August 2007 - Billie Paea

September already!! Feels like it was August just yesterday. How time flies. Our Show case Desire 2 Dream has taken full flight and it's been great to work with such an awesome team of dancers. We have chosen 20 for each section, Junior Varsity and Adult. So 60 all up. Also featuring in Desire 2 Dream are some of the top dance Crews and Companies in NZ. It will be an event not to be missed. Check out www.dziah.com for latest updates.

In the last month have done a bit of travel to Wellington and Hamilton connecting with other hiphop Dance companies to bring together our dance community in building a stronger network for NZ hiphop. There is a lot of emphasis on ballet, contemporary and jazz. Why not Hiphop? It's the fastest growing craze over the years since the 80s, Ballet has been around for 100s of years before you would see it on stage and hiphop only thirty! Plenty of years to develop. People would rather take a hiphop class than any other because not only does it help confidence in projecting yourself but health and fitness, and more importantly anyone can do it, any shape or size.

I've been busy with helping dance teams and schools for various competitions throughout the North Island and love to support teams making an impact in NZ using dance. I motivate and talk to many classes about dance and how it has helped me to connect with people and how we can impact the next generation to carry it on when we are gone. Have had a lot of positive feedback from teachers and continue to keep those classes running.

Another highlight of the month was my all girls Development Crew (Dcypher) took out 2 Dance competitions in one week. The Source Dance competition which was judged by a few famous Americans (Andre Fuentes ,Chris Jones) involved with films like Stomp the Yard, You got Served ,The Longest Yard and a long list of other dance credits. Dcypher also won the Off the Hook Open sections; 1st place Dance Performance, 1st place in the Battles and 1st place Overall. What a big week for the girls and they have been working real hard. This was there first ever competition.

I would like to say a big thank you to Vodafone yet again. We had some amazing volunteers that helped over a period of time. A big thank you to Issac , Ruth and Soane for your contribution to our project.

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