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Adam Gabriel Garcia

Adam Gabriel Garcia (born 1 June 1973) is an Australian stage, television and film actor who is best known for lead roles in musicals such as Saturday Night Fever and Kiss Me, Kate. He is also a trained tap dancer and singer. Garcia has been nominated twice at the Laurence Olivier Awards in 1999 and 2013 respectively.

Garcia was born in 1973 to Jean Balharry and Fabio Garcia in Wahroonga, New South Wales. His mother Jean is Australian and his father Fabio is of Colombian descent. Garcia's mother is a retired physiotherapist. Garcia attended Knox Grammar School where he completed his high school education. He also received formal training in tap dancing at Capital Dance Studio in Sydney, Australia. Garcia attended Sydney University but did not complete his education as he left the university to take the role of Slide in the production of the musical Hot Shoe Shuffle, which toured Australia for two years before transferring to London, England. On 26 March 2015, Garcia married his long time girlfriend Nathalia Chubin in London. Chubin worked as a senior marketing executive for PlayStation previously.

Garcia began his film career in 1997, playing the role of Jones in Brian Gilbert's Wilde. Garcia played Tony Manero in the stage version of Saturday Night Fever, which premiered on 5 May 1998 at the London Palladium, and closed on 26 February 2000. He was nominated for his work in the play at the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical category in 1999 but lost to the cast of Kat and the Kings. Garcia also reached number 15 in the UK Singles Chart in 1998, with his cover version of the Bee Gees song "Night Fever", taken from the film version of Saturday Night Fever (1977). In 2000, he played a major role in his second feature-film, Coyote Ugly. Later that year, Garcia also appeared in Dein Perry's Bootmen, playing the lead role. In 2003, he voiced the title character in the film Kangaroo Jack, but was not credited for that role. In 2004, he also played alongside Lindsay Lohan and Megan Fox in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, as the character Stu Wolff, a drunk rock star, who is part of the band Sidarthur and is, in Lola's words, "a greater poet than Shakespeare". Between 2006 and 2007, Garcia played the character of Fiyero in the original West End production of Wicked alongside Idina Menzel, Kerry Ellis and Helen Dallimore. He previously played the same role during the show's early Broadway theatre workshops in 2000. Garcia appeared in two ITV dramas, Britannia High and Mr Eleven, in 2008. In January 2010, Garcia appeared with Ashley Banjo and Kimberly Wyatt as a judge on the British reality show, Got To Dance. He was a judge in the four seasons of the competition from 2010 to 2012 and then in 2014. In 2011, Garcia co-starred with Mischa Barton in The Hen Do, but the film never left the cutting room floor. In 2012, he appeared in Cole Porter's musical Kiss Me, Kate at the Chichester Festival Theatre, directed by Trevor Nunn and choreographed by Stephen Meare. Garcia was nominated for his role at the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards in the category Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.

Garcia appeared in Threesome, a 2011 British television sitcom which began airing on 17 October 2011 on Comedy Central. Garcia became the fourth judge during the thirteenth season of the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars. In 2018 Garcia was cast in Dance Boss, an Australian reality television dance competition on the Seven Network presented by Dannii Minogue. He judged the competition alongside singer and dancer Timomatic and actress and performer Sharni Vinson. In 2019, he starred in a pantomime in Ipswich, England as Prince Charming. 

Caroline Ann O'Connor

Caroline Ann O'Connor AM (born 2 September 1962) is a Helpmann Award-winning, Olivier Award-nominated Anglo-Australian singer, dancer and actress (theatre, film, TV). For her theatre work she has won three Helpmann Awards: Best Female Actor in a Play for Edith Piaf in Piaf in 2001 and the same category for Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow in 2006, and Best Female Actor in a Musical for Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes in 2015.

O'Connor was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England, to Irish parents. After her family migrated to Australia she was brought up and educated in Sydney. She took Irish dance lessons, with Joy Ransley and Valerie McGrath. She joined a touring dance troupe by August 1974, which travelled to Ireland, Paris, London and the United States west coast. The troupe's members, including O'Connor, competed in the Irish Dancing World Championships held in Dublin. At the age of 15 she returned to Dublin to appear in a dance competition and finished third.

