On a roll!

After the successful Open Day, we are on a roll again with jam packed rehearsals and a lot of dancing in store for all the members :)

Firstly, the timetable for this week is UPDATED!!! Please go check flaredance.com's timetable!
I sincerely hope that everyone can make it to most of the rehearsals because if you want to PERFORM, our first gig-- the Nightmarket event is nearing (April 7th)! Choreographers will be holding auditions very soon for those that are interested in performing :)

Speaking of which, please remember to reply Izzie's email about VOLUNTEERING for the Nightmarket ASAP! We are hoping to make profit off of this event for Flare because a rich club can bring more benefits for its members! And plus, we would love everyone to be more involved in Flare :)

Next, I would also like to thank EVERYONE for attending Open Day last Saturday! It was hugely successful and also great to see so many old and new faces of Flare dancing together :) because this is what Flare is all about- the joy of dance!

^ What a great turnout! Thanks for the support everyone!!

^ Sher showing the boys how shake that booty!
^ Von enjoying the ab workout! Hehe

^ Ness' contemporary class, so great to see so many guys interested :D

^ Sher's jazz class!

^ Our exec. committee busily signing up new members :)
^ Bboys showing what they got >:D
^ And then...our pres also joins in the breaking craze :)


^ And so open day ended with a jampacked rehearsal for Eric Goh's beginner urban piece! Woo!
**Photo credits to our photographer, Nicole Chui!**

What an amazing way to start of the semester, we look forward to seeing you at our rehearsals this week (on the timetable!) dancing with us! Yeay!

We also have our WELCOME PICNIC this SATURDAY from 10am-1pm at the University Square, please refer our email sent to you regarding the details for how to sign up for the picnic! It's real simple, no worries :)

xoxo,
Jenn

Ready to dance? OPEN DAY TOMORROW!

Tomorrow is OPEN DAY! Cannot wait to see and dance with everyone! If you don't know how to get there, check the guidelines posted under the timetable on flaredance.com!!

Just rock up in comfy clothes to dance in and bust a move with the rest of the dancers! We've got contemporary, jazz, breaking, and urban in store for everyone tomorrow. Remember, it's a free trial day for non-members also so please invite any interested friends along so they don't miss the chance of dancing with Flare!

See you all tomorrow!!

xo

Jenn

An EXCITING & NEW start!!!

Hello new and old Flarians!

If you are new to Flare Dance Ensemble, WELCOME TO THE DANCE FAMILY! We all have a huge heart and passion for dance and we are so happy that you chose to be part of us! This is the first new blog post of the 2011 school year and I'd first like to congratulate my fellow committee members for pulling off such a successful O-Week!

^ Our pres getting ready to attract new members ;)

Your dedicated committee members (and Jun) preparing the booth at 9am, it's called dedication :)

Our little publicity stunt: Free yummy cupcakes and chupachups (even though most of the actual Flare volunteers took it for themselves COUGH COUGH*)

^ YAY! New members :D

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We signed up 306 members at our O-Week booth and we're hoping for more throughout these first few weeks of uni. According to our Pres Sher, we have also put on the best O-Week performance ever! Featuring snippets from our "Tenth Avenue" annual production from 2010, we give uni students a first glance of who and what Flare is. I hope whoever got to see the performance enjoyed it! But if you'd like to watch it again, it's posted on Facebook in our group "Flare dance ensemble!"

^ Flarians on stage @ O-Week! WOOO!

This new semester with Flare is bound to be a great one- we have so many choreographers interested in busting a move for this year's gig performances- the first one coming up is the Nightmarket event in the first week of April, so please check the timetable that will be released tonight @ flaredance.com !!! And come to join any pieces you might be interested in participating in. We look forward to seeing a lot of new faces in the dance studios! :)

I will be updating this blog regularly with Flare updates, please tune in often!

xoxo,

Your publicity officer- Jenn Ma

Flare Dance Ensemble 2011

Flare Dance Ensemble 2010 Annual Production

The time has come for us to announce, in a very exciting and hyped up fashion, our annual production! Flare Dance Ensemble brings you Tenth Avenue, a requiem where we dare to live our dreams and a night of sweet oblivion.

In conjunction with our tenth year anniversary, Tenth Avenue was conceptualized based on the simple philosophy that dance exists in every corner of a city. With a fantastic display of a diverse range of dance styles encompassing the ever passionate steps of Latin American, the beautiful form of Contemporary, the explosive style of Breakdancing, the groovy moves of Urban Choreography, the expressive emotions of Lyrical Jazz, the sizzling flair of Girl's Hip Hop and finally the conventional moves of Jazz.

Join us as we take you through the deepest trenches of the bustling city with 13 pieces of raw emotion and power, featuring the return of our most respected founder, Jane Khoo, who will be delivering a collaboration piece between the dancers of sister club Flare Dance Company and our very own Ensemble.

