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MUSIC MATTERS – THE ART OF CONVERSATION

Latest News 3 Apr, 2011

Two months ago, I got involved in a project at the hospital with some patients. The purpose of this project was to get patients to find their inner self and strength through various forms of art instead of reaching for the usual palliatives. Music topped the list! It had the most effect in ch… Read Article

AUDITION TIPS 2011

Auditions 31 Jan, 2011

Hi DanceLife friends, Happy 2011 – a new year, a new decade and a great time to set your goals!!! I started 2011 with a wonderful rest with my family after a very busy year in 2010 choreographing on SYTYCD season 3, teaching at UDC, choreographing several J Foxx corporate events then t… Read Article

BRENT STREET ARTISTIC COUNCIL SELECTS NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Dance 24 Sep, 2010

Off the back of the announcement earlier in the week of the newly formed Brent Street Artistic Council comes more exciting news for Brent Street with the announcement of Cameron Mitchell as the new Artistic Director. Cameron is currently one of Australia’s most respected and ver… Read Article

WRONG PROM: CHICAGO

Dance 3 Aug, 2010

Sydney’s favourite mass dance class for adults will hang up its dancing shoes next month, with CarriageWorks announcing that Wrong Prom: Chicago on Wednesday 25 August will be the last Wrong Prom ever. With glitz, glamour and All That Jazz, the last Wrong Prom will transform Carr… Read Article

NATIONAL DANCE DAY LAUNCED IN US

Dance 2 Aug, 2010

Americans grooved to music and celebrated their first National Dance Day yesterday. The event is the brainchild of executive producer and judge of “So You Think You Can Dance” Nigel Lythgoe. Eleanor Holmes, the Congresswoman introduced National Dance Day resolution to… Read Article

THE NEXT GENERATION

Latest News 1 Aug, 2010

Brent Street has been going through some big changes over the last few months with the original brains behind the studio leaving. The studio is now moving into a new era with Brent Street Generation II being launched. The school that has fostered some of Australia’s best dance tale… Read Article

PERFORMER LONGEVITY

Latest News 26 Jul, 2010

Performers want to perform. Many believe they must perform to survive – they need it. Need the applause, the adrenalin, the creative outlet: the fantasy. The wonderful full feeling, the knowing: you are in exactly the right place at the right time – synchronous bliss! Unfo… Read Article

STAY FOCUSED

Latest News 18 Jul, 2010

It’s time for Jets pep talk for the month! In the dance Industry there’s always upcoming talent so what makes you stand out from the crowd why are you better than the person next to you and what tricks have you got to offer above and beyond the rest? The dance Industry is a very sma… Read Article

ADF UPDATE – KELLEY ABBEY TO TEACH

Workshops 16 Jun, 2010

Kelley Abbey, Australia’s leading lady of dance is going to be teaching 2 workshops during the Australian Dance Festival! Don Napalan who stole our hearts in the last season of So You Think You Can Dance will also be teaching. The workshop timetable is now on the ADF website and you w… Read Article

WHERE GOOD MUSIC AND DAGGY DANCING COLLIDE

Dance 10 Jun, 2010

Sydney’s favourite mass dance class for adults returns to CarriageWorks on Wednesday 23 June with Wrong Prom: BLUES BROTHERS. Part dance lesson; part disco, Wrong Prom is a spectacle to behold as 700 people dressed for the occasion gather in the massive CarriageWorks foyer with… Read Article