Flow through Dance and Poetry
Event description
From hip hop, heels, contemporary and commercial with a little bit of poetry thrown in, this night of flow will leave you glowing. Bring your dancing shoes too because the DJ will end the night with tunes to make you move! Wine from Hungerford Hill and delicious Kumache Kitchen available for purchase!
Meet the Performers:
Jacinta Rose
(pictured above) trained in ballet full-time when younger, now exploring other styles, particularly contemporary and heels thanks to Top Rock Studio.
Mark Tarculas
an incredible hip-hop, commercial, heels and freestyle dancer.
Savanna Cull
"I grew up in the country and moved to Newcastle for University. Since moving to Newcastle I have found TopRock studio where I was able to find my confidence and grow as a dancer. Having now finished my degree I am taking this year to train full-time for dance through Ablaze dance academy. My favourite styles are heels, Broadway and contemporary."
Rachael Sebastian
Rachael is a creative who explores emotion and story telling through both dance and music. She began dancing in 2021 and has explored various styles including hip hop, house, commercial, heels and lyrical to build her toolkit in story telling. She has performed in a couple of musicals, in her band Mood Watch as well as various creative dance projects such as showcase and videos with local dance crew “Newy Crew” and independent artists.
Gemma Robertson
Gemma has danced all her life, growing up her main style was tap, however she also trained in jazz and contemporary. Now she dances at Top Rock Studios and enjoys a variety of dance styles.
Malvika Satelkar
Malvika Satelkar is made in Bombay + Goa, India, Refining in the Sacred Country of
First Nations people presently known as Australia.
She is someone who deeply cares about the environment that we reside in, and to
express that Care and Love, her art is capturing, telling a story that needs to be
told to acknowledge the blessings Land and Water bring to us. It is a form of
loving, Loving, Love through Art. Dance and performing is used by Malvika for story
telling later but first as to connect with her inner self and the viewer.
She is trained in many dance forms such as Bharatanatyam, Traditional Indian Folk
Dancing, Belly Dancing, and now Contemporary.
- Website BEHANCE: https://www.behance.net/MalvikaSatelka
Jazmyn Chang
Jazmyn is born and raised in Malaysia, while also being a local Novocastrian the past 7 years. She is a passionate dancer, who trained in ballet from a young age, trained briefly in contemporary and jazz later on, and has now switched lanes in the past 4-5 years to explore commercial and street styles (hip hop, house, popping, tutting, and more). Jazmyn now teaches at Top Rock Dance Studios, sharing her love of dance through teaching Beginner Hip Hop Choreo as well as the first and only K-pop classes in Newcastle. Jazmyn is also part of a local dance crew, Newy Crew.
Ashley Tiong
Ash is a talented dancer in many styles and will be sharing a beautiful Classical Chinese dance from the Dai tribe.
"If I’m not sleeping, I’m reading. And if I’m not reading, I’m watching Anime. If I’m not doing any of that, then I’m not doing anything at all. :> And I love dogs!"
(Event photo of Jacinta on the beach is by Joseph Dinh-Vu.)