Browsing Articles - Month: June 2009

THE WEST SIDE RUMOUR

Musical Theatre 18 Jun, 2009

Could it be true? Could West Side Story be making a comeback to the Aussie stage in 2010? Rumours are flying thick and fast about this dance hit being thrown back on stage? If it’s true you dancers out there better get into jazz technique classes quick smart. It would be great to see an a… Read Article

EVERYDAY IS WICKED

Musical Theatre 16 Jun, 2009

Sydney faced one of its biggest theatrical tests yesterday when tickets for the Capitol Theatre season of the Broadway blockbuster musical Wicked went on sale through Ticketmaster. The show broke several box office records in Melbourne, where it opened at the Regent Theatre a year ago… Read Article

A WHOLE LOTTA DANCING GOING ON

Workshops 15 Jun, 2009

After months and months of hearing about the Australian Dance Festival it finally happened over the weekend at the State Sports Centre in Sydney. For DanceLife it started at 6am on Friday, why so early you asked well we had to go to the gym for our training session then back to pack the car and… Read Article

ADAM BLANCH GETS ON THE COUCH

Musical Theatre 14 Jun, 2009

Sydney Dance Company’s poster boy Adam Blanch sat down with Christine Denny to chat about working with the company, how he got a place in the company and loads more. Check out our next On The Couch With Christine from TapatakOz above. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKG5tqDIJ… Read Article

CHEERLEADERS ARE DANCERS GONE RETARDED… UM NO

Dance 11 Jun, 2009

It’s great to see Aussies doing so well overseas! Born and raised in Sydney, Berry is a former cheerleader with the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team. Now in the UK Deanne is killing it! The single “Call on Me” by Eric Prydz was released in 2004 and is a looped-sample of t… Read Article

BONDS LOVE THEIR DANCING

Dance 11 Jun, 2009

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KIDSXPRESS RECAP

Workshops 10 Jun, 2009

The KidsXpress Dance Challenge was held over the weekend at the State Sports Centre and boy was it successful and extremely enjoyable! The challenge was organised by three Sydney dance studio owners including Jade Barnes, Glenda Yee and Chris Wood with the aim to raise much needed funds… Read Article

BRITNEY IS COMING

Dance 10 Jun, 2009

After many months of tooing and froing, we are proud to announce that the one and only Britney Spears is coming to Australia. Britney’s Circus tour has been a massive success in the United States, generating massive amounts of buzz and countless news headlines. It’ll be no d… Read Article

BILLY TAKES OVER THE TONY'S

Musical Theatre 9 Jun, 2009

The 2009 Tony Awards are now part of the record books, and Billy Elliot emerged the evening’s big winner with a total of 10 awards, including Best Musical. Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage was honoured as Best Play, and the Best Revival winners were The Norman Conquests and Hair… Read Article

KATE & DEMI TEAM UP

Dance 9 Jun, 2009

SYTYCD Season 1 contestants Demi and Kate have been hard at work to shoot the new TVC for Norsca which will premiere on Ten during SYTYCD US. Check out the pic from the TVC above. Apparently a great day was had by all. Keep your eyes out for TVC in the coming weeks.… Read Article