woman doesn’t like another woman faster than a man who doesn’t like another man. A man could be smiling with his friend until the last minute and stab him in the back. But, once a woman walks into such situation, her energy changes towards the person, and it’s easy to know that something is wrong. Both genders have the capacity to not support one another.”