Details:

Date: 21st/22nd/23rd of October 2010
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Union Theatre, Union House

With tickets priced at a cheap $15, this promises to be an opportunity not to be missed! Get your tickets from our members now or drop by our booth at Union House everyday between 12pm-2pm beginning week 9 of the semester!

For more information, please refer to our Facebook event page.

Pictures Tell Tales

Hello all!

As we advance into week 6 of the semester, it can only mean one thing, the much awaited second Mid-Review is just around the corner! Friday of week 7 to be exact! So I hope you're all ready to rock things out in front of our Artistic Director, Ness.

But before we get into the dirty details of the review, here's a recap of what Flare has been busy with.

As you all know, Flare staged our very first showcase, The Candyshop not so long ago at La Di Da. The showcase was a commercial success attracting a crowd of more than two hundred people!Told ya there were lots of people :)

Emcees for the night, MC Teesha and MC Hiroki

The Candyshop kicked off with a routine choreographed by our entire committee which was also performed by them to, quite aptly, The Candyshop by 50 Cents. The show went on with various performances by members to popular tunes such as Swing Ya Rag, Tik Tok, Run This Town and more.

Our very own committee members taking on the dance floor

Shawna's viral Tik-Tok routineIrvin's swagtastic Run This Town

The night's atmosphere was cooked up even more when our special guest performers, Mute crew delivered an explosive display of dance that got the crowd going absolutely bananas! The partygoers even began to sing along when the crew took on The Killers' Mr. Brightside.

Also, Melbourne University's Dancesport graced us with an unforgettable Latin routine to Telephone that was also performed by our very own members, Daryl Lee and Michelle Yeo!
The night ended with adrenaline pumping and power-packing routines the likes of Imma Be, Sugar, Lose My Breath and Touch My Body.
Of course, the night's success couldn't have been possible without all your support and hardwork! Hence, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who made the showcase a smashing success! We definitely look forward to seeing your faces in our next event, which quite inarguably is Flare's biggest event of the year, our annual production!

We'll be waiting for you! Yes, in all that glorious sexiness.

p/s: To all dancers partaking in our annual Production, please be reminded that our Mid-Review is on the 10th of September, the Friday of week 7, at Dance House. For more details please check the website.

Love,
The Publicity Team

Showcase Success!

Hello all!

As I'm pretty sure you know, Flare's first ever showcase The Candy Shop is officially over! Twas an awesome night with top quality dance performances! We performed to a crowd of more than 200 people!

Just posting this up as a shout out to the people that made this showcase possible!

First and foremost, the committee members who organized the whole event in the first place.

The four exec comms that decided to have this event, Shermaine, Bee Bee, Michele and Hervey. The sub comms that worked hard together to ensure this event happened. Special thanks to Shi Mei and the Publicity team as well as Kaeden and the Design Team, Yun Shen and the Ticketing Team, Wei Hao's handling of all online publicity work as IT officer and most importantly, Yvonne who coordinated the event for the night.

Secondly, special thanks to all the choreographers who produced such high quality performances in such a short period of time!

Shermaine for Swing Ya Rag and Touch My Body
Jun for Glamarous and Imma Be
Eric, Kaeden, Shi Mei, Daryl, L'Teesha and Max for Sugar
Shawna for Tik Tok
Bee Rueh for Lose My Breath
Irvin for Run This Town

and lastly the combined efforts of the committee for The Candy Shop routine.

Of course, none of this would have happened were it not for your contributions as such diligent dancers! Hence, from the bottom of our hearts, a very big thank you for putting in so much effort and time to ensure the success of Flare's first ever showcase!

As for the other Flarians, I'm sure you did your part in promoting the event and asking all your friends to come along (to the point of forcing them heh)! For that, you have our sincerest gratitude!

With the showcase done, now its time to look forward to Flare's annual camp! Get excited people! Production rehearsals are slated to begin next week as well, so I hope I'll see all your faces in rehearsals!

Finally, please take good care of yourselves!

Cheers,
Publicity Team.

Countdown

"Coz the party don't start till I walk in..."

One more week. Be there.

Updates!

Hello fellow Flarians!

As Semester 1 draws to a close with SWOT VAC and the coming exams, Flare Dance Ensemble is excited to announce two major events taking place at the start of Semester 2!
Flare's first ever showcase is set on the 5th of August at 577 Little Bourke Street! The Candy Shop comprises an exciting line-up of dance pieces from different styles ranging from Jazz to Urban Choreography! Taking place at one of Melbourne's most happening night clubs, La Di Da, the showcase will take you through an enticing night of bright lights, power-packed dance moves and trance-inducing music.
Please note that the showcase is also a clubbing event as the dancefloor will be opened to the attendees! So what are you waiting for? Grab your tickets fast before its all sold out as we have very limited number of them! Bring your friends along and dance the night away!

