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The Floor

It took me a while to feel comfortable with the floor in dance. I used to enjoy watching B-Boys get down and move effortlessly. At first it was their combination of power and flow that I enjoyed and over time it became realising that there was more to breaking than power. Footwork, freezes, combinations, goContinue reading “The Floor”

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Movement or Dance

It’s weird that at one point in my life I decided to refer to my dance as movement. I guess because people, well dancers would always ask each other what dance was, or what they felt dance was, and then would judge it, try and find the right answer, intellectualise it, and I felt itContinue reading “Movement or Dance”

Posted byEveryday DancersJuly 2, 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Movement or Dance

Connecting through movement

Putting on music and dancing is a simple thing I can do to be present. It’s a simple thing I can do to get out of my head and into my body. I think way too much and in general think we as a society do too. That’s what I love about dance. It connectsContinue reading “Connecting through movement”

Posted byEveryday DancersJuly 1, 2021Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Connecting through movement

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Karla Mathieson is a wonderful human being and dancer. She is super creative and channels her creative energy in lots of different areas from graphic design and art through to popping and roller dance. Her adventures in dance has taken her from a small town in the south of NZ through to Melbourne and even all the way to Korea. Karla had what some might call a traditional start in dance by learning styles like ballet and tap and even flamenco at a young age but where’s she’s taken her dance is vastly different from where she started. Am grateful to have Karla on this episode of everyday dancers to share her story with us. Hope you find it as interesting, inspiring and humbling as I did. Check out this 2 part podcast on Spotify, Apple podcasts or buzzsprout.
Simon MacAdams is a dancer, meditation practitioner, yogi and musician. Simon is based in Melbourne and first started dancing at clubs in Canada before finding popping and later contemporary dance, 5 rhythms, somatic practises and other dance forms. His approach to his art is very wholistic and in this interview he draws parallels between his spiritual/meditation/yogi practise to his understanding and expression of dance and music. It was great to chat to Simon and understand more about the way he approaches and understands dance as well as his other practices.
Jo Lin @jolin9312 is one of the most generous dancers I've met. The way he is able to be present for and give space to another dancer while being attentive, thoughtful and caring is really beautiful to watch. I'd also describe Jo's dance as honest, fun, unexpected and daring. After this interview I discovered that Jo is not only a contact improvisation dancer and improvisational dancer but that he has also been a student and teacher of tai chi before even beginning dance.
Andre Widjaja aka Jazzy Dre aka @funkytaichi is one of the funkiest dancers to watch. He currently resides in Melbourne in Australia and has a real love of funk music and funkstyles dance; Popping and Boogaloo, Locking, Party Dances and Soul Dance. Originally from Sydney, Dre has been around the street dance scene in Australia since about 2003 and has followed his love of funkstyle dance to different parts of Australia and across the globe. Loving to jam with others at parties and get down to live music, he definitely captures the essence of funk and is an everyday dancer at heart. 
The first B-Boy on everyday dancers was Jonathan T.S. Ng aka @thecoolestkid , a charismatic, powerful and thoughtful dancer. With a wholistic approach to health and wellness and a love of dance and movement he definitely has a unique presence. During his interview he spoke about dancing like this “when I’m in the zone moving, without caring what others think”. Swipe to see him rock this alleyway in Petersham.
The always colourful and fresh dressed Kaz @instakaz88 (Karen Otero). 2nd on our everyday dancers podcasts. Kaz says “Dance allows me to bring out those expressions through movement.” A generous, kind hearted soul who loves to move and speaks volumes through her dance. Big ups Kaz! Swipe to see Kaz make some shapes!!✌🏼👟
Laura White @l_j_white , the 1st dancer on Everyday Dancer’s podcast. She says “I love seeing people channel something through their body”. Swipe to see her get down in the club. Such a dope person, with character and kindness. Rock on LJ! ✊🏼💃🏻
“It’s just pleasure and it’s joy and that’s why I do it, because it makes me happy, it’s that simple” Jackie Laso
Geraldine Balcazar ( @gerrie_bal ) is a generous dancer with a background in contemporary dance, performance art, yoga and other dance forms. She refers to movement, rather than dance as part of her practise and is interested in making dance available to a wider audience. More recently she has studied and worked with concepts from body mind centering by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and has been looking after her one year old son Max after moving to the North Coast of NSW. In this interview she talks about how she got into dance, why she chooses to frame her practise around movement, her influences and what she's more focused on in her dance at present. Hope you enjoy listening to this interview with this lovely human being.
Jonathan Ng aka @thecoolestkid is a sydney based B-Boy, who is part of the crew Breakin Borders. He takes a different approach to dance than most street dancers, adopting a more holistic health and wellness based approach which includes a vegan lifestyle amongst other things. A strong, fun and interesting character. Listen to more of the interview with him here: 👂 https://www.buzzsprout.com/734573/episodes/2969947-jonathan-ng
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