Performers and Artist
Tipsy Gypsy Artbar will provide amazing entertainment, no matter what your taste. Tipsy Gypsy can guarantee that every aspect of your event is flawless and professional. Our customers receive individual attention as we work to meet their entertainment needs.
Clinton Shalkoff – Choreographer
Choreographer | Dancer | Teacher | Coach
Clinton Shalkoff is a choreographer, teacher and coach with over 17 years of experience.
From teaching dance in the fitness industry and private dance studios around the country to choreographing for many live events, fashion shows, and for several South African performers, together with performing for one of South Africa’s top male review shows, Clinton also shows his versatility and professionalism
Through his success in winning several SA Hip Hop championships, he was honored to represent South Africa in Germany.
Clinton has had the honor of teaching in the Middle East from Saudi Arabia, to Kuwait and Dubai and introducing dance forms to unique and different cultures
His passion and energy for teaching and performing , together with his fun, happy personality, excites whomever he works with, and this is what Dance is all about.
Sophia Von Syren
Burlesque Performer
Cape Town based burleskateer & model Miss Sophia Von Syren stays true to the essence of burlesque-the tease. She seduces the imagination with a sultry wink, a mischievous smile, a dash of wickedness, and a thrust of brazenness. Like the sirens of the deep, his minx lures you in and makes your blood pressure rise with her bump n’ grind.
Nurit Graff
Singer, Dancer and Performer
Nurit Michele Graff (Drama 1997) has travelled extensively and has performed all around the world as a freelancer in both singing and dancing, the past 2 years focusing more on her singing career. Nurit is a mezzo soprano and sings mostly pop, rock and blues kind of music. She has done many musical theatre productions as both lead and ensemble.
Her talents have given her the opportunity to perform in a great variety of shows, including 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche (lead), West Side Story(understudy and lead), Calling Us Home (supporting lead), Tiger Bay, Saturday Night Fever, Robin Hood Babes in the Wood, Peter Pan Pantomime, Rockville-Rock Show (lead), Showboat-Cape Town Opera Company (understudy), Sound of Music, Dirty Dancing, Cinderella Pantomime, Mamma Mia, MSC Cruise Lines (production vocalist), Barnyard Tribute shows (production vocalist), Tui Magic Life (production vocalist) and several Variety Shows.
Her television and commercial credits include stunt double on the TV series WARRIOR for Piranha Stunts SA, lead actress for the KIABI fashion shoot, supporting actress SHELL, stunt double on the TV series Dominion for Piranha Stunts SA, stunt double/belly dancer on Kings and Prophets, assistant choreographer on the TV series of Tutankhamen Cape Town Film Studios and choreographer for Walmart commercial for Germany.
Nurit wrote her own comedy show in 2016 entitled: BRAND SPANKING NU.
She was also the winner of the DURBAN MERCURY AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS INA A MUSICAL: West Side Story in the role of Anita in 2013.
In 2018 she was one of the Choreographic Competition Judges at the Waterfront Theatre College’s ever-popular Choreographic Competition, which offers a diverse programme of choreography across a broad range of dancing styles, including Musical Theatre, Contemporary, Hip Hop, and Tap & Jazz.
Dudonne Diergaardt
Singer and Dancer
Dudonne is an incredible singer and dancer based in Cape Town.
With his versatile dance talent and vocal range he is an asset in any show!
Ocean’s Riff
Band
Let Ocean’s Riff bring you the scent of the sea and the sound of summer. With a splash of jazz, a ripple of reggae, and a sprinkle of bossa nova, get swept away by currents of the southern cape of South Africa. A bit of sea, some sand, a whole lot of soul, the blazing Cape sun and a side of kelp. Inspired by generations of street performers throughout the Cape flats, comes the Afro-Kaapse, “Ghoema-Samba” style.
Band Members: Jean America, Charlie Jones, Robert Francke, Joshua Daniels and Leo Letsape.
When
Band
“The group authentically formed through forces of friendship and music when Anis Moucer (acoustic Guitar) and Chloé Damon (Vocals) met and discovered their shared enthusiasm for Latin and Jazz music as well as the French language. Soon thereafter, Anis booked a rehearsal session at Tunes Studio where he met drummer, Jean Marais, and the trio was completed.
Chloé is a music enthusiast who grew up listening to Soul & Jazz artists such as Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Incognito & Sergio Mendes, among others. Chloé first performed at a Jam Session in 2022 which inspired her to pursue her lifelong passion to perform music that moves people.
Jean Jacques Marais started performing at the age of twelve. Fast forward about ten years, and he had already played hundreds of live shows and recorded a number of singles, EPs and albums at studios in and around Cape Town. After graduating with a BA in Humanities from the University of Stellenbosch, Jean identified a gap in the local rehearsal space market, and in March 2010, Tunes Studio was founded. He remained an active, live and studio musician and has collaborated and worked with artists such as Riku Lätti, Piet Botha, Hemelbesem, Bacchus Nel and Churchil Naudé.
Anis Moucer completed his BA degree in music in his home country Algeria. He is a multi-talented musician manifesting dexterity in both saxophone and guitar and his understanding of North African modes, provides for an unique characteristic to his musical output. When? delivers a variety of genres, ranging from French Cafe to Jazz, Funk and even lightly drawing on R&B.”