Dance Matters Podcast
A podcast exploring all things Dance. Interviews held with dancers, dance teachers and everyone involved in the dance industry. Let's bring the dance community together.
Episodes
193 episodes
Episode 144- Yvette Lee, Dancer, Choreographer & Creative
Yvette Lee is a choreographer, creative director and creative producer who has become renowned as one of the most versatile creatives in Australia. She is renowned for her work in television, theatre and live touring events. Yvette’...
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Episode 184
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39:38
Chatting with Charlie Ep.48 Chatting with Yvette Lee
Yvette Lee is a choreographer, creative director and creative producer who has become renowned as one of the most versatile creatives in Australia. She is renowned for her work in television, theatre and live touring events. Yvette’...
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Episode 183
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7:42

Episode 143- Shannon Burns, Professional Dancer and Choreographer
Shannon grew up in the Central Queensland town of Gladstone which is where her love of dance began. At the age of 15 she moved to Brisbane where she studied ballet full time at Queensland Dance School of Excellence before completing a Diploma o...
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Episode 183
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42:51
Chatting with Charlie Ep.47- Chatting with Shannon Burns
At the age of 15 Shannon Burns moved to Brisbane where she studied ballet full time at Queensland Dance School of Excellence before completing a Diploma of Performing Arts at ED5 International in Sydney. A versatile performer,...
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Episode 182
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5:56

Episode 142- Zoe Ioannou, Professional Dancer, Musical Theatre, Singing Teacher
Zoe Ioannou grew up immersed in the world of dance. It seems that dance was in her blood with her Nan, Aunt and mum all working as professional ballerinas. Originally Zoe’s goal was to follow in their footsteps but at the age of 12 she discover...
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Episode 181
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29:20
Chatting with Charlie Ep.46- Chatting with Zoe Ioannou
Zoe Ioannou grew up immersed in the world of dance. It seems that dance was in her blood with her Nan, Aunt and mum all working as professional ballerinas. Originally Zoe’s goal was to follow in their footsteps but at the age of 12 she discover...
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Episode 180
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5:59

Episode 141- Liana Blackburn, Professional Dancer, Choreography and Wellbeing Enthusiast
Liana Blackburn is a professional dancer and long-time health and wellness enthusiast. Her versatility is what makes her such a valuable teacher, choreographer, and dancer. She has been honored to dance with so many incredibly insp...
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Episode 179
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49:01
Chatting with Charlie Ep.45- Chatting with Liana Blackburn
Liana Blackburn is a professional dancer and long-time health and wellness enthusiast. Her versatility is what makes her such a valuable teacher, choreographer, and dancer. She has been honored to dance with so many incredibly insp...
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Episode 178
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5:32

Episode 140-Luca Dinardo, Professional Dancer and Choreographer
Luca Dinardo is a musical theatre performer, dance captain and choreographer. She grew up training at Patrick Studios and completed her full time training there. Luca was drawn to the world of musical theatre and her professional credits includ...
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Episode 177
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46:48
Chatting with Charlie Ep. 44- Chatting with Luca Dinardo
Luca Dinardo is a musical theatre performer, dance captain and choreographer. She grew up training at Patrick Studios and completed her full time training there. Luca was drawn to the world of musical theatre and her professional credits includ...
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Episode 176
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7:21

Episode 139- Soraya Zapata, Dancer and Choreographer
Soraya Zapata’s love for dancing started when she began taking classes at Sher's Studio of Modern Dance at the young age of 3. She continued her training at WHSPA (Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts) as a dance student. During her ti...
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Episode 176
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32:51
Chatting with Charlie Ep. 43- Chatting with Soraya Zapata
Soraya Zapata’s love for dancing started when she began taking classes at Sher's Studio of Modern Dance at the young age of 3. She was a company member of The Forge Tap Project and is a member of ‘Girls on Tap’. In 2019, whilst comp...
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Episode 175
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6:08

