Send us a text Yvette Lee is a choreographer, creative director and creative producer who has become renowned as one of the most versatile creatives in Australia. She is renowned for her work in television, theatre and live touring events. Yvette’s television credits include Dancing with Stars , Asia’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, Australian Idol, Neighbours, The Masked Singer, Dance Boss, Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards and the ARIA Awards. Yvette has choreographed musical theatre pro...
Aug 25, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 184
Send us a text Yvette Lee is a choreographer, creative director and creative producer who has become renowned as one of the most versatile creatives in Australia. She is renowned for her work in television, theatre and live touring events. Yvette’s television credits include Dancing with Stars , Asia’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, Australian Idol, Neighbours, The Masked Singer, Dance Boss, Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards and the ARIA Awards. Yvette has also worked on a range of live ev...
Aug 18, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 183
Send us a text Shannon grew up in the Central Queensland town of Gladstone which is where her love of dance began. At the age of 15 she moved to Brisbane where she studied ballet full time at Queensland Dance School of Excellence before completing a Diploma of Performing Arts at ED5 International in Sydney. She has since obtained a diploma in Professional Pilates Instruction through PITC. A versatile performer, Shannon has had the privilege of working with many of Australia’s leading choreograph...
Aug 04, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 183
Send us a text At the age of 15 Shannon Burns moved to Brisbane where she studied ballet full time at Queensland Dance School of Excellence before completing a Diploma of Performing Arts at ED5 International in Sydney. A versatile performer, Shannon has had the privilege of working with many of Australia’s leading choreographers including Kelley Abbey, The Squared Division, William Forsythe, Keith Hawley, Matt Lee, Leanne Cherny, Marko Panzic, Jason Coleman, Sarah Boulter and Stephen Baynes. Sta...
Jul 28, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 182
Send us a text Zoe Ioannou grew up immersed in the world of dance. It seems that dance was in her blood with her Nan, Aunt and mum all working as professional ballerinas. Originally Zoe’s goal was to follow in their footsteps but at the age of 12 she discovered her vocal talent. From that day on her trajectory changed. Zoe found a passion for musical theatre and jazz. She appeared in her first amateur theatre role at the age of 11 when she was cast in Les Mis. Zoe then landed her first professio...
Jul 21, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 181
Send us a text Zoe Ioannou grew up immersed in the world of dance. It seems that dance was in her blood with her Nan, Aunt and mum all working as professional ballerinas. Originally Zoe’s goal was to follow in their footsteps but at the age of 12 she discovered her vocal talent. She found a passion for musical theatre and jazz. She appeared in her first amateur theatre role at the age of 11 when she was cast in Les Miserables. Zoe then landed her first professional job working on the set of Danc...
Jul 14, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 180
Send us a text Liana Blackburn is a professional dancer and long-time health and wellness enthusiast. Her versatility is what makes her such a valuable teacher, choreographer, and dancer. She has been honored to dance with so many incredibly inspiring individuals including Britney Spears, Nick Jonas, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Jason Derulo, Talyor Swift, Ricky Martin, and Kylie Minogue She has also worked on shows such as Glee, Dancing with the Stars, The Voice, Cirque Du Soleil, X-factor and many m...
Jul 07, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 179
Send us a text Liana Blackburn is a professional dancer and long-time health and wellness enthusiast. Her versatility is what makes her such a valuable teacher, choreographer, and dancer. She has been honored to dance with so many incredibly inspiring individuals including Britney Spears, Nick Jonas, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Jason Derulo, Talyor Swift, Ricky Martin, and Kylie Minogue Join Charlie as she asks the hard questions in this performer profile. Find out all the things you have always want...
Jun 30, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 178
Send us a text Luca Dinardo is a musical theatre performer, dance captain and choreographer. She grew up training at Patrick Studios and completed her full time training there. Luca was drawn to the world of musical theatre and her professional credits include; Bring It On – The Musical , Billy Elliot ,NINE, RENT , Kiss of the Spider , West Side Story and Hamilton. Luca’s career has also seen her assist some of Australia’s finest choreographers, including Andrew Hallsworth, Kelley Abbey, Michael...
Jun 23, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 177
Send us a text Luca Dinardo is a musical theatre performer, dance captain and choreographer. She grew up training at Patrick Studios and completed her full time training there. Luca was drawn to the world of musical theatre and her professional credits include; Bring It On – The Musical, Billy Elliot ,NINE, RENT , Kiss of the Spider , West Side Story and Hamilton. Join Charlie as she asks the hard questions in this performer profile. Find out all the things you have always wanted to know about y...
