Male dancers breaking film and TV industry: Billy Mustapha
Billy Mustapha is a professional dancer born and raised in Canada. Living between Vancouver and Los Angeles for the past three years, Billy has been working as a series regular on season 2 of Emmy Award winning TV show, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as an actor/dancer alongside world renowned choreographer, Mandy Moore. Dance Writer caught up with Billy to get an insight into how to break into the industry as a male dancer.
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Beyond The Curtain is a new performing arts podcast that invites industry professionals and their human experiences. Host and creator Samantha Laurence is a media professional and performing artist who created Beyond The Curtain with one goal in mind; to connect performing artists through human stories.
Melbourne performer Adriana Pannuzzo lands lead role in New York City
Melbourne-born triple threat performer Adriana Pannuzzo, 22, has landed a lead role in a touring production of Angelina Ballerina, The Musical. Opening at the Soho Playhouse in New York, the show is also touring North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Louisiana, Kentucky. Dance Writer caught up with Adriana about her new adventure.
Inside Chicago The Musical with Hayley Martin
Cast in the Chicago The Musical, professional dancer Hayley Martin is ticking off her career bucket list. Dance Writer enjoyed a chat with Hayley, where she revealed the inner-workings of this Australian production.
Meet Abby Chung: From Janet Jackson to Bloc LA
19-year-old Abby Chung is leaping into her own professional dance career with her first big move—signing with major talent agent, Bloc LA. Dance Writer caught up with Abby exclusively to chat about her flourishing dance career.
Inside the mind of Ashley Dougan and ‘Seeing Red’
Dance Writer speaks to choreographer and performer Ashley Dougan about Seeing Red, an exploration of the presence and manifestation of anger in the youth of today. Intertwined with a creative score by composers Rachel Lewindon and Samuel Kreusler, Dougan's new work effectively derives its movement vocabulary from scores created around the psychology of anger, placed in a radial arrangement.
Tapping into female power: Brianna Taylor
Dance Writer speaks to Australian female tap artist Brianna Taylor about her recent international success with Nick Young's Rhythmatic Tap Company.
You are a tap sensation not only in Australia but also in Paris and now LA! How does it feel knowing you are the first Australian to be accepted residency to Nick Young’s Rhythmatic Tap Company? Was it an open audition process or were you approached?
I couldn’t be more grateful for these opportunities I’ve had in my career and I am humbled to be apart of Rhythmatic Tap Company and Nick’s vision for our new show ‘On Top of the World’.
Chilling first dance film in Antarctica smashes four world records
Award-winning choreographer and filmmaker Corey Baker chose Royal New Zealand Ballet dancer Madeleine Graham to be the dancer of his film, 'Antarctica: The First Dance' to raise awareness of Climate Change. Dance Writer speaks to Aussie-born Madeleine about her achievement of smashing multiple world records in Antarctica.
Dance Academy Hits Cinemas in Canada and USA: Exclusive with Dena Kaplan
If you are an American or Canadian resident and absolutely obsessed with dance, well guess what! The Dance Academy movie is coming to a cinema near you on March 2, 2018.
Tapping into Improvisation with Barbara Duffy
Internationally renowned tap dance master Barbara Duffy from New York City has just published her book Tap Into Improv: A Guide to Tap Dance Improvisation, which the tap world has waited for with great anticipation.