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Get ready to Dance Your Socks Off!
NEWS RELEASE
28 August 2008
Get ready to
Dance Your Socks Off!
Pull on your dancing shoes
and get ready to shake your funky thing! Wellington City
Council’s ever-popular Dance Your Socks Off! Festival is
back again with performances and workshops to get you
tapping your feet, clapping your hands and coming back for
more.
More than 25,000 people attended last
year’s festival and this one is set to be just as big. A
host of dancers and choreographers from New Zealand and all
over the world will arrive in the capital to dance their
socks off and many of these events are free of
charge.
If you’re interested in the festival but
don’t know where to start, then the Reading Courtenay
Dance Fest is for you. You can get a free sample of
what’s on offer with performances from some of the
festival’s top dancers – come along to the ground floor
of Reading Courtenay on Monday 1 September and check it
out.
Council Community Recreation Programmer Leanne
Parsons says this year’s festival has something for
everyone. “Whether you’re into flamenco, rock and roll,
hip hop or Brazilian samba, there’s something to get
everyone up and dancing,” she says.
Wellington
lovers of all things retro will be thrilled to hear the
Roller Disco is back again at Kilbirnie Recreation Centre on
Saturday 13 September. One of the most popular events at
last year’s festival, the Roller Disco will feature Radio
Active’s DJ Liam Luff spinning some classic funk and disco
tunes to keep skaters rolling to the beat all night
long.
“There’s a special focus on kids too –
there are children’s sessions for hip hop, ballet and
jazz, as well as a special dress-up-and-dance event for very
little ones,” says Leanne.
The festival has a
strong focus on participation and there are lots of great
dance workshops on offer for anyone keen to learn some new
dance moves.
For full details on events and dates,
look out for the Dance Your Socks Off! Programme at Feeling
Great stands around town, Wellington city libraries,
recreation centres and swimming pools, or visit
www.feelinggreat.co.nz
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