Jun 16, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Send us a text Soraya Zapata’s love for dancing started when she began taking classes at Sher's Studio of Modern Dance at the young age of 3. She continued her training at WHSPA (Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts) as a dance student. During her time there Soraya was thrilled to be given the role of a featured dancer Schools Spectacular. She was also company member of The Forge Tap Project and is a member of ‘Girls on Tap’. In January 2018, Soraya was honoured to obtain a position in ...
Jun 09, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Send us a text Soraya Zapata’s love for dancing started when she began taking classes at Sher's Studio of Modern Dance at the young age of 3. She was a company member of The Forge Tap Project and is a member of ‘Girls on Tap’. In 2019, whilst completing her CERT IV in dance at Village Nation Soraya was given the opportunity to be a featured Dancer in Guy Sebastian’s hit single ‘Choir. Soraya was successful in gaining a contract with Royal Carribean cruise line as a dancer and left for Miami in D...
Jun 02, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 175
Send us a text Dominique Kelley is an incredible dancer and choreographer. He may not have started his formal dance training until he was 9 but by the age of 12 he was already on his first Broadway tour. At the age of 16, he co-choreographed his first musical named “Wild Women Blues” in Germany. Dominique combined his love of musical theatre and commercial dance in order to become a highly sought after dancer and choreographer. He has worked on film including; “The Princess and the Frog”, “The S...
May 26, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 174
Send us a text Dominique Kelley is an incredible dancer and choreographer. At the age of 16, he co-choreographed his first musical named “Wild Women Blues” in Germany. He has worked on film including; “The Princess and the Frog”, “The Smurfs Movie”, “Bring It On: Fight to the Finish”, “Jump The Broom”, and “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special”. His television credits include; “So You Think You Can Dance”, “Dancing With The Stars”, “The Masked Singer”, “American Music Awards”, “The Late Late...
May 19, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 173
Send us a text Angelique is a true triple threat performer, excelling as an actor, singer and dancer with an extensive list of Australian stage and live theatre credits. Angelique began training for a performance career with The Dance Works in Brisbane, Australia and furthered her studies at The Australian Dance Performance Institute. She made her professional musical theatre debut in Annie in 2000. She recently starred as Cassie in A Chorus Line (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) for Sydney Festiva...
May 12, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Send us a text Angelique is a true triple threat performer, excelling as an actor, singer and dancer with an extensive list of Australian stage and live theatre credits. She recently starred as Cassie in A Chorus Line (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) for Sydney Festival and the Sydney Opera House and is freshly back in Australia after appearing in the disco cabaret extravaganza, Velvet for its Hamburg, Germany season. Join Charlie as she asks the hard questions in this performer profile. Find out ...
May 05, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 171
Send us a text James Maras is an incredible choreographer whose star is on the rise. At 7 he attended a summer camp which ignited his passion for dance. By the age of 12 he started taking his training seriously and had the opportunity to work on Candy man the Musical. At 15 James moved to Brent Street to study in their BSA program. But it wasn’t all a straight projection into consistent work as a professional dancer. James found the inconsistencies of life as a performer challenging and instead ...
Apr 28, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 170
Send us a text James Maras is an incredible choreographer whose star is on the rise. At 7 he attended a summer camp which ignited his passion for dance. By the age of 12 he started taking his training seriously and had the opportunity to work on Candy man the Musical. At 15 James moved to Brent Street to study in their BSA program. James found a deep passion for teaching and choreographing. He now works at a range of studios and is highly sought after for his unique choreography. Join Charlie as...
Apr 21, 2023•5 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Send us a text With an International Career spanning over a decade, James Maxfield is one of Australia and the UK's most versatile creatives. Starting his career as a Musical Theatre performer and Touring with International Artists, James has established himself as a highly sought after creative across all platforms of entertainment . Since graduating full time at Brent Steet, James has performed in numerous productions including; Wicked , Grease – The Arena Spectacular , The Boy From Oz, Sweet ...
Mar 31, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 168
Send us a text With an International Career spanning over a decade, James Maxfield is one of Australia and the UK's most versatile creatives. Starting his career as a Musical Theatre performer and Touring with International Artists, James has established himself as a highly sought after creative across all platforms of entertainment . Join Charlie as she asks the hard questions in this performer profile. Find out all the things you have always wanted to know about your favourite performers, but ...