O'Connor later recalled, "When I was growing up in Rockdale as a little girl of Irish parents singing show tunes I didn't really fit in. Everyone was in their denim shorts and thongs and wanting to go down to Cronulla and I wanted to stay home and listen to Doris Day." At 17, she returned to London and trained as a dancer at the Royal Ballet School. She worked for one year at the Australian Opera Ballet. She became an Australian citizen in 2007.

O'Connor made her musical theatre debut in an Australian tour of Oklahoma! in 1982, she later reminisced, "I was about 20 and I got into the show [and] I thought, 'This is where I'm meant to be.' I feel so fortunate." In the following May she took the role of Consuelo in West Side Story at Sydney's Her Majesty's Theatre. Subsequently O'Connor worked both in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Upon return to London she was a member of the ensemble cast of Me and My Girl at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre in 1984 and then at the Adelphi Theatre Other British theatre credits include, A Chorus Line, Cabaret, Hot Stuff, Chicago, Damn Yankees, West Side Story and as Ellie May in Showboat for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Opera North in 1989. She understudied, and went on to perform, the role of Angel in the 1988 London production of The Rink by Kander and Ebb. She appeared in the UK premiere of the musical, Baby. Several of her successful early lead roles in the UK were in the town of Oldham, where she was born.

The entertainer returned to Australia by February 1994, where she took the role of Anita in a national tour of West Side Story, performing in Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney and then Auckland in New Zealand. She won a Green Room Award. Back in London, her West End theatre performances included Mabel in Mack and Mabel for which she received an Olivier nomination for Best Actress in a Musical in 1996.

In 1998 O'Connor was back in Australia as Velma Kelly in Chicago for which she won a Green Room Award and the Mo Award for Female Musical Theatre Performer of the Year. She followed with roles in Man of La Mancha, Oklahoma! and concert productions of Funny Girl and Mack & Mabel. Her portrayal of Édith Piaf in Pam Gems's play Piaf in 2000 gained her three Australian theatre awards.

O'Connor's musical film work includes the role of Nini Legs in the Air in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! (2001), and Ethel Merman in the Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely (2004). She featured on the De-Lovely soundtrack, singing "Anything Goes". In 2003 she made her Broadway debut as Velma Kelly in Chicago. Thereafter she performed in Australia, UK and United States.

The one-woman play, Bombshells (2004), was written especially for O'Connor by playwright, Joanna Murray-Smith. The original production was filmed for a broadcast by ABC Television. Bombshells toured to the Edinburgh Festival (where she won the Fringe First Award), London's West End at the Arts Theatre (for which she received a second Laurence Olivier Award nomination), and at the World Stage Festival in Toronto, Ontario.

O'Connor starred as Judy Garland in the 2005 world premiere of Peter Quilter's play, End of the Rainbow, at the Sydney Opera House. Following its Sydney and Melbourne seasons, she recorded a tribute album, A Tribute to Judy Garland, and reprised her Helpmann Award winning role in Sydney at the Theatre Royal in 2006.

She starred in the premiere production of the musical The Hatpin, which opened in Sydney on 27 February 2008. In June of that year she played the title role, specifically written for her, in the premiere of David Williamson's play, Scarlett O'Hara at the Crimson Parrot, at the Melbourne Theatre Company.

In March 2009 O'Connor reprised her role as Kelly in the 2009 Australian production of Chicago where she starred alongside Craig McLachlan and Gina Riley. In May 2010 she appeared as Mrs Cooper in the TV series, Lowdown. Also in that year she performed at the BBC Proms celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday at the Royal Albert Hall. In May 2011 she starred as Mrs Lovett in the Théâtre du Châtelet production of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Paris, with David Charles Abell as musical director. Sondheim has said that O'Connor was "the best Mrs Lovett I have ever heard."

