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2009 POWDERMONKEYS are…
14.10.09 
Jordan Battye, Rhys Bernhardt, Rhiannon Blair, Grace Bowdidge, Hamish Briggs, Hannah Briggs, Nicholas Crawford, Laura Goodlet, Elijah Hoyne, Olivia Hoyne, Zac Hoyne, Erin Kearns, Cindy-Lee Maree, Emily Martin, Reihanna Orlandi, Abby Richards, Ben Smith, Kayla Soper, Lachlan Stokes, Stacey van Oyen, Romy Wynands and Kayla Yates.
The 22 dancers participating in this project were selected from more than 60 who attended the auditions held on Saturday 25 July 2009. This is the first STEPS project for them all. They represent 9 different government and non-government schools from throughout the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region including, O’Connor Primary School, Boulder Primary School, Hannans Primary School, John Paul College, North Kalgoorlie Primary School, South Kalgoorlie Primary School, St Mary’s Primary School, St Joseph’s Primary School and Kalgoorlie Primary School.
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Attention STEPPERS - So You Think You Can Dance 2010 Audition Registration
08.09.09If you’re planning to audition in Perth for So You Think You Can Dance 2010, you need to register by 18 September 2009! See below for info:
So You Think You Can Dance 2010
2010 Season Auditions (18-35) - Pre-registration
Auditions are open to anyone between 18* and 35 and kick off in September 2009
*if you are 18 by 1 Feb 2010 then you are eligible to audition
Pre-registration is essential to secure your place at our auditions - you will be guaranteed a specific time to audition, but only if you pre-register.
Check out www.ten.com.au/dance for all the important information you need.
This year’s auditions have changed. We are spending more days in each capital city with allocated morning and afternoon sessions. No more cattle call, no more cues!
Of course there are no guarantees of success but with more time to audition there’ll be more time spent with each dancer. We want to see you dance, we want to get to know you, we want to know what makes you tick and why you should be in the Top 20.
AUDITION PROCESS
1. All dancers MUST pre-register to secure their audition day and morning or afternoon session time.
2. Pre-registration is at www.ten.com.au/dance
3. Approximately one week prior to their audition each dancer will be contacted by us via email with their allotted day, and morning or afternoon session time.
4. Each dancer must come with their audition form filled out (downloaded from ten website after they have registered).
5. They must have their audition prepared with at least two song choices, more song choices if they can. Music will have to be cleared for broadcast.
6. All dancers must be prepared to be available for the possibility of a callback that will be on a separate day to their original audition.
ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED IS AT TEN.COM.AU/DANCE
POWDERMONKEY Reporting
08.09.09POWDERMONKEY workshops in Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Alice & Sofie arrived in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Monday 20 July and hit the ground running! Throughout the week 750 students took part in 29 POWDERMONKEY workshops at 9 schools/dance studios and more than 60 young people auditioned for the October residency and performance.
Responses to the workshops and audition was overwhelmingly positive and STEPS is delighted with the number of people that took part and the level of enthusiasm and support shown by the teachers, students, parents and media.
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STEPS will be announcing the 22 local cast members for POWDERMONKEY- The A-Maze-ing Slumber Party, SOON!
moonwebs review and other press!
28.04.09STEPS has received heaps of media coverage over the last few months - yay!
If you missed out on seeing our 20th anniversary year production moonwebs & scorched thongs you’ll find some comfort in reading the awesome review by Tim Balfour from the West Australian 070409-west-review also take a look at the review from Lisette Kaleveld 150409-propelarts-review
Hot news as STEPS announces their new Major Partnership with BHP Billiton Nickel West, read what Vivienne Ryan from the West Australian (030409-west-bhp-steps-article ) has to say.
STEPS new Education Partnership with Hawaiian also caught the media’s attention read these great articles -
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The Community Newspaper Group have been ultra supportive with a whole swag of stories about our fabulous ’steppers’ read these stories below
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STEPS announces our new Artistic Director
23.04.09Alice Lee Holland takes the great STEP from company member to Artistic Director!
Rapturous applause echoes throughout the theatre and into the office of STEPS Youth Dance Company, as we welcome our new Artistic Director, Alice Lee Holland.
The celebrations are not over. After flexing her muscles on numerous STEPS projects, most recently on the critically acclaimed production moonwebs & scorched thongs at the Playhouse Theatre, STEPS is delighted to announce, and warmly welcomes aboard our new Artistic Director, Alice Lee Holland.
Alice Lee Holland is no stranger to STEPS - from company member in 1992 at the tender age of 12, to emerging young choreographer for the Nexus season in 1997. Alice has collaborated on KissXX (2006), POWDERMONKEY - King of the Castle Kalgoorlie (2007) and the Boys Can Dance 10 year anniversary production dash, which won the 2007 West Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreography.
Alice graduated from WAAPA in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Choreography and Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Alice’s work as an independent dance artist has seen her collaborate with some of the preeminent dance companies and organisations in the United States and Australia including, Labor Force Dances in New York, John Gamble Dance Theatre (North Carolina), The Yard (Massachusetts), Quantum Leap (Canberra), Strut Dance, WAAPA, Artrage and The Graduate College of Dance. Alice also lectures at WAAPA and The Graduate College of Dance and is the Secretary of the Board of Management at Strut Dance.
In 2008 Alice created and presented her first full-length work titled Preparing to be Beautiful, which premiered in a sell-out season in October 2008 at the Moore’s Building, Fremantle, as part of the Silver Artrage Festival. In the 2008 Dance Australia Critics’ Survey Preparing to be Beautiful was listed as “Best New Work” (Nina Levy) and Alice was recognised as “Most Interesting Australian Artist” (Rita Clarke). Preparing to be Beautiful has also been nominated for the 2009 Australian Dance Awards.
Alice’s passion and commitment to dance and working with young people is infectious, making her a great teacher and a genuine ambassador and leader.
Gabrielle Sullivan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of STEPS Youth Dance Company, says, “We’re thrilled to have Alice join the organisation and we’re very much looking forward to the new directions and developments that our new Artistic Director will bring to the company ”
STEPS new Artistic Director, Alice Lee Holland said she is incredibly excited to take on the role of AD with the company that was instrumental to her own development as a professional dance artist.
“There is a particular energy and passion that comes with STEPS; I remember it vividly as a young company member and am inspired to witness it still today in a whole new generation of young dancers”.
“I look forward to infusing the experience and knowledge I have gathered over the past 12 years into the STEPS program and growing with the company in its next phase, to lead relevant and energetic projects that assist to inspire and train young dancers and expand a whole new generation of dance audiences”, said Ms Holland.
Tim Balfour (The West Australian, ‘Today’, 7 April, pg 6) reviews moonwebs & scorched thongs and writes that Alice’s “highly structured work was full of clever imagery and choreography that challenged the dancers’ abilities. Time and again they delivered, often with a commitment and maturity that belied their years”.