AUGUST 4, 2015 \ STARWEEKLY.COM.AU
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(Joe Mastroianni)
Pas de deux with the best A professional contemporary ballet company, Melbourne City Ballet, is heading for South Morang. The Brunswick-based dance troupe will perform Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream on August 4. The dancers’ visit was thought to be a good excuse for local dance students to learn a thing or two from the professionals, so Whittlesea council and the company are inviting local and nearby dance schools to nominate two of their best artists to practise with the experts before the performance. Dance Revolution owner Laura Iaconif chose Greta Xhaferi, of Mill Park, and Izabel Lozevski, of South Morang, to warm up with some of the City Ballet’s dancers. Both girls, 14, are currently completing their teaching certificates. Ms Iaconif said they were chosen because of their dedication to their art. “They always put in 100 per cent and I think this will inspire them to pursue dancing as a career,” she said. Tickets for the show are on sale at www.pracc.com.au or by calling 9217 2317. IZABEL LOZEVSKI AND GRETA XHAFERI
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To market … but not yet By Lexi Cottee The opening of Melbourne Market’s new premises in Epping has been delayed until the end of the month. The multi-million dollar market was scheduled to open yesterday but the state government announced the delay last Wednesday after an 11th-hour meeting with the Melbourne Market Authority (MMA) and representatives of the wholesalers association, Fresh State.
The meeting was at the request of Fresh State, which had put forward a “compelling case” to give the market community more time to prepare for the move to Epping, according to MMA chief executive officer Mark Maskiell. A statement from the Premier’s office said the MMA advised the state government that to ensure the market’s success at its new site, trading should be delayed until August 31. “While the new market site has the necessary infrastructure and occupational health and safety standards in place for an August 3
opening, a small number of market tenants have been unable to complete their store fit-outs in time,” the statement read. It said the MMA advised that about 20 per cent of tenants were in this situation, with the remaining 80 per cent ready to begin trading. But Victorian Vegetable Growers Association president David Wallace said as few as 13 per cent of stores were ready. “Only 17 stores out of 130 were ready to go,” he said. “A lot of people still haven’t got their
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parking allocation or insurance organised. At least common sense has now prevailed.” In its statement, the state government said it had not made the call lightly. “There has been extensive consultation with the market community over many years to address a range of issues about the move,” the statement read. “Since coming to government, representatives from our offices have been working closely with the Melbourne Market Authority to address individual concerns ahead of the move.”
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