More information at our event page on Facebook!


The annual Flare Camp will also be held on the same week on the 6th of August 2010. This 3 days and 2 nights event is a great opportunity for dancers to kick back and relax from all the demanding rehearsals and also for you dancers to get to know each other better! For the price of $137 ($133 for early birds), you get to see a side of your friends you've never seen before and take our word for it, many people reveal their rather...humorous side!

Do hurry up to get yourself signed up as there are only 35 slots available and slots are filling up fast! Again, for more information, please check out our facebook event page!

So yes, get excited with these two events and bear them in mind to make the exam period much less daunting!

On behalf of the committee, good luck in your exams and do enjoy the long winter break, don't stop dancing!

Cheers,
Flare Publicity Team

Flare So Far...

Hello Flarians! I hope week 8 is treating you all well. Sorry for abandoning this blog for so long, you've got my faulty internet connection to blame for that. Flare has been experiencing a rather fruitful month, I'll let the photos and random anecdotes do the talking.

First off, Flare was invited to perform in the MUOSS Night Market. Apart from the performance, we were also given the opportunity to operate a stall as part of the night market event. Thanks to the tremendous effort put in by our choreographers and dancers, the performance was, in my opinion, a major success. The Flare stall managed to attract the crowd's attention with the sales of delicious food the likes of lok-lok, longan jelly and chocolate fondue.

Days before the actual event, our dancers were given a chance to flaunt their creativity as we were required to decorate our stall based on the Night Market theme 'Around the World. New friendships were forged and old bonds were strengthened as Flarians worked hand in hand to ensure the success of our Night Market stall.

Ever wondered what the performers were up to before the gig? Think along the lines of make-up, running through the routines and just chilling before taking on the stage.


While some of us were assigned to operate the stall.
Here's the link for our performance!Remember to check it out!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2354725554&v=app_2392950137&ref=ts#!/video/video.php?v=381435275068&oid=2354725554

After the highly successful nightmarket performance, Flare also staged a performance at the State Library of Victoria in conjunction with the International Student Day organized by the Australian Federation of International Students and the Victorian Government.

Recently, Flare has also performed at the ICSS and IESS co-organized Cocktail Night held at Biero Bar.

This has truly been a fantastic month for Flare Dance Ensemble and we look forward to providing new dancers a platform to perform and also to continue on with our effort to produce even better dance pieces!

Hope to see you around!

Dancing For The Kids @ Royal Children's Hospital

A couple of weeks ago, I sent out an email asking for volunteers interested in Dancing For The Kids at Royal Children's Hospital. The feedback was astonishing *gives out karma points in dollops* and Flarians are really very charitable people indeed!

Everyone picked up the dance steps really quickly (see! I told you they were easy!). We had lots of fun going NA NA NA NA NA while interlocking elbows and skipping around as well as being imaginary taxi drivers for the day. :P

It was a warm sunny Saturday, and we met at the tramstop before walking over to Royal Children's Hospital on Flemington Road together. Everyone was clad in a multitude of colours, red, blue, green, yellow with headgears, scarfs, fancy earrings...screaming FUN FUN FUN.

We performed at the Starlight Express Room; a room filled with computer games, a stage, pingpong tables, drawing tables and many many more fun-filled activities for the unwell children to hang out at during their stay at Royal Children's Hospital. It is entirely staffed by volunteers, and there are also Captain Starlight shows directly broadcasted to televisions in all the wards at Royal Children's.

Captain Red, who was in charge for the day, informed us that WE WILL BE BROADCASTED LIVE ON TV TO ALL THE WARDS!!!!!!!

No pressure.

Everyone looking nervous as Captain Red introduced us to the crowd.

We performed 4 songs :
1. Don't Stop by S Club 7
2. Calcutta by Doctor Bombay
3. Upside Down by A Teens
4. Hoedown Throwdown by Miley Cyrus

Having heaps of fun on stage. =)

We only had THREE rehearsals before the performance, and congratulations girls (and guys), it was A JOB WELL DONE! =)

NG strutting his stuff. WE'RE ON TV! I don't know why they thought we were from a dance school though, BUT IT'S AWESOME ALL THE SAME!

There was a little girl, probably 8-9 years old in a wheelchair with lots of supportive equipment, waving her hands in the air while mouthing the lyrics when we performed Hoedown Throwdown...and my heart just melted. ♥

GROUP PICTURE!!

Thank you everyone for volunteering to dance for the kids, I'm sure we put a lot of a smiles on the kids' faces that day, both in the Starlight Express Room and those who had to stay in their beds. Good job!

Because FLARE cares. =)

Captain Red and your Charity Officer signing off!

DON'T STOP NEVER GIVE UP ♪

HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH

AND REACH THE TOP. ♫

-Seok