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FIRST STOP SYDNEY – SECOND STOP THE WEST END – FINAL DESTINATION BROADWAY – AN INTERVIEW WITH AUSTRALIA'S MIG AYESA

Latest News 15 Sep, 2010

Hey Guys, Whilst in New York recently I had the pleasure of literally bumping into one of my favourite Aussie performers of all time – the fabulous MiG Ayesa. Having haphazardly bumped into him a few years ago in London whilst he was playing the lead in WE WILL ROCK YOU in the WEST END th… Read Article

BODY, MIND & SPIRIT – UNDERSTANDING YOGA STYLES

Latest News 13 Sep, 2010

Youth drives a long way until – it doesn’t. The day inevitably comes where you really need to start looking after yourself with a little more TLC. On one of those occasions I decided to enrol in a course of 6am Yoga. YUP hard core. But brilliant. I had dabbled in Yoga, was profici… Read Article

SHOULD I AUDITION? YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED

Latest News 9 Sep, 2010

Whenever a big audition is announced dozens of people contact me with questions like… “I’m not sure if I’m a good enough dancer for the show. Should I go for it?” I’ll share the advice Australia’s adored triple threat Caroline O’Con… Read Article

DANCE ACADEMY OPEN AUDITION

Auditions 8 Sep, 2010

After a hugely successful first series Dance Academy has been given the green light for a second series – another 26 half-hour episodes for ABC1 and ABC3. The second instalment of this top Australian children’s drama will start production in Sydney at the end of January 201… Read Article

AND THE HELPMANN GOES TO…

Latest News 7 Sep, 2010

The 2010 Helpmann Awards® were presented last night Monday 6 September from 6.30pm at the Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House with a live television broadcast from 8.30pm on STVDIO, channel 132 on FOXTEL. Following the Awards Ceremony guests enjoyed an After Party at The Argyle in The Roc… Read Article

AUGUST WITH JET

Latest News 6 Sep, 2010

Dear DanceLife diary, I’ve taken a step back from teaching my casual evening classes at UDC for the moment and am only teaching our fulltime students as my schedule has been crazy busy; and my belly is getting bigger by the minute (growing a lil baby girl – due 8 Oct) After produ… Read Article

SEAWEED ANNOUNCED AND HE'S FROM THE USA

Musical Theatre 6 Sep, 2010

The producers of HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL are thrilled to announce that US born singing and acting sensation, TEVIN CAMPBELL has arrived in Melbourne to play the role of Seaweed. Tevin comes to the Australia with a wealth of experience, having played the role of Seaweed in the Tony Award win… Read Article

GET DANCERS BACK TO CLASS

Dance 6 Sep, 2010

With the X-Factor about to announce their final contenders for the live shows Fremantle has engaged Simon Lind from Project Moda (who taught at the Australian Dance Festival on the weekend) to organise and choreograph dancers for the weekly shows. After being at the Australian Dance Fe… Read Article

FROM TASSIE DANCE STUDENT TO THE SET OF GLEE – INTERVIEW WITH LOCKY BROWNLIE

Latest News 3 Sep, 2010

Tasmanian born and trained dancer Lockhart Brownlie moved to Sydney in 2007 to follow his dream of being a dancer. 3 years later this in demand dancer has danced in the musical phenomenon Wicked and has just filmed an episode of Glee in the US for the Britney Spears episode. DanceLife caugh… Read Article

COLOUR MY WORLD – SCHOOLS SPEC IS BACK!

Latest News 3 Sep, 2010

Schools Spectacular – one of the world’s biggest youth variety events – promises to colour your world in 2010 with a brilliantly choreographed and costumed production performed on an epic scale with over 3,000 singers, dancers and musicians representing more tha… Read Article