Dancing, surviving in MW: The tale of Mdubz Dope
It is 7:30am and while other youth are still in bed or preparing to eat their breakfast, with no plans to survive on their own, Mdubz Dope—a group that made it to the grand finale in this year’s Kajive Season 3—is already up and roaring at Pro Fitness Gym in Blantyre.
They have to practise hard if they are to beat stiff competition in Kajive Season 3. And they have a common goal—to be the winners at all cost.
“We sometimes practise on an empty stomach not by choice but because we do not have the money to buy food,” Mdubz Dope says.
Made up of four members, the group stays in an apartment in Chitawira Township, Blantyre, and stays together.
“Dance is the only thing we depend on in life so we do piece works to pay rent and sometimes, when things get tough, we practise and sleep on an empty stomach [like on the day of the interview,” the group says.
They have the talent; all they need is dedication, training and versatility to be crowned the winners.
“We start practising at 7:30am and we rest around 11:30am and we start again at 6:30pm and finish off at 10:30am. We believe that practise makes perfect,” the group says in chorus.
According to the group members, K2 million is enough to achieve their dreams of establishing a dance school.
“Plan B is also ideal for a dancer to stay alive when the body can no longer support the routines you mastered after some 15 to 20 years of dancing,” one of the group members says.
Of course, some people are naturally graceful on the dance floor, while others seem burdened by two bungling left feet—they just cannot keep a beat—but not Mdubz.
“We would like to raise the bar for dancers in the country. We depend entirely on dance. This [dance] is our life. Our desire is not just to end after Kajive. We want to go beyond winning this competition. Most groups just die down but we want to do more because we entirely depend on dance,” Mdubz Dope said.
Mdubz Dope says, when they look at the groups that won in Kajive Season 1 and 2, they feel people may say “these are the ones that won but they have nothing to offer.
“We want to be different; we want to keep the vibe so that when people see us they should admire us,” the group says.
Mdubz Dope’s gratitude is to Times Group and Airtel for offering them the opportunity to win K2 million.
“We are so happy that Times Group and Airtel are giving us a platform to expose ourselves as dancers because it is a national competition which is even shown on Times Television. We spend most of our time practising for such kind of competitions instead of wasting our time indulging in immoral behaviours such as drinking, smoking or womanising,” Mdubz Dope says.
Any words to their fans?
“Be prepared to see flawless dance routines at the grand finale because our performance will be dangerous,” the group says.
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