A-Live Entertainment is proud to present to you the full release of their education department - EVOLVE.

As part of their first phase of development, A-live Entertainment has released 5 different tuition / performance packages specifically designed for dance studios, as well as programs for Primary and High Schools, soon to be released.

We here at A-Live Entertainment want to take this opportunity to give a quick shout out to all the studios/institutions that we have had the pleasure of appearing at including:

L.A. Talent School (Concord)

Harlow School of Dance (Hurstville)

Academy of Performing Arts Macarthur (Macarthur)

P.A.W.S (Penrith)

A-Class Studio (Kurri Kurri)

Auburn Public Primary School

Dance Addict (Cairns)

Julie Ross School of Dance (Coffs Harbour)

Kick Academy of Performing Arts (Menai)

We love you all and can’t wait to come back and see all the evolution you guys have endured!!!!

To all other studio owners and institutions, if it’s a workshop you’re looking for, A-Live Entertainment is the place to go with 5 completely worked workshop options to choose from, available all year round (potentially), just reserve your dates a.s.a.p

Just confirmed, The A-Live Entertainment team are coming to Perth and Talia (So You Think You Can Dance Season 2 Winner) is coming with us!!!
Register now for your spot, as they are limited by sending an email to sean@a-liveentertainment.com.or  Tickets are $200

1. 1 DAY (HALF) WORKSHOP

Teachers + Class Length

- 2 (1&1/2 hrs) or 3 (1 hr) teachers (3 hours tuition)

- Styles covered: Jazz, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, Tap & Breaking

Performance

- 5 min A-Live Entertainment performance (30 min show).

Notes

- Can be squeezed into after school hours.

2. 1 DAY (FULL) WORKSHOP

Teachers & Class length

- 5 teachers, 1 hour classes = 5 hours per group of 30

- Styles covered: Jazz, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, Tap & Breaking

Performance

- 15min A-live Entertainment performance

- 1 hour show length including class performances, autographs and photos

Notes

- Only available on a full day

3. SCHOOL DAY DODGER

Teachers & Class Length

- 3 x 1 hour classes 3 teachers - Day 1, same day 2, day 3 Show. 6 teachers total.

- Ten & 1/2 hours total

Performance

- 15min A-live Entertainment performance

- 1 hour show length including class performances, autographs and photos

Notes

Good for school periods, or a less intensive average sized workshop.

4. EVOLVE (CLASSIC)

Teachers & Classes

- 2 day, 15 hours, 5 teachers 1 and a half hour classes

Performance

- 15min A-live Entertainment performance

- 1 hour show length including class performances, autographs and photos

Notes

- More intensive average sized workshop

5. A-LIVE CAMP

Teachers & Classes

- 5 Day, 40 hours, 6 - 10 teachers

Performance

- 30min A-live Entertainment performance

- 1 and a half hour show length including class performances, autographs and photos

Notes

- Most intensive program available

- Venue will need to be addressed

For more information please send your enquiry to sean@a-liveentertainment.com or bj@a-liveentertainment.com. We hope to see you at your studio very soon and joining forces in making dance EVOLVE!!!!!

www.a-liveentertainment.com

The A-Live Entertainment Team xox

Sean Robinson

sean@a-liveentertainment.com

Dear Dance Informa subscribers!

Well -since it is officially half way through the year already…..eek scary…where did it go?! I figured it was time I wrote to Dance Informa to get the word out about some of our forthcoming projects…

During August, we will be producing well-known Musical Theatre choreographer and performer Veronica Beattie for a cabaret season of WHAT IS JAZZ. Packed with high energy routines, the show will highlight the latest dance trends direct from Broadway and feature some Sydney’s hottest dancers including Veronica Beattie (Guys+Dolls, Candy Man, Moulin Rouge and The Boy from Oz) So You Think You Can Dance Top 100 star Sally Hare, Guys+Dolls star Jordan Pollard, Bootmen’s Shannon Rizzo and spunky Mashum Liberta; AND a live band with two dynamic vocalists Natalie Grace and Steve Hudson. What is Jazz will debut August 14 and 28 at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta and is performed cabaret style within the intimate setting of Rafferty’s Theatre. WHAT IS JAZZ celebrates the movement and music of the most iconic and popular jazz eras and will feature a multitude of dance genres including theatre jazz, tap, lyrical, adagio and cha-cha.