Mar 24, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 167
Send us a text Eloise Harpas is a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher from Sydney. She trained at Ettingshausens in the Sutherland Shire. At 15 years of age, after landing a job working on the tour of Young Talent Time, Eloise realised that she wanted to make a career of it. Local work continued to come her way with opportunities such as X Factor throughout the time when she completed her full time training at Ettingshausens. During that time, her potential was recognised by icons of ...
Mar 17, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Send us a text Eloise Harpas is a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher from Sydney. She trained at Ettingshausen's in the Sutherland Shire. At 15 years of age, after landing a job working on the tour of Young Talent Time, Eloise realised that she wanted to make a career of it. Already in her young career, she has danced with artists such as Sam Smith and Katy Perry. Now she is living in LA, signed to an agent and working at awards shows such as the Grammys. Join Charlie as she asks the...
Mar 10, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Send us a text Faith Ward is a 19 year old dancer, model, acrobat and content creator from Perth Australia. Faith first started dancing at the age of 2, heading into her mother’s dance studio. Faith grew up in New Zealand before her family moved to Perth when she was 11 years old. From then she attended Smash dance studio and trained in all styles of dance. She had a very successful time competing in dance competitions. In 2017 she won Hollywood Dance run by KAR and was awarded a paid trip to Am...
Mar 03, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 164
Send us a text Faith Ward is a 19 year old dancer, model, acrobat and content creator from Perth Australia. In 2017 she won Hollywood Dance run by KAR and was awarded a paid trip to America. In 2017 and 2018 she was names Australian Ultimate Teen Dancer. In 2018 when competing in America she managed to receive Overall Teen Dancer in Florida and 2nd Runner up Teen Dancer in LA. Faith is now making a living from creating social media content for her thousands of followers of her Instagram account ...
Feb 24, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 163
Send us a text Amy Campbell is one of Australia’s most accomplished creative talents with a career spanning all areas of the entertainment industry. Amy has performed domestically and internationally, dancing alongside Kylie Minogue, Flo Rida, Redfoo, Tina Arena, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Sam Sparrow. She also appeared on television including; placing in the Top 3 on So You Think You Can Dance Australia Season 2, as well as appearing on The X Factor , The Nickelodeon Awards , TV Week Logie Aw...
Feb 17, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Send us a text Amy Campbell is one of Australia’s most accomplished creative talents with a career spanning all areas of the entertainment industry. Amy has performed domestically and internationally, dancing alongside Kylie Minogue, Flo Rida, Redfoo, Tina Arena, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Sam Sparrow. Amy recently created and directed the world premiere of LEAP. She also made her directorial debut originating a brand new Australian production of A Chorus Line and most recently Amy has been wo...
Feb 10, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 161
Send us a text After three epic seasons of Dance Matters Podcast we are back for Season 4. Join us for a preview of what you can expect to hear throughout the year. In this preview we reveal our first guest for Season Four. Thank you to Crystalized Costumes: https://www.instagram.com/crystalizedcostumes/?hl=en And Adrenaline Dance Competitions https://www.adrenalinedancecomp.com.au/ For coming onboard as sponsors for Season 4 Crystalized Costumes Adrenaline Dance Competition Disclaimer: This pos...
Feb 03, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 160
Send us a text Allie Goodbun is a young Canadian dancer who is lighting up the stage nightly in Paris at the Moulin Rouge. It wasn’t all smooth sailing for this journey from Canada to Paris. Despite successfully auditioning in 2019, the world had other ideas. When the Moulin Rouge was closed down due to the pandemic, Allie had to bide her time and keep up her training. Not one to sit idly by Allie used this time to keep herself fit by launching an online Fitness program- Flex by Allie Goodbun. A...
Sep 30, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 159
Send us a text Allie Goodbun is a young Canadian dancer who is lighting up the stage nightly in Paris at the Moulin Rouge. In this episode we talk all things Moulin Rouge; from training and costumes to performing nightly for sell out audiences. Make sure you check out Allie’s first interview with us in episode 36 to learn all about her training growing up and her time on The Next Step. Join Charlie as she asks the hard questions in this performer profile. Find out all the things you have always ...
Sep 23, 2022•5 min•Season 1Ep. 158
Send us a text Rhonda Malkin started ballet when she was 4, tap when she was 6 and then joined in the jazz class at 8. By ten she was in the performing troupes at her studio. While attending UCLA as a sociology major, Rhonda performed as a Los Angeles Laker Girl for three years and received a championship ring for the 2000 inaugural season at Staples Center with the Lakers. She was a Radio City Music Hall Rockette for 12 years and a Rockette Swing (memorizing all 36 Rockette dance tracks) for se...
Sep 16, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 157
