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Dec
Stops and Starts
You know things have been busy when it is several months between blog posts! My apologies to those that follow me for my lack of updates but I will give you all a run down now on what has happened and what is still to come. I have recently wrapped up my teaching for KDH for this year. We finished with a bang wrapping a music video shortly before putting on 3 concerts in 2 days. It was a great experience and as alw ... Continue Reading15
Sep
Exciting Adventures
The past few months have brought me an abundance of exciting and challenging work in teaching, choreographing and program building. It’s time for a mega update and so I will be mentioning a few of my adventures here. I have been working with Kate’s Dance House in Camperdown now for around 3 months. I think this is a hidden gem of talent. I have brought with me, my own unique taste, and with it a gre ... Continue Reading28
Jul
Timomatic Has Talent
Recently I interviewed the wonderful Tim Omaji, better known to the world as Timomatic; and while an entertainer of this calibre really needs no introduction, I’ll give you a little one anyway (because he is just so impressive). Timomatic is a writer, performer, vocalist, producer and choreographer. He is currently in the GRAND FINAL of Australia’s Got Talent; he has an album available on iTunes (“Wel ... Continue Reading19
Jul
Essential Growth
Often people reach a point in their lives, and they stop growing. They become stagnant, bored and un-confident. In the dance industry it is essential to actively grow all the time. Here are three ways to ensure your growth is permanent. Mind over Matter Never assume that you are too young, old, sore, tired or hungry to learn or experience something new. The only restrictions in this regard are implemented by our ... Continue Reading30
May
Getting “Powered Up”
In the process of building my own dance style and the business around that, I have learned a lot about people. Most importantly, I have discovered that the way in which I communicate to them is as important as the content itself. I have always wanted my business to be built on a foundation of honesty, fun and integrity; and I have found that it is incredibly easy to achieve this if I create a good atmosphere in a ... Continue Reading13
May
Why Dancers Need to Get “Tech”nical
I have very vivid memories of attending my Jazz, Tap and Ballet lessons as a little girl and dancing to a pianist. Every practice session and recital was performed with this one man on a piano. A few years later my Callisthenics club introduced cassette tape players. Since then we have had CD’s, iPods and iPhones, Laptops, Netbooks, Pen Drives and a range of other technological advances. So with all the tech ... Continue Reading8
May
3 Ways to Self-Invest
I have spent the last two months truly investing in myself mentally, and the experience has been both challenging and rewarding. I recently had a realisation that the state of my mind would ultimately influence the level of success I would have in my personal and professional life and so the investment of time seemed incredibly worthwhile. As a result of this investment, I have found that people are much more like ... Continue Reading14
Dec