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‘Original gangster’ ballet teacher bounces back from COVID

Find out how Mackay’s best dance teacher broke out of the studio to bring beauty to the lockdown

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05th Dec. 2020 3:12 PM

Dance Express Mackay owner Karen Bishop was chosen as Mackay's best dance teacher for 2020. Ms Bishop with her students Emma Kelly, 17, left, Ella Goldworthy, 17, Terah Hope, 17 and Jorden Riggs, 18.

23 reasons why Mackay loves its dance teachers

VOTE NOW: The final curtain has not dropped in the race to find Mackay’s best dance teacher

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28th Nov. 2020 5:11 AM

After an incredibly tough year for dance schools it’s time to shine the spotlight back on Mackay’s toe tapping, pirouetting and twirling teachers. Picture: Jenny Evans

VOTE NOW: Mackay’s best dance teacher

As the world paused for the pandemic, Mackay’s dance teachers kept moving. Now it’s their turn in the spotlight

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25th Nov. 2020 11:11 AM

Voting is now open for readers to decide just who is Mackay’s best dance teacher for 2020.

How Mackay dance studio kept going amid COVID-19 lockdown

‘So many of the kids’ fathers, granddads … were making ballet bars out of PVC and all this stuff, it was awesome’

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12th Nov. 2020 5:11 AM

Freelance dance instructor and choreographer Taylor Hey said dancing had many benefits for children. Picture: Andrew Sorensen.

Tiny dancer wins state Irish Dancing championships

At just eight years old, the Mackay dancer is the first in nine years to secure the title for North Queensland

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28th Oct. 2020 5:10 AM

Anastasia Koukouvas is the youngest ever dancer to secure the title for Mackay and North Queensland as well as the first in nine years to do so. Picture: Contributed

11-hour trip to keep dance eisteddfod dreams alive

The Stanton family shares why they drove to the Darling Downs after the Mackay Eisteddfod was cancelled

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25th Aug. 2020 3:08 PM

Ready to perform are Amity Matthews (left) and Annie Stanton from Mackay at the Darling Downs Eisteddfod at Millmerran Cultural Centre, Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Picture: Kevin Farmer

25 years of culturally defiant, but thrilling dancing

Beginning in the 1950s, one Mackay group has kept the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll dancing alive

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05th July 2020 4:07 PM

Sugar City Rock N Roll dancers (from left): president Wal Horsfall with Eunice Day, vice president Colin McPherson with Sue McPherson, committee member Neil Ladynski with Carol Ladynski and committee member Greg Brown with secretary Ronelle Brown. Picture: Contributed.

Inclusive workshops are dance, drama, lots of fun

‘Stretchy Pants’, ‘Performance in the Gallery’: no-barriers workshops for fun, friendship, expression.

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01st March 2020 5:03 AM

Georgia Knoll and Sherrie Price taking part in a Crossroad Arts’ workshop. Picture: Jim Cullen Photography

10 Mackay events to enjoy this weekend

A mosaic working bee, aquathlons and lunch box masterclasses are just some of what’s on offer.

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28th Feb. 2020 5:02 AM

The new Mackay Tourism Kiosk will be built at the Bluewater Lagoon.

Move your body to Latin beats

Maria Alvarez misses dancing in the street … the overall freedom of dancing at any time

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06th Feb. 2020 4:02 PM

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