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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

THE HELPMANN AWARDS

Latest News 8 Sep, 2010

‘And the Bobby Goes to…Jersey Boys for Best Musical! The Helpmann Awards night ended on a high with what seemed like the whole cast and crew of Jersey Boys bounding to the stage to collect the coveted award. The other highlight wins that audiences were hanging out for included Best M… 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

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

FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT – NEW MUSICALS AUSTRALIA

Musical Theatre 3 Sep, 2010

New Musicals Australia, a new initiative dedicated to the production of original Australian musical theatre, has been funded by the Australia Council for the Arts Music Board as part of the Australian Government’s new funding for music theatre program. It is one of many new init… 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

CONFIRMED – GOT TO DANCE COMES TO OZ

Dance 3 Sep, 2010

The UK Hit dance TV show ‘Got To Dance’ has been confirmed as one of the new Aussie productions that Shine will take on for Fox 8 in 2011. Got to Dance (originally titled Just Dance) is a dance competition and reality show broadcast in the United Kingdom last year. Auditions were held i… Read Article

ADAM GARCIA TALKS TO DANCELIFE

Latest News 31 Aug, 2010

DanceLife is thrilled to be able to catch up with Adam Garcia while he is in London touring with the Tap Dogs. We spoke with Adam about his career to date and also about coming home to do the Tap Dogs in January. 1. You started your tap performing career playing Slide in the Australian touring v… Read Article

XXXX ANGELS TOUR 2011 – AUDITIONS

Auditions 31 Aug, 2010

If you are a professional dancer who is available to travel the country as a XXXX Brand Ambassador for 12 months then please register your interest by emailing your CV and photo to kath.gourley@xxxxan… Read Article