Episode 138- Dominique Kelley, Professional Dancer and Choreographer
Dominique Kelley is an incredible dancer and choreographer. He may not have started his formal dance training until he was 9 but by the age of 12 he was already on his first Broadway tour. At the age of 16, he co-choreographed his firs...
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Episode 174
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30:34
Chatting with Charlie Ep. 42- Chatting with Dominique Kelley
Dominique Kelley is an incredible dancer and choreographer. At the age of 16, he co-choreographed his first musical named “Wild Women Blues” in Germany. He has worked on film including; “The Princess and the Frog”, “The Smurfs Movie”, “B...
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Episode 173
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6:35

Episode 137- Angelique Cassimatis, Professional Dancer
Angelique is a true triple threat performer, excelling as an actor, singer and dancer with an extensive list of Australian stage and live theatre credits. Angelique began training for a performance career with The Dance Works in Brisbane, Austr...
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Episode 172
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35:03
Chatting with Charlie Ep.41- Chatting with Angelique Cassimatis
Angelique is a true triple threat performer, excelling as an actor, singer and dancer with an extensive list of Australian stage and live theatre credits. She recently starred as Cassie in A Chorus Line (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) f...
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Episode 171
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9:28

Episode 136- James Maras, Choreographer and Dancer
James Maras is an incredible choreographer whose star is on the rise. At 7 he attended a summer camp which ignited his passion for dance. By the age of 12 he started taking his training seriously and had the opportunity to work on Candy man ...
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Episode 170
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17:55
Chatting with Charlie Ep.40- Chatting with James Maras
James Maras is an incredible choreographer whose star is on the rise. At 7 he attended a summer camp which ignited his passion for dance. By the age of 12 he started taking his training seriously and had the opportunity to work on Candy man the...
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Episode 169
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4:37

Episode 135- James Maxfield, Dancer, Choreographer, Director
With an International Career spanning over a decade, James Maxfield is one of Australia and the UK's most versatile creatives. Starting his career as a Musical Theatre performer and Touring with International Artists, James has established hims...
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Episode 168
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31:14
Chatting with Charlie Ep.39- Chatting with James Maxfield
With an International Career spanning over a decade, James Maxfield is one of Australia and the UK's most versatile creatives. Starting his career as a Musical Theatre performer and Touring with International Artists, James has established hims...
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Episode 167
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6:06

Episode 134- Eloise Harpas, Professional Dancer
Eloise Harpas is a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher from Sydney. She trained at Ettingshausens in the Sutherland Shire. At 15 years of age, after landing a job working on the tour of Young Talent Time, Eloise realised that s...
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Episode 166
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31:13
Chatting with Charlie Ep.38- Chatting with Eloise Harpas
Eloise Harpas is a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher from Sydney. She trained at Ettingshausen's in the Sutherland Shire. At 15 years of age, after landing a job working on the tour of Young Talent Time, Eloise realised that she wa...
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Episode 165
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7:21

Episode 133- Faith Ward, Dancer, Model, Content Creator
Faith Ward is a 19 year old dancer, model, acrobat and content creator from Perth Australia. Faith first started dancing at the age of 2, heading into her mother’s dance studio. Faith grew up in New Zealand before her family moved to Perth when...
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Episode 164
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28:29
Chatting with Charlie Ep.37- Chatting with Faith Ward
Faith Ward is a 19 year old dancer, model, acrobat and content creator from Perth Australia. In 2017 she won Hollywood Dance run by KAR and was awarded a paid trip to America. In 2017 and 2018 she was names Australian Ultimate Te...
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Episode 163
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8:16

Episode 132- Amy Campbell, Dancer, Choreographer, Director
Amy Campbell is one of Australia’s most accomplished creative talents with a career spanning all areas of the entertainment industry. Amy has performed domestically and internationally, dancing alongside Kylie Minogue, Flo Rida, Redfoo, Tina Ar...
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Episode 162
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43:07