Ballet Master & Regional Touring Associate with the Australian Ballet Stephen Heathcote is a former Australian Ballet Dancer who spent 24 years dancing with The Australian Ballet and twenty of them as principal artist. He has received three Helpmann Awards, two Mo Awards and an Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance by an Individual. Stephen [Read more...]
How did you find out about the audition for the Moulin Rouge? My dance teacher Miss Renie heard about the audition and told me I should audition as it had been a dream of mine for a long time. Your background/training? I started dancing when I was 3 at the May Downs School of dance [Read more...]
My entry into millinery was at age 7 when I helped my father make the Mad Hatter`s top hat. Wearing a boater at boarding school probably awakened my understanding of the functionality of hats. The inspiration for my designs has always been Australian flora and fauna as well as my background in Papua New Guinea [Read more...]
"Every day is something new and that’s the best part about live theatre… you have a new audience every night!"- Thomas Lacey...
After staring on the small screen playing Ben Tickle in Dance Academy & Ollie Masters in Winners & Losers Australian Performer Thomas Lacey has landed the dream role, playing Scott Hastings in the Musical Strictly Ballroom. We chatted with Thomas about his love for dance and his wirlwind journey from a two year old jumping and moving around in class, to staring in the nationally touring musical directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Bettina Petrone, Founder and Director of Child Talent Agency Bettina Management, is a pioneer of the child modelling industry in Australia. An acclaimed professional model herself, Bettina enjoyed commercial success from a young age. We sat down with her to discuss the industry and how it has changed as well as ask her advice for anyone considering becoming an artist.