Hope to see some familiar faces in the audiences, as this will be a great way to stamp out the last of winter and support some of Sydney’s finest musical theatre talent! For tickets hit http://www.riversideparramatta.com.au

AND for all those budding young chorographers aged 21/under-it’s your turn to showcase your choreographic talent to the Sydney dance industry…

Western Sydney Dance Action and Riverside Theatres in association with Short +Sweet present

ENTRIES NOW OPEN!

CALLING ALL YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS!!!

READ BELOW FOR HOW TO APPLY……

FAST+FRESH DANCE is returning in November 2009 and Western Sydney Dance Action invites all young choreographers and dancer to get involved.

Western Sydney Dance Action and Riverside Theatres, in association with Short+Sweet are proud to present Sydney’s only youth dance festival aimed at showcasing the talent of young and emerging choreographers and dancers aged 21/under. The season will present over twenty dance works choreographed and performed by emerging young artists.

A recent edition to the Short + Sweet dynasty of festivals, FAST+FRESH DANCE presents short, new and innovative dance works, up to five minutes in length, by the dance industry’s upcoming talent. Each performance will go through one of four rounds of Heats, which will be judged nightly by a panel of industry professionals. The heat winners will present their works as part at the Gala Final on Saturday 20 November 2009.

For more information www.wsda.org.au.

 Perform! Choreograph! Get involved and start creating….Apply now!

See you at Riverside! J

Olivia

Western Sydney Dance Action

Director

Watch these videos for all the details and get dancing!

http://www.youtube.com/sydneyoperahouse

NACHO POP WORKSHOPS!

Hey Guys,

I’m doing one workshop today at Ikin Dance,
and another on Sunday (http://www.centrestagedance.net),
then another next Thursday (http://www.westdance.com.au/bios.aspx#Nate)

Be There,

Nacho Pop

Urban Dance Centre Open Scholarship Program
Semester 2 2009

For more information call 9571 7099 or e-mail info@urbandancecentre.com www.urbandancecentre.com

Citizen bloggers

The Australian Ballet it is on the hunt for one emerging writer, one emerging photographer and one emerging video artist.

Throwing the opportunity open via its widespread online networks on Friday 3 July, the company will commission members of the public to document the creation of its upcoming Concord season. In a first for the company, The Australian Ballet is looking to provide insights into the creation of new work from a punter’s point of view. Commissioned work will be created for behindballet.com, The Australian Ballet’s blog. Applications close 14 July 2009.

Dance your way out of dangerous climate change…

Like to boogie? Can’t get enough of Saturday night? Are you a rising dance star? Or do you simply want the chance to work some of Australia’s leading choreographers?The Australian Youth Climate Coalition needs your help to make history.

Power Shift is Australias first national youth climate summit, being held over three days on July 11th 13th in Sydney. Thousands of young people from every State & Territory will converge on Sydney to build a generation-wide movement to solve climate change. We’re united around 3 aims: Green jobs for our generation; a Shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy; and a safe climate future.

The climax of the conference will be held on the afternoon of Monday, July 13, at a predominant Australian landmark. It’s part protest, part celebration, part flash mob. In one of the most recognised locations across the globe, we’ll enact a mass dance routine to highlight the power, energy and creativity of the youth climate movement.

