Dogs share the stage with dancers at a previous Dancers Love Dogs concert. Photo by Pat Bromilow-Downing.

Just for a quick laugh, enjoy this short video compilation (only 2 minutes 23 seconds) of some of the most incredible salsa and merengue dancing dogs.

Of course, if you’re in Cape Town on Saturday 25 May 2013, you could see some more smart and sassy dancing doggies as part of a variety of professional dance acts (mostly including the human kind) at the Dancers Love Dogs concert at Artscape Theatre.

You’ll find all the charity concert details here, which will include performances by Cape Town City Ballet and Bovim Ballet.

But for now, share a few giggles with this video. Rumour has it that it took the golden retreiver a year to teach her partner this dance…

They’re all collaborating towards the mass sterilization of dogs in and around Cape Town’s rural areas and townships, where this treatment is sorely needed but sadly unaffordable, leading to too many pups without a home, or food, or a loving cuddle.

Helping homeless doggies in need

After rescuing one too many starved strays and lost dogs, Brigitte Reeve-Taylor, a local dance teacher and choreographer, decided to make a difference by combining her love for dogs with her love of dance.

Since 2012, her Dancers Love Dogs concerts have spread to Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban and the events have cumulatively raised over R290 000.00, which has allowed for more than 1500 animals to be safely sterilised. Dancers Love Dogs has also been registered as a non-profit organisaton, securing its important official NPO status.

Photo by Pat Bromilow-Downing courtesy of Dancers Love Dogs.

Charity concert line-up

This once-off performance will showcase works by Cape Town City Ballet, Cape Junior Ballet, Bovim Ballet, Ikapa Dance Theatre, Waterfront Theatre School, Zip Zap, Martin Schonberg, the Eoan Dance Group and Adele Blank. Special guests include Dancing With Dogs Cape Town, a quartet of four women who perform with their dogs, all of which have been rescued and nurtured back to wholeness by their trainers. The MC will be the spectacular Lillyslappedsilly from Mince fame.

All the performers have generously donated their time and skills without charge and Artscape has also offered the venue at a reduced rate. In addition, a raffle will also be held on the night with great prizes to be won, donated by several generous sponsors. All the proceeds of the event will go towards the venue hiring fee and the costs of sterilising dogs.

Event details + bonus puppy love:

Date: Saturday 25 May 2013 at 8:00 pm
Venue: Artscape Opera House, Cape Town
Tickets: R250 per person (the exact cost of one sterilisation) via Computicket

Want to help or make a donation to this pawsome cause? Contact Brigitte on m2m@mweb.co.za or via the donated website or on Facebook.

But before you go clicking away, first get a good dose of “aaaaah cute” when you watch this video of poster pup Vivi and how her ballerina dreams came true.