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4 December, 2023

Come fly with these dancers

FNQ Dance Academy will take audiences on an exciting world tour with their two end-of-the-year performances ‘Come Fly With Me’ at the Cairns Performing Arts Centre, on Sunday, December 10.

By Isabella Guzman Gonzalez

FNQ Dance Academy senior dancers Maya Hughes, Samantha Johnson, Olivia Dorries, Emma George, and Evie McMenamin with Sienna Beh, front centre. Picture: Romy Photography
FNQ Dance Academy senior dancers Maya Hughes, Samantha Johnson, Olivia Dorries, Emma George, and Evie McMenamin with Sienna Beh, front centre. Picture: Romy Photography

Using different dance genres and a cast of 220 dancers, the show will take audiences on a breathtaking journey from the glitz and glamour of the Molin Rouge and Broadway to the majestic beauty of the Amazon and Africa and everywhere in between with a vast array of dance genres from ballet and contemporary to tap and musical theatre.

It is the academy’s seventh biannual, end-of-year concert in its 12-year history and principal and show director Sarah Thorne, said she had been working on a world tour concept to apply different dance genres.

“With the world’s borders fully open to travel once again, the timing was right to unite and showcase all the different cultures and countries of the world in the best way we know how – through a high quality, show-stopping celebration of dance,” she said. 

“This concept has been years in the making, and we’ve started developing a storyline 10-12 months in advance and the dancers are in their three-month rehearsal period.” Ms Thorne said a lot of training and expertise goes into putting on a showcase of the magnitude of Come Fly With Me.

“To begin, we have 220 dancers from ages five to 18 who will perform some 34 new routines, wearing 37 different brand-new costumes – that is around 800 new costumes or, rather, a whole lot of glitter and sequins,” she said.

“All of the dancers learn a brand-new routine for each of the styles of dance, our juniors are training two hours a week and preparing two routines in the concert while our seniors are preparing 10 routines and training more than 10 hours a week. 

“This is the highlight of the year for the dancers who get to perform with the technology and production that they don’t get during competitions all year long.”

Ms Thorne encouraged the community to come to the show and support the unmatched talent of FNQ dancers. 

“There’s incredible talent in our local region so we’re encouraging people to come and see what these young kids are doing,” she said.

For more information and to purchase tickets voia TicketLink, visit https://bit.ly/3GhANvH

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