In 2012 O'Connor originated the role of Miss Shields in a limited run of A Christmas Story: The Musical. It ran for 51 performances in late 2012, and received a nomination for the 2013 Best Musical Tony Award, for its track "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out", featuring O'Connor, which was broadcast live on CBS during the 67th Tony Awards show on 9 June 2013.

As a recording artist O'Connor has released four solo CDs, What I Did for Love 1998), A Tribute to Piaf (2001), From Stage to Screen (2001) and A Tribute to Garland (2005). She has contributed to numerous cast recordings and compilations.

From April 2017 through to March 2018 O'Connor played Countess Lily in the musical, Anastasia, at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway, New York. From May to June 2018 she starred in a London production of The Rink and in mid-August she portrayed Garland in The Production Company's The Boy from Oz in Melbourne.

O’Connor began 2019 by starting in the critically acclaimed and sold out Darlinghurst theatre Co. production of ‘The Rise and Fall of Little Voice’ (directed by Shaun Rennie). She followed this with a staged concert of the rarely performed musical Applause, playing the leading role of Margo Channing.

Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson

Sharlene Marie Zeta Robinson, known professionally as Charli Robinson and previously as Charli Delaney (born 8 March 1980) in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia), is an Australian television and radio presenter, most famously known as an original member of children's musical group Hi-5 and the television series of the same name. She left Hi-5 in February 2008 after ten years with the group. She is known now as a presenter on Nine Network travel program Getaway.

Robinson was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and she has an older sister named Cassandra. She attended Hunter School of the Performing Arts at Broadmeadow, Newcastle, before featuring in various TV shows and soap operas.

Robinson was the youngest original member of group Hi-5.

Robinson chose to leave Hi-5 in February 2008, officially announcing on 22 February 2008 that she would be leaving the group. She indicated that she would continue with the show until a suitable replacement was found. Robinson noted her plans for the future include other presenting work, and acting in television and films, to challenge herself. She served as a judge on Battle of the Choirs in 2008, and also appeared on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars.

In 2009, Robinson co-hosted the celebrity singing show It Takes Two with Home and Away actor Paul O'Brien and signed a three-year contract with the show. She also appeared in the short film Tegan the Vegan

Robinson had a show on the Today Network's 2DayFM and Fox FM on late nights initially [Monday to Wednesday] with Chris Page and had co-hosted the Top 6 @ 6 with Danno on the Today Network for one hour. 21 August 25 July

In May 2011, Robinson filled in as the host on The Kyle & Jackie O Show while Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson were off on sick leave.

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When most people think of Australia, they automatically think of the term “down under.” Well down under there are a broad variety of dance styles coming from Australia. 

The dances range from indigenous Australian bush dances to ballet, ballroom, contemporary and multi–cultural dances. There are over 200 national backgrounds represented in Australia.

Learning how to dance from your home is a great way to get some exercise and learn some cool moves all at once! Choose a style of dance that you want to focus on first and make sure that you warm up and cool down during every session. 

Learn dance moves and routines through watching videos and watching yourself in the mirror to see where you can make improvements. You can also learn to dance freestyle. Once you feel confident, put on your dancing shoes and enjoy yourself on the dance floor!

Practicing Dance Moves and Routines

Choose dance videos to follow along to learn the moves and routines.

Use a search engine or the YouTube search bar to find instructional videos for your chosen style of dance. Pick 1-2 videos that are designed for beginners and that seem easy to follow.

Try to stay away from the instructional videos that are geared towards more advanced dancers until you practice more and feel more confident in your ability.

If you don’t enjoy a particular video, simply try out a different one. You may look through a few videos before you find one that is a good fit.

You can also rent or purchase dance DVDs.

Mirror the movements of the instructor in the dance video. 

Face the dance instructor in the video and pretend that you are the mirror image of the instructor’s movements. Watch the instructor at all times and try to keep up with all of the steps.

Learn the dance steps and sequences in order.

It’s likely that the video that you are watching will consist of a few different steps to learn. Practice each of these steps until you feel confident performing them. Then learn the sequence of the steps, paying attention to what step to start with and how to transition to the next one.

