Dance

The Mundi Mundi Plains were shaking today as 6,779 festival-goers lined up in formation for the final ever Nutbush Dance World Record Attempt at the Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash – smashing the previous record - held by the event - of 6,594 dancers.

On Monday, Chinese and North Indian dance routines gave a vibrant prelude to the exciting program that awaits visitors to the International Street Fiesta at Toowoomba's Queens Park on Saturday, November 1.

Madison Eastmond. A Riverland dancer has been recently accepted into one of Australia's most prestigious youth ballet companies, marking the next step in her dream to become a prima ballerina. Seven-year-old Portia Woolston — of Winkie — received the news of her acceptance into the Brisbane City Youth Ballet Company (BCYB) last week...

They did it. Organisers of the World’s Biggest Happy Dance were thrilled to see 468 people groovin’ to the song Dancing in the Street at Kyogle Showground yesterday, Saturday, June 14. The previous record for a happy dance in Singapore was 448.

Nhill College's annual Presentation Ball was held on the evening of Friday, 4 April, at the Nhill Memorial Community Centre. Eighteen Nhill College students were formally presented to their families and the guests of honour ...

One of Australia's oldest festivals, Brave New Works, is 31 years old and will run from April 3-6. Beginning in the late 80s, Denmark Arts has presented the event every year since.

Jordine and Dor wanted to blend their love of dance and movement with their philosophy of helping people become more active and less lonely. They knew they could easily do this at a local level through dance classes but they wanted to reach more people; they wanted to “move the world”.

Doscover the toe-tapping energy of Flamenco when award-winning dancer Annalouise Paul and some of Australia’s finest musicians bring Flamenco for Everybody to Regional NSW. This red-hot, live performance features poetry, percussion, Flamenco guitar, contemporary and flamenco dance and storytelling … that comes to Western Riverina from March 3-14 and Outback NSW from April 1-12.

It’s never too early for a little romance and so it proved as the Westbrook Hall committee held its Valentine’s Day Dance on Saturday the 8th with a very well attended event of Old Time and New Vogue Dances with music by Lyn and Ian.

Christine Webster. A Waikerie dance group featuring 12 women over the age of 60 is entertaining the community and keeping physically and mentally fit by taking part in weekly classes. The Waikerie Golden Girls Dance Troupe was formed after retired dance teacher Pam Tink started running classes for seniors at the local CWA Hall about three years ago.

Picture yourself sitting on the banks of an idyllic creek, listening to wonderful music played by some of Australia’s most talented musicians and celebrating local traditional music and dance… Imagine no more! Upper Murray residents are invited to come and join in the fun and music at the Nariel Recreation Reserve on the banks of the beautiful Nariel Creek and also at the Memorial Hall Corryong, to welcome in the 2025 New Year.

They put their right feet, left feet, right arms, left arms, heads, knees, shoulders, elbows, and bottoms in, and they shook them all about, they did the Hokey Pokey and they turned around, and that’s what it was all about as hundreds of participants attempted to set a new record for the biggest Hokey Pokey in Australian history during the 2024 Grafton Jacaranda Festival.

Daniel Puentes. We may all march to the beat of our own drums, but this day showed just how well those drums fit together, and how community comes from the harmony of us all. From the moment I arrived at the festival held at Donald’s Memorial Park to the minute I left, this event left me filled with community spirit.

The Snowy Mountain Tango Festival took place, for the third consecutive year, on the weekend in Corryong. Steadily growing, it attracted more than 100 participants with dancers and performers coming from Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, as well as from Gippsland and the local region, including Albury/Wodonga, Batlow, Corryong.

Line dancers from all over the country descended upon Narrandera recently, turning the town into a lively festival of twirls and stomps. Locals jumped in, mingling with the competitors, creating cherished memories and savouring the electric atmosphere.

As The Buloke Times goes to print, a very tired, but excited Charlotte McCarthy is jetting home from London with her mum Alecia, after competing in the World Line Dancing Championships. Charlotte won a gold medal in the Quad section and a silver medal in the Duo section.

The attendees at the Newstead Midwinter Dance were very keen to dance. On such a chilly and wet night, a certain level of zest was required to even leave the house; Saturday’s crowd showed enthusiasm in abundance.

The Empire’s popular family festival Thrive on Arts will return from September 26-29, celebrating all things nature and the environment. Sponsored by C&K Childcare and Kindergarten, Thrive on Arts is an annual four-day festival celebrating play, imagination, creativity and storytelling, held during the spring school holidays alongside the iconic Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers.

How many young girls have the opportunity to compete overseas in the World Line Dancing Championships? For eleven-years-old Charlotte McCarthy, daughter of Clint and Alecia McCarthy (formerly Alecia Campbell) this dream became a reality, when on July 12 Charlotte and Alecia jetted over to Blackpool in the UK to join twelve other girls from the Lennox Head “Heart of Dance School”.

Naracoorte’s Stacey Windsor is on a mission to change mindsets on pole dancing and promote the popular artform in town. Also known as Dee-Dee, Stacey is opening a new pole dancing studio in Naracoorte ... The Naracoorte News recently caught up with Stacey and spoke to her about why a pole dancing studio in Naracoorte.

The 40th Anniversary performance of Duprada Dance Company at the Araluen Arts Centre will be a spectacular event showcasing the best of the best inspired from the past 40 years. Music that Moves  is a story of movement, migration and music.

Kate Douglas School of Dance had their inaugural end-of-year showcase, and what a show it was! After only 10 months since the dance studio opened, over 100 dancers performed on stage to an audience of 500 spectators.