You may have heard, the scaffolding around the Piccadiliy Centre on Castlereagh St collapsed last week.  I’ve had a couple of queries, so I thought I would let everyone know CLASSES WILL GO AHEAD AS USUAL.

The things you need to know are:

• You cannot drive down Castlereagh St
• You must enter Castlereagh St on foot from Park Street
• Walk on the East side of the footpath (the studio side)

If you have any further questions please just contact us.

To read more about the collapse see http://www.smh.com.au/national/workers-run-for-their-lives-as-cbd-scaffold-buckles-20090226-8ipj.html

Starting this Monday 2nd of February, Darrio will be in Launceston TN teaching workshops for the TASDANCE Summer School.  This is a great program, formatted for all levels of student.

Make sure you come down and support Tasdance Summer School, or just meet Darrio in person.

To enrol or find more information please see http://www.tasdance.com.au/tspa/

Sydney Festival First Night was the biggest dance event of the year.  Darrio Street was honoured to be involved.  It was really a first for all of Sydney.

Darrio and friends are participating in the below event on March 21st in Granville.  Come down and support the movement!!

Darrio and Friends will be performing Krump sets at the FESTIVAL OF SYDNEY FIRST NIGHT - Movers and Shakers at Martin Place on this Saturday January 10 7-11pm at Martin Place.

THIS IS ONE OF SYDNEY FESTIVAL’S FREE EVENTS - A DANCE SPECTACLE TO BEHOLD - COME DOWN AND JOIN THE DANCE FESTIVITIES AND SUPPORT SYDNEY’S VARIED AND TALENTED DANCE PERFORMERS.

Movers and Shakers – ground-breaking dance event with Australia’s leading dance companies. Non-stop, high octane moves from over 300 dancers on custom-built stages. Plus - The Pyrophone Juggernaut - a fire-fuelled musical spectacle.In recent years the popularity of dance in its myriad forms has exploded. In 2009 Festival First Night celebrates this on an epic scale.

Movers & Shakers is the centrepiece dance event, transforming Martin Place with non-stop works from some of Australia’s best dance companies and choreographers, alongside a range of dance associations and community groups.

A custom-built, five-storey-high stage will play host to a series of short, sharp, high octane works. These will be interspersed with breath-taking visuals mixed live by Sydney’s finest VJs.  The non-stop action will alternate with a second stage and some surprising performance areas utilising Martin Place’s heritage streetscape.

Over 300 performers will dance in works choreographed by Shaun Parker, Narelle Benjamin, The Fondue Set and Marnie Palomares to name a few, with the program also including contributions from Sydney’s best Latin dancers, krumpers, yogis, breakers and parkour dudes to a pumping DJ soundtrack mixed live.

Movers & Shakers is directed by Nigel Jamieson, whose extensive international and national career includes a broad range of performing arts, spanning from theatre direction (Honour Bound in 2006, Gallipoli in 2008) to large-scale events (Olympic Games 2000, Commonwealth Games 2002).

For more information please see http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2009/Festival_First_Night/Martin_Place1/

January/February promises to be a busy and interesting time for Darrio as he will be conducting workshops in several different areas and interstate.

10th January - Musicians Making a Difference Workshops, Central Coast Juvenille Detention Centre

15th January - Kulturebreak Workshops, Canberra ACT

16th January - Camp 351, Kurrajong NSW

17th January - Auburn Community Development Workshops, Auburn Town Hall

22nd January - Kulturebreak Workshops, Canberra ACT

29th January - Kulturebreak Workshops, Canberra ACT

2nd February - 7th February - Tasdance Summer School, Launceston TAS

For more information on attending any of these events please just contact us below.

The class dates for January 2009 are as follows:-

The next Hip Hop Basics 6 weeks courses start in Parramatta on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 @ 8pm and in the city on Monday 12th January 2009 @ 7pm.

We are accepting enrolments now so sign up and follow through on those dance classes you’ve been promising yourself.

OPEN CLASSES,

We are still holding an open class in the city for intermediate to advanced students @ 5:45pm Monday afternoons.  Come down at your convenience and challenge yourself.

If you’ve been tossing and turning over whether you want to commit to doing our courses for 6 weeks, now is the time for you.  Due to the end of year (everyone closes over Christmas/NY) we run courses for the remaining weeks.  Therefore, the City course will run for 3 weeks and the Parramatta course will run for 5 weeks.  Course details as follows:

Parramatta Course

Start Date: Wednesday, 19th November 08 (course length 5 weeks)

Time: 8pm

Cost: $83 (note: Parramatta PCYC requires annual membership fee $25 Senior or $8 concession)

Location: Parramatta PCYC, 12 Hassall St, Parramatta

City Course

Start Date: Monday 8th December, 2008 (course length is 3 weeks)

Time: 7pm

Location: Step Up Dance Studio, Lvl 1, 160 Castlereagh St, Town Hall

Cost: $50

Don’t let these opportunities go by.  End of year classes are great fun, a perfect way to chill out and work out in between parties.

For more info or booking please just contact me.