Once you have learned the steps, it may still take a bit of practice to learn the order.

Although the instructor may explain the steps and sequence verbally, it’s easiest to learn to dance visually by watching and then following along.

Keep to the rhythm of the music as you are learning. 

When learning how to dance, listening to the beat and the rhythm of the music can help you to remember the sequence of the steps. Concentrate on listening to the music and always dance to music rather than without while you are learning a new routine.

If you are struggling to hear the beat in the music, try tapping your foot, clapping your hands, or counting to 8 along with the rhythm.

Practice the dance moves and routines until you feel confident.

Continue following along with instructional dance videos until you can dance without needing to watch the video. Then begin dancing without the guidance of the videos by playing the music and trying to remember the steps on your own. You can always go back and watch the dance videos if you need a quick reminder.

The more that you practice the dance steps and routine, the easier it will get to remember on your own over time.

Dance in front of a mirror to see how you can make improvements.

Pick a space where there is enough room for you to move and place a large mirror in front of you. Practice your dance moves and routines in front of the mirror and look out for any parts that you think you could improve on. Then, practice adjusting your steps slowly and incorporating these into your dance.

Alternatively, you can video yourself dancing. Having a collection of videos of yourself dancing will also let you watch your progress over time.

Go dancing with your family or friends to have fun with your new moves.

Once you feel confident in your dancing ability, it’s time to enjoy yourself and reap the rewards of all of your hours of practice! Invite your family or friends out to a dance class, party, bar, or club. Alternatively, you can invite them over to your home for an informal night of dancing and fun.

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Traditional and ceremonial Aboriginal Dance has been a part of the Aboriginal culture for thousands of years. 

Dances played an important role in the spirituality of Indigenous Australian tribes, and each group had different customs when it came to performing and orchestrating these dances.

Many of these indigenous Australian groups hold their dances in a secret and sacred manner.  And sometimes men have separate dances from the women.

The traditional indigenous Australian dances are greatly associated with song and telling stories. In some cases, animals are even imitated. 

The storytelling process reflects the roles, responsibilities, geography and rituals of these indigenous people in their society and environment. 

One of the major purposes of traditional Aboriginal dancing was to tell stories, which were passed down through generations. These stories would be about the land, animals, dreamtime, and Aboriginal people. It is quite common for Aboriginal dance to incorporate imitations of certain animals, to assist in the storytelling and bring the dreamtime to life.

The stories and dances could also be used as an initiation process, or to celebrate a new stage of life. For example, ceremonial dancing and storytelling was a large part of coming to age celebrations for teenage boys and girls, initiating them into adulthood.

Dance and music was also a big part of the wedding and funeral ceremonies, and was a way for the community to bring tradition and culture into their celebrations. 

Some dance ceremonies would be gender specific, with men and women having separate traditional dances to perform, for example the crane dance which is most commonly performed only by Aboriginal men.

Dancing was usually accompanied by Aboriginal music and instruments, including the didgeridoo and clapping sticks. Elders would often sing along to the music, telling stories through their songs. 

Members of the community that were talented in dancing and singing would be well respected, as this was seen to be a highly important skill.

During Aboriginal dances, the performers and audience members would use face and body paint which would relate to the character they were demonstrating, or a link to their family. Costumes were made of various fur and feathers from Australian animals mixed with dyed cloth and sometimes small branches from trees and natives bushes attached at the hips.

Many Aboriginal communities still participate in ceremonial Aboriginal dance and continue the traditions of their ancestors. Throughout the late 20th century, Aboriginal dance has also been incorporated into modern and contemporary forms of Australian dance and performances.

Organisations such as Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) and Bangarra Dance Theatre create performances using Aboriginal dancers, displaying stories and movements from traditional routines. Many of these performances have toured across the world, showcasing the unique and spiritual experience of Aboriginal dance around the globe.

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Fordney foundation : https://fordneyfoundation.org/dance-tidbits-dances-of-australia/