In our inaugural year, there will be two parts to the Girls Geared for Greatness program. Don’t let the title fool you, boys are more than welcome to join in all aspects of this program (It’s just that Boys and Girls Geared for Greatness seemed like too long for my title!) Part 1: For dancers […]

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Girls Geared for Greatness at PMPA

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Today was the Port Macquarie Performing Arts Mid Year Showcase, such a great day. It’s our first performance for the year thats not a competition and for many of our students and parents its the first opportunity to see how we run a show. We are lucky enough to be able to perform at our local […]

What I learned backstage…

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I write with a heavy heart tonight.  The Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida has just occurred. Innocent people’s lives taken, mothers forced to contemplate life without their sons. My heart breaks. I don’t know if its because I have been away from the kids for the weekend, or if I am just sick of […]

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Enough is enough…

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There is nothing so good for the soul as catching up with an old friend and over the past two days I have been lucky enough to do this twice.  The first, a friend from school who is living a parallel life to me just only in the city instead of the country. Even though […]

Good for the soul…

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Ahhhhh!!  What a start to my challenge. I just wrote my first blog post only to have it disappear into the cyber world unpublished. So I sit here frustrated at the thought of having to recreate the magic that just disappeared… ok so maybe it wasn’t magic but at least it was something.  The post […]

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Realism

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At this special time, when commencing the dance year, classes for our littlest dancers are full of excited, anxious young people. We want to do our very best to make the introduction to dance as happy and easy as possible. At PMPA, our purpose is to provide the highest-quality junior dance education in a secure, […]

Preparing your little Twinkle Toes and Mini Men

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Pirouettes and Plies and Piques, Oh My! Sure, we learn a lot of funny words and big steps in a dance class but what else do we get out of the blood, sweat and tears that goes into a great dance class… Dance is an incredible discipline for a child to experience. Dance allows children […]

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What has dance taught me?

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I received a great email today… I would love to say its anonymous, but its hard to do that via email. So instead I will say that it comes from a dance mum with a big heart and an even bigger can of hairspray! This is a MUST READ for all dance mums and dads […]

From one dance mum to another…

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In this weather, nothing makes me happier than busting out a few of my old eisteddfod videos and reminiscing about the groups that we used to perform in my childhood years. After all, its important that I educate Lucinda on the timeless jazz moves like the ‘running man’ and the ‘triples from the corner’ that […]

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Rainy Day? Old Eisteddfod Videos!

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At WPMPA we have two streams for our Jazz and Musical Theatre classes: Our Recreational stream and our Performance stream. What is the difference between Recreational and Performance classes? As some students are interested in competing in Eisteddfods and some are looking for a class with a little less commitment, we offer both options at […]

To perform or not to perform, that is the question…

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