The routine will be choreographed by the crew from A-live Entertainment, whose past credits include: Tap Dogs, Top 20 dancers from the last two seasons of So You Think You Can Dance, Happy Feet, Cats, King Kong etc etc. Filmed by every media outlet, featuring dancing polar bears and koalas, planet costumes, hundreds of kites, as well as classic hits such as Forever Young, What is Love and Sweet Dreams are Made of This, this is bound to be one of the most memorable events of all time.

Want to be involved? We’re looking for 500 people with dance experience to form the core of the dance routine. Will you take up the challenge to be those dancers? It is an incredible and unforgettable opportunity for all those involved, and is destined for global notoriety. We need your help to solve the biggest crisis facing our generation - climate change.

For more information contact Anna Rose at the Australian Youth Climate Coalition - anna.rose@youthclimatecoalition.org or 0410 375 755.

Los Angeles based Choreographer Janet Langer tours in July!

Touring Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and surrounding areas - July 1 to July 22 2009.

Janet choreographs for Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Miss Universe and teaches at the iconic Edge in LA!

Available for 90 minute workshops! Book Now!

For more information contact Chris at duncan99@tpg.com.au

English National Ballet School offers new scholarship to one Australian student from NSW following nationwide search for new talent

English National Ballet School (ENBS) has awarded a new scholarship to Chloe Hitchen from Heron’s Creek in NSW to train at this, one of the world’s leading centres for professional dance training.  Chloe will be 17 years this September when she joins the first year at the school in Chelsea in London.

The scholarship, worth £14,000 – 90% of one year’s fees - (Aus $29,000 at current exchange rates), was awarded to Chloe following a nationwide tour of Australia by the school last October in a search for new talent.  Chloe participated in an ENBS master-class in Sydney and was selected from all the aspiring dancers who performed in front of additional selection panels in Melbourne and Brisbane. Standards were deemed to be very high throughout and Chloe is the only female first year student to receive a full scholarship for the new academic year.

Chloe says this about her success, “I am both excited and feel privileged to be offered this award from ENBS.  I couldn’t quite believe that I had been chosen out of so many participants.  Moving to London will be a little daunting at first and I will definitely miss my friends and family but am sure I’ll make many new friends from ENBS and the opportunity is a huge incentive to succeed.  I can’t wait for September to come so I can start to work on pursuing my ballet career at a higher level.”

Students spend three years at the school, typically from 16-19 years, and join the top international ballet companies including English National Ballet, where five students were accepted last July, Leipzig Ballet (Germany), Cape Town City Ballet (South Africa), Graz Ballet (Austria) and Ballet de l’Opéra de National de Bordeaux (France)

ENBS is an international centre of excellence for all aspiring young dancers worldwide and increasingly some of the top new talent is coming from Australia.  Selection is vigorous and the school takes only an average of 25 students each year, representing the best from around the world. There is currently only one student at the school from Australia, Chelsea Andrejic from Sydney, out of a total of only 75, but many previous Aussie students have graduated and have jobs with some of the best international companies. 

Nathan Young from Nereng on Australia’s Gold Coast, graduated from the school in 2007 and won a highly coveted contract with English National Ballet.   Alison McWhinney is another Australian success story who graduated from the school in 2005, also joining ENB. 

Students from Australia are popular as they are typically hard-working and tenacious.  Elisabeth Marshall - Head of Studies at ENBS explains: “We find that Australian students take their training very seriously and are not afraid to work hard.  Life as a professional ballet dancer is enormously challenging and takes real commitment, and only the most committed achieve great success.”

The school’s ethos is firmly centred on the belief that socio-economic forces should not limit students with real talent. ENBS already has an impressive record of supporting students through bursaries and grants.  Currently 84% of the 70 students currently in full time training receive some kind of financial assistance either towards costs of tuition or living expenses.

www.enbschool.org.uk

Reed Luplau will dance at the ADF on Saturday night!

For more info visit http://site.auwebcenters.com/sydneysalsacongress/ADFnewsMarch.html

Make sure you get there!