WEEK 1 WORKSHOP INFORMATION 4Th- 6Th July

WEEK 1 WORKSHOP INFORMATION 4th- 6th July

Action Dance Academy Pty Ltd Action Dance Academy Studios 5A Pioneer Avenue P: 9980 9660 Thornleigh NSW 2120

M: 0456 706 515 Times: W: www.actiondance.com.au 9.00am-3.30pm E: [email protected]

Pricing

Workshop $360 6.5 hours per day

Age Groups and Levels Teaching Staff Please register online via our website: All teachers are current professional industry www.actiondance.com.au. All students will be teachers and have a Working With Children allocated into appropriate age groups and levels. number. Please see attached for more

What do I wear? detailed biographies. Please wear appropriate dance attire and shoes. Class Behavior What do I bring? Students are to be respectful towards • Water bottle teachers and comply with any requests made • Morning tea and lunch by the teacher for the safety and well being of Please do not bring products that contain nuts. all students. Students must be supportive and encouraging Valuables and Lost Property of all peers. Please ensure that all items are labelled. Action Dance Academy is not responsible for loss of Refunds items. We do not provide refunds or credits for change of mind. However we can provide a Facilities partial refund for medical circumstances Purpose built state of the art studios with fully (medical certificate to be provided). sprung floors, mirrors, surround sound systems, change room facilities and toilets.

Warm Up Please be on time as it is important to warm up properly to avoid injury.

Mobile Phones No mobile phones are to be brought into class.

NEALE WHITTAKER AIMEE REGAN

While completing his Aimee has been training in full time dance various styles of dance in training at Ev & Bow Australia, America and in 2008, Neale began England since the age of to develop his own four. She enjoyed working unique brand of with Sarah Boulter on the hit movement, fusing TV show ‘So You Think You contemporary and Can Dance’ in Australia and Hip-Hop, two styles the UK. Aimee has also he enjoys performing. This unique style led him to worked with notable the top 40 competitors of the hit TV show ‘So You choreographer Kellie Abbey (My Mutations – Think You Can Dance’ in 2010, a program for Sydney Opera House) and was the youngest which he had been assisting Sarah Boulter with member of the contemporary company ‘YouMove’, since 2008. performing Anton’s piece ‘Multiplicity’.

His TV credits continued when he was cast in the She was fortunate to play ‘Victoria’ in the musical ABC3 TV series Dance Academy and again in ‘CATS’. Aimee had the opportunity to combine her Australia’s Got Talent as a semi finalist in 2012 dance training in the modeling world, having and 2016. modeled for Bloch dancewear, Berlei sports wear and WRATO ‘winter wear’. In 2011 Neale toured throughout Australia with contemporary a based show ‘Shorter and Sweeter After appearing in music videos for Brian Dance’ gaining performance experience and McFadden, TV ads for ‘So You Think You Can insight from noted Australian choreographers such Dance’ and short films (‘Drop’, and ‘Human as Travers Ross who Neale collaborated with later Being’), Aimee completed the ‘Certificate in Ballet in 2012 for the ARIAs, co-choreographing and Teaching Studies’ through the Royal Academy of dancing in a routine for artist ‘360’. Dance in England, a Certificate IV in ‘Training and Assessment’ and a Diploma of Dance Teaching In 2014 and returning on scholarship in 2015 and Management. She enjoys passing on her Neale attended Urban Dance Camp in Germany knowledge and experience to her Ballet and with the most prestigious choreographers in the Contemporary students. world. After which he taught a series of Hip-Hop With an avid interest in anatomy and physiology, and Contemporary open classes in Europe. Aimee completed her Mat, Reformer and Pre/Post Natal Pilates Instructor courses through the Neale’s talent for Hip hop led him to become Co- ‘Australian Pilates Academy’. She also received Director and manager of ‘Phly Crew’ recently titled her ‘Xtend Barre’ Instructor training to help her Grand Finalists on Australia’s Got Talent 2016, clients reach their fitness goals and compliment who are now Sydney’s Leading Comedy Hip-Hop her ballet teaching. group performing Independently produced variety stage shows and corporate events for companies Aimee enjoys teaching Dance and instructing including Nikon, Telstra, Blackberry, Beyond Blue Pilates to those who are eager to improve and and West mead Children’s hospital. loves being on stage with hip hop/comedy crew, ‘Phly Crew’, who recently appeared on ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ as Grand Finalists, and who have performed at ‘Australian Dance Festival’, ‘Australian Dance Awards’, and ‘Sydney Comedy Festival’ among other events.

ELYSHA MANIK SOPHIE WIGHTON

Elysha has been dancing Sophie Wighton began and performing for most of training in classical ballet her life. She has trained in at the Edge Ballet various styles of dance Academy in 1994. focusing mainly on ballet, Sophie furthered her jazz and contemporary. training at Ev and Bow Elysha was accepted into Full-Time Dance the Musical Theatre Training Centre in 2011, focused, “Singer Dancer studying contemporary Actor” course at NIDA in and classical ballet 2006. She completed her Certificate IV in under the direction of Performing Arts at ED5 International in 2008 and Sarah Boulter and Lisa also has a Diploma in Professional Pilates Bowmer. Sophie also Instruction. completed her Royal Academy of Dance Advanced 2 Examination in 2011. Currently performing as a Dancer in Opera Australia’s production of Carmen, Elysha is very Sophie danced professionally in a contemporary excited to be working with an amazing creative dance company, Austinmer Dance Theatre from team, which includes the likes of, Choreographer 2012-2013. She performed at numerous festivals KELLEY ABBEY and Director JOHN BELL. and events with Austinmer Dance Theatre such as Australian Dance Youth Festival, Thirroul Seaside Elysha made her Australian Musical Theatre debut Festival, Conservatorium of Music Wollongong, as an ensemble member of the 2014-15 Australian “Uncoiled” 2012 and “Uncoiled” 2013.

Tour of Dirty Dancing-The Classic Story on Sophie also choreographed and produced her own Stage (GFO). In this production, Elysha was also contemporary dance short film in 2014 titled cast as the understudy of the lead character ‘Elusive.’ Also in 2014 Sophie completed a “Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman”. professional dance secondment with Sydney

Dance Company. Sophie has also danced Elysha has also been performing as an Aerialist professionally in a variety of music videos, dance for various corporate events with DEBONAIR productions and short dance films. ENTERTAINMENT. Her career has taken her to Asia where she has held contracts at The Sophie has completed a Bachelor of Dance, Venetian Resort and the Galaxy Resort in Macau majoring in Classical Ballet and Contemporary at (chor KEITH ANDREW HAWLEY). Other credits the Wesley Institute, Drummoyne and then later at include; Performing for music artists like LEONA the Academy of Music and Performing Arts. LEWIS, ADAM LAMBERT, SAMANTHA JADE; performing as a dancer XFACTOR; NSW Thunder Sophie has also completed the Royal Academy of “THUNDERETTES”, Ben Hur Stadium Spectacular Dance’s Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies dancer on the Royal, various TVC’s and print program, which allows her to enter students in campaigns. She has also performs at many RAD classical ballet exams. corporate events. Sophie has also recently been selected by the Royal Academy of Dance to be on the NSW Regional Advisory Panel as a representative for teachers in NSW.