Latest News - Dance Central

Welcome back to Term 1- Monday 1st Feb  - Saturday 10th April

We hope you all had a safe and happy break! We are excited to get the dance year kicked off and have been busy in the centre doing some changes and preparing the year ahead!!

If you have not yet booked there is still some time left! Please insure you jump on the website and check out the timetable by following the link http://www.dance-central.com.au/dance/d_timetable *Please see that some adult classes have changed times and days.

All NEW classes on the timetable will be free of charge for Week ONE. What an excellent way to get back into dance classes and try those classes out

These classes are as follows:
Monday Intermediate Hip hop with Victor Asumadu
Monday Ballet FIT with Suzy Piani
Thursday Teen Contemporary with Natalie Clarke
Thursday Intermediate EXOTIC FUNK with Byron Low

With these classes please insure you are booking at reception 10 mins prior as we expect the classes will be very busy!

CREW AUDITIONS- FEB 6th & 7th

Are you interested in dancing with Canberra’s #1 Hip hop crew? Do you have motivation and drive to become a better dancer and performer?

If you think this sounds like you then DC Crew want you!

2010 will see Dance Central audition 3 different age group crews. Junior Crew- aged 8years to 12 years of age. Varsity Crew – Aged 13years to 17 years. Adult DC Crew 18 year +!!

Saturday 6th Feb- DC JUNIOR KIDZ CREW AUDITION- Ages 8 years to 12 years

Call time: 1pm sharp at the Dance Central Studios
Audition: 1.30pm
Break down of Audition: Warm up, Hip hop choreography taught and performed back in groups,
Freestyle and tricks + interviews
Finish: 4pm Approx

Sunday 7th Feb: Varsity CREW Audition- Ages 13  - 17 years
Call time: 11am sharp – to fill out registration forms and warm up for 11.30am start!
Break down of Audition: Hip hop choreography Taught and performed in groups
Commercial Jazz funk taught and performed back.
Freestyle and Tricks
Interviews
Finish and pick up: Approx 4pm

Sunday 7th Feb: DC ADULT CREW Audition – 18+ years
Call time: 2pm sharp – Registration and Warm up
2.30pm: Hip hop choreography taught and performed
Commercial Jazz Funk taught and performed in groups
Freestyle and tricks
Interviews
Finish: Approx 6pm

DC DOLLS AUDITION- Your chance to dance with a professional commercial dance group

A brand new professional dance group called DC DOLLS is looking for new advanced/professional dancers to audition!
If you are ready to perform at a professional level and have a enthusiastic personality- this job is for you.
DC DOLLS will be focused on all commercial dance styles and will be marketed through our Talent Central agency.
The DOLLS will be required for regular training and rehearsal sessions as well as commitment to performances in and around the ACT.
Audition: Thursday Feb 11th @ 8pm – 9.30pm
Please contact the office for more information and audition outline. 6282 7609//0433 111 800

DC STUDENT and Teacher NEWS:
-Just before Christmas, one of our gorgeous teen hip hop students, Michaella Tazreiter, was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma.
As you can imagine this is a tough time for both Michaella and her entire family. The Dance Central family is rallying support from the DC community
to donate to a special fundraiser for Miki and her hospital expenses. If you would like to donate to this worthy cause please follow the link http://www.worldsgreatestshave.com/downloads/WGS%202010%20-%20Media%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf  Dig deep! J Sending all our love to Miki and we are looking forward to having you back at Hip hop soon. The dance central team hope this not only helps with Miki’s battle but also to create more awareness of Hodgkins Lymphoma.

Keep an eye out on the premier of SYTYCD season 3 for 4 of our DC teachers!
The 4 teachers, Alex Carson, Will Tran, Amy Sang and Jamie Macintosh all made it to TOP 100 week so keep your eyes peeled and cheer them on!
Well done again to them- We are so excited to see the show!
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DC CREW & JNR DC KIDZ CREW WIN GROOVE 09!!

Winning Groove in 2008 gave DC Crew automatic entry to Represent Canberra in the Australian heats of the World Hip Hop Championships held in Sydney earlier this year. The crew wowed the crowd with an explosive fun filled routine put together by the Group of 7 Dancers themselves. With all members aged between 17 and 19 years, this was a great achievement. The crew were blown out of the water and totally speechless to hear that they had won 2^nd place in Australia knowing this secured them a position to compete in Vegas and represent Australia!

Before they knew it, the DC Crew were jetting off to Las Vegas to represent Australia in the World Hip Hop Championships (the Olympics of Hip Hop). The Crew arrived in Las Vegas and tried their best to take in all the excitement, lights and go-go-go of the Vegas spirit let alone the unbelievable and amazing talent shown by the 30 different nations of the world. The Crew were overwhelmed by this breath taking experience and above all did extraordinary well in the competition. This trip was described as being a dream come true and one of the best experiences any of them could have ever asked for. Thank you so much to the DC Family all DC supporters who performed or came along to the benefit and help fundraise in any way, this dream could not have come true without your help!

Touching back down in OZ the Crew had no time for jetlag as they were determined to train their hardest for Groove! With less than six days to prepare for Groove all we’ll say is there were some late nights! Dance Central took out BOTH titles last Saturday night at Groove, Canberra’s biggest hip hop competition and heats for the Australian wide competition, Battlegrounds (to be held in Melbourne 29 Nov 09). DC Crew and Jnr DC Kidz Crew both performed amazingly! Both taking out 1^st place in both divisions! The win was even more pleasing given that the overall standard was higher than ever. Defending their first place title from last year, the DC Crew were under immense pressure and delivered their most explosive performance ever! We all felt it!!

Winning on Groove 09 (Sat 15th) has meant that DC Crew will now back-up dance for well known hip hop artist Ne-Yo at his after party of the Australian concerts later this year. Nicole Smigielski co leader of the crew says ‘dancing for Ne-Yo will be like having the best ever dream come true’. Both Crews have also won prize money and automatic entry to compete in the Australian heats for the World Hip Hop Championships in 2010! Will DC Crew make it to Vegas in 2010? You bet we’ll be trying our dammed hardest! :D

The Crew could not have ever expected for all that has happened within the last few weeks, and they are extremely excited about what lies ahead! Stay Tuned for news on how we go at World Supremecy Battlegrounds!