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WHAT IF THE MONEY DIDN'T MATTER?

Latest News 27 Oct, 2010

For some reason, our dance industry has determined we are only a successful dancer if we are getting all the gigs, appeared on So You Think You Can Dance, landed a musical. But what about just dancing? What if for one moment we remove the focused ‘professionalisation’ of this indust… Read Article

THE DANCER – WHO ARE YOU WHEN YOU ARE NOT BEING 'THE DANCER'?

Dance 15 Jul, 2010

I would like to challenge your thoughts today. I would like to ask – who are you when you are NOT being ‘The Dancer’. Archetypes are, according to Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, innate universal psychic dispositions that form the substrate from which the basic themes of huma… Read Article

REJECTION / REFLECTION – By Dale Pope

Dance 30 May, 2010

By Dale Pope Have you ever been rejected for an audition, casting, or show group? It’s an outright horrible feeling. Just this week I had a full time dance student I have mentored for a long time call me and the theme was ‘rejection’. After receiving top marks in all her dance ex… Read Article

IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN – OR IS IT?

Dance 7 Apr, 2010

By Dale Pope I love doing my bit to be a greenie. I have 3 types of recycling bins including my kitchen composter, I use a plant-based foundation, use a water filter instead of buying bottled water, have devised my own spider-catcher, and only have the light on in the room I’m in. So on a… Read Article

INSPIRE THE TEACHER

Dance 2 Mar, 2010

By Dale Pope Teacher: To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; To pass on knowledge, especially as one’s profession;. There are many definitions, quotes and names for the ‘teacher’. Mentor, coach, role model, hero, idol……. It’s quite a list to li… Read Article

FULL TIMERS OF 2010

Dance 4 Feb, 2010

BY: DALE POPE Just before Xmas, hundred’s of hopeful dancers around the country found out their dreams were coming true for 2010. They were accepted into a full time tertiary dance course. These successful dancers enjoyed a huge Xmas dinner (before starting their health kick) an… Read Article