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Beyond the Curtain breaks down barriers and explores the human stories of successful performing arts individuals. It delves deep into their life journeys, shares tips for success and fosters human connection.
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Saturday Apr 04, 2020
Saturday Apr 04, 2020
Will Centurion is a talented musical theatre performer whose life has changed course and is now supporting the performing arts industry through his counselling and life coaching services.
He has performed in numerous large scale musical productions including Aladdin, The Lion King, West Side Story, King Kong, The King and I and We Will Rock You.
With the whole world feeling the anxiety and pressures of our new reality since COVID-19 came crashing down on us, the performing arts industry has been hit hard. This is sure to have a major impact on the mental health of many people.
Who to turn to at a time like this? Mr Will Centurion!
Will provides psychological support for the performing arts industry and in this chat we learn about his journey from performing to counselling and how he is tackling this current climate we are faced with.
Beyond the Curtain was created to connect the performing arts industry through a positive and inspiring platform, with a focus on mental health. It appears that we need this more than ever right now and I will continue to produce the podcast to try to help bond and support this beautiful community.
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Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Zoee Marsh is a beautiful light in this world, and in particular the performing arts industry. She is a very gifted choreographer and movement coach with a resume boasting many musicians including George Maple, Kite String Tangle, George Alice and the Dianas. Her body of work also includes the likes of C2 Melbourne, Neighbours, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Dream Dane Company, SYTYCD (Warsaw, Poland), “Spring Awakening” The Musical and “Tarzan” The Musical. If her resume doesn’t impress you enough she has also won several awards for her choreography including ‘Video Choreography of the Year’ at Ground Industry awards 2019 and ‘Best Choreography’ at the Seattle International Film Festival 2019.
In our chat we discuss her late introduction to dance and subsequent journey to becoming a movement coach. We explore the notion that your identity is not wrapped up in being ‘a dancer’ and the importance of daily meditation. Zoee is like a wise little yogi (I say little because I think she is the only person I have ever met that is slightly shorter than me). She completed a 10 day silent mediation camp at the age of 21. I know right! We talk about this experience and what she has learnt from it to incorporate in her daily life today.
Zoee also shares her advice and tips for any aspiring professional performers and choreographers (and let me tell you it is good!) and what creativity means to her.
Grab a cuppa and enjoy this moment of escape and positivity x
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Saturday Mar 07, 2020
Saturday Mar 07, 2020
What a treat this episode is! You will notice I am very up and about in this recording. Mel really has a way of bringing out that side of someone. We had a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy listening and learn something from her worldly wisdom.
Mel Tracina is a radio announcer on Nova 100. You can hear her weekdays between 1pm-3pm. She started working on air at Nova in 2018 and in this chat, we dive deep into her journey leading up to her current position. We explore the ins and outs of how to create a successful career in radio and how it all works behind the scenes, which includes moving out of Melbourne and working in the regional town of Dubbo for 7 months. We talk about the fun parts of the job, as well as the challenging parts such as presenting and being on air during tough times such as the Australian bushfires.
We also chat about her amazing podcast Social.Just.Us which is a beautiful philanthropic project where she uses her media and radio skills to help those in need. In the podcast she interviews people from all walks life with interesting life stories of hardship, bringing awareness to various topics and how to help.
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Saturday Feb 22, 2020
Saturday Feb 22, 2020
So this was actually my very first interview for the podcast! At the time I was dealing with the new technology and not wanting to hear the sound of my own voice so please be kind when you're listening to me.
Georgie on the other hand is a total goddess ~ comfortable in her own skin, owning her journey and completely open and honest.
Georgina Hagerty is one talented woman! After a very successful career as a professional ballerina where she performed across the world in many shows including Swan Lake, Giselle and Phantom of the Opera she pirouetted to study and business and is now working as an incredible talent agent at Hansen Creative Management.
In this chat we discuss what it was like moving from New Zealand to London at a very young age to pave her way in life and into the professional ballet industry. Georgie shares her advice on finding success in ballet and her experience working in Europe, Perth and Melbourne before retiring a few years ago. She is open about the grief experienced when giving up her dance career at a time where she was also grappling with her divorce after 16 years of marriage. We also discuss her transition into becoming a talent agent, how she went out and made opportunities happen and the importance of mentors and how that has influenced her new career path.
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Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Freya is a very talented contemporary and music theatre choreographer with a heart of gold. In this chat we discuss her journey to success so far and her many philanthropic endeavours. She sure knows how to use dance to help a good cause!
One of her many projects is an event called Playing Field which combines live music with dance improvisation and she is holding one to raise funds for the Australian bushfire relief!
In this episode Freya shares who her biggest inspirations are, tips for becoming a choreographer and how she incorporates mindfulness into her personal life and her teaching. We are like two giggling school girls in this chat, grab a cuppa and join in the fun!
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Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
We’re kicking off the season with musical theatre veteran, Darren Tyler, who not only has had an incredibly successful and enduring career, but is also one of the nicest people you will ever meet!
In this episode we hear about his A Chorus Line start to dancing, the experience of auditioning for 6 years before getting into his first show, his transition to getting a talent agent and stories from some of the very many (21!) musicals he has performed in.
He imparts the wisdom he has gained through being on the audition panel and holding dance captain roles, shares some of the ways he practises mindfulness and self-love, his struggles and experience with eczema and the honour of receiving the Australian Gypsy Cloak in 2018.
Darren is currently performing in Billy Elliot the Musical, opening in Melbourne February 2020.
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Monday Dec 30, 2019
Monday Dec 30, 2019
Ever wondered what the day in a life of a performer is like? Who they are beyond the facade? Beyond the Curtain is connecting the performing arts through human stories.
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