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Join Karen Minami in this special workshop where she will share the secrets she uses to create dance performances that are bursting with expression and life, by activating deep emotion and boundless imagination.

In the frst half, you will learn original choreography, crafted from Karen’s unique fusion of lyrical contemporary and theater jazz dance, built on over 20 years of training in Tokyo.

The second half is where the fun really begins! Through a playful process, you will be placed into a narrative designed to activate your imagination. Utilizing a variety of scripts, Karen will help you explore a range of emotions to

‘Turn Back Time’, Escape Band’s 70s, 80s & 90s tribute show, is a show-stopping production that brings your favourite classics to life and provides dynamic entertainment that will appeal to a wide demographic. The 70s, 80s & 90s saw many experimenting to create new sounds. It was the rise of the glam rock movement that led many icons, such as David Bowie, to experiment with their entire persona, deliver a unique version of the choreography, infused with your own expression.

This creative experience will guide you in colouring and shaping dance choreography with the assistance of imagination and theater. You’ll learn to enhance your facial expressions, refne your storytelling skills, and expand your movement portraying otherworldly characters. They were the decades of The Rolling Stones and ABBA, Madonna, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Queen, Elton John, MC Hammer, Run DMC etc.

The fve- or six-piece ensemble is fronted by lead vocalists Natalie James & Lindsay West, and delivers an array of dance, retro, disco, pop & rock music from the 1970s, 1980s & 1990s. These remain to Byron Bay in 2013 and now incorporates infuences of West African, Ballet, Belly Dancing, Tap and Kathak dance into her original Contemporary Jazz dance choreography. Her primary project currently is ‘Liquidelic’, a live performance group that fuses dance, music and analogue projection art into a theatrical show. vocabulary to use your body as a powerful tool of expression! This workshop isn’t just about dance—it’s about unlocking your imagination and discovering new ways to express yourself through movement.

Please wear comfortable clothing that allows for easy movement. Bare feet, socks, jazz shoes or iconic decades when the biggest names in music were born. This show is the most popular of Escape’s acts for weddings, parties, public venues, corporate events & theatre performances across Australia.

EVENT DETAILS:

• When: Friday 27th Sept and Saturday 28t Sept @9pm

• Where: Twin Towns, Tweed Heads

• Price: Free ballet fats are all acceptable.

Karen Minami Biography Karen grew up in Tokyo, where she was a performer with Ikuko Kanemitsu Dance Company for 20 years, giving her world-class training and experience in Jazz and Contemporary dance. Karen was awarded the GrandPrix prize at the Jazz Dance Art Association Competition in 2007. Always curious about other forms of dance, Karen has also studied dance in New York, Varanasi, Melbourne and Sydney. She has toured internationally as a dancer with award-winning artists and has performed at various Australian music festivals. Karen moved

EVENT DETAILS:

• When: Thursday 16th Sept @6pm

• Where: Body lounge, Byron Bay

• Price: From $30

• Tickets: Via the QR code

Time For Trivia

1 As at July 2024, who has been the only Australian to have won the UCI Road World Championships Elite Men’s Road Race?

(a) Matthew Goss (b) Michael Matthews (c) Simon Gerrans (d) Cadel Evans

2 The Kara Sea is considered to be part of which ocean? (a) Indian Ocean (b) Southern Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Arctic Ocean

3 If a house is described as capacious, what is it? (a) Cluttered (b) Modern (c) Spacious (d) Old

4 The equator passes through which country starting with B?

(a) Benin (b) Bahrain (c) Brazil (d) Bangladesh

5 Tertius Lydgate is one of the main characters in which classic novel? (a) Emma (b) Madame Bovary (c) Crime and Punishment (d) Middlemarch

6 Who stars as Madeline Mackenzie in the TV series, Big Little Lies? (a) Nicole Kidman (b) Reese Witherspoon (c) Shailene Woodley (d) Meryl Streep

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Which Words

Which is the correct meaning for these words?

1 APPETENT

(a) Eagerly desirous

(b) Belonging to (c) Annexed

2 LOGAN

(a) A box in the theatre or opera house

(b) The logarithm of a logarithm

(c) A rocking stone

3 PERPETUITY

(a) A difficulty

(b) Endless time

(c) A thorough search

4 VIDUOUS

(a) Based on the number twenty

(b) Widowed (c) Watchful

5 WADI

(a) A coarse woollen cloth woven in Orkney and Shetland

(b) A wooden club

(c) The dry bed of a torrent