April 30, 2025 • 6 mins
This week marks Australian Dance Week and there are so many taster classes available for young and old from Ballet and Burlesque to Folk and Ballroom.
Dr Cathy Adamek told Rod and Gabi what to expect for the week and why adults should dive back into dancing
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And very privileged to have during Australian Dance Week the
boss of act OZ dance doctor Kathy Adamic, Thank you
for popping in today.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
What a week, I know. Thank thanks Rodin Gabby for
having me. I've been going since Sunday with dance activities.
So oh man, that's a very good point dream for
you though, right, it is. It is, But I spend
a lot of time talking about dance, so I'm really
looking forward to actually doing some more for the rest
of the week now. So we're going to.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Have a dance Off challenge and that will be posted
on our newly created TikTok and probably Instagram as well
after we have this conversation.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
So you haven't even created the TikTok now, we'll start
with Instagram.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So go to rode On Gabby on Instagram this morning
and you'll see that we get to do the dance off.
But it is an interesting time and I know, with
someone who has a doctorate in the history of Australian
electronic dance music, to see where dance is at culturally
in twenty twenty five thanks to social media.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
That's right. Well, I think there's been a massive shift
in the last sort of you know, thirty twenty years
we were talking before about you know, in some ways
a bad old days where there were certain perceptions around
you had to have a certain body type, or only
certain people could do dance, or I can't dance, or
I've always got a left foot. And I just think
there's been such a big shift. And I think, you know,
dance music and dance music is you know, the take
(01:14):
up of that with a younger generation has had a
big part of like making dance much more universal and
acceptable to everybody.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Yes, and accessible, I think. And so you know, I
know a day won't go by that my daughters don't
create some type of choreography that gets posted somewhere. However,
it's not just kids now, and so whether or not
you're a mom or a dad listening to this right now,
and I have to encourage the kids, they're doing it.
But if you felt like you missed out when you
(01:42):
were littler, it's Australian Dance Week that we actually go,
hang on a second, we can have a crack at
this now.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah, that's right. And look, the other part two is
that OZ Dance had a lot to do with putting
dance on the Australian curriculum. So most kids learn how
to dance now as part of you know, in school,
so you know there's a lot of hip hop and
all sorts of you know, diverse cultural styles as well too.
That a talk from a young age right through to
year twelve and dance is a subject that you can
do in year eleven and twelve now. And of course,
as you said to Rod, the take up on social
(02:09):
media as well too, so visually that was so important
during COVID for our young people as well too. There
were so many choreographies actually being made. We had to
do that with our Youth Dance Festival, you know, young
people learning choreography and sharing moves online and making video.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
And then for the adults like I am, I'm obsessed
with this because I looked into doing an adult ballet
class a while back and it just wasn't an option
unless I joined a class with seven and eight year
olds that were going to be better than.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Me, and so I didn't do it.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
I know that absolutely right now.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yes, it is a thing, and this is amazing because
the calendar is just jam packed with all sorts of
adult classes as well too, so there's offerings this week
for trial class there's less and the little ones right
through to adults exactly eighteen class burlesque. I'm going to
that tonight. Maybe I can convince.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
You to come with me a bit of Detavon teas
I reckon that would be so fun.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yeah it is. It's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Your shizl on as a competitive dancer when you were younger, Gabby,
Can you watch Dancing with the Stars without being judging?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Absolutely not, no, no, because I competed in Latin and
ballroom throughout my high school years and I adore and
I'd love to get back into it. I actually did
get into it as an adult and did my medals
again a couple of years back, and my daughter runs
around with my trophies, which is great. But yeah, it's
just it's daunting to get back into something you did
as a kid as an adult sometimes because you do
(03:28):
worry about whether you've still got it, whether you're up
for it, whether you're a fitness anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
But it's so worthwhile, oh absolutely, I mean, dance is
all about the doing, really, And we've also got zest
dancer well being in the AC two who are amazing
as well. So if you've got if you've got injury,
or you're of an age where you can't move so well,
there are seated dance classes. Wow. So you know, even
though there are people who are older doing those classes,
we also recommend them for people who have got rehabilitation
as well too, because you can activate your core and
(03:55):
do all sorts of things just still in that seated.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
That's a really smart point when we talk about how
it is to keep staying active. That's absolutely right.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
I was never fitter than when I was dancing right
and happy too.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
There's nothing like you know, dancing to music. I just
think the and the kind of neuro processing that goes
on when you're interpreting music with your body as well
and also learning moves, like it's a lot of higher
processing going on, having to do left and right all
the time and work across body and pick up moves
and keep in time with the music.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Can you tell you're a doctor of dance, Yes, just
because I through a neuroprocess.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
There's a lot of symbols. Anyone who's listening to this
and thinking, yeah, this is this is what I want
to do. I don't want to necessarily just have to
get up at the crack of dawn and put the
runners on and go out for a walk under the
cover of darkness. I do want to do some dance
and we do talk about accessibility. How how how do
we do that? I know for you guys, so we
can go to oz dance dot org dot are you.
(04:53):
That'll tell everyone what's happening this week as far as
Australian Dance Week is concerned. And I assume we'll send
us off into all the different areas that we could
go and look.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I think one of the great sort of oz fit
because our dance teaching is underneath sport and recreation, so
we got all these amazing stats about dance actually someone
under the arts, but mostly under sport and wreck. So
the os play oz Fit figures actually show us that
in the act there are more dance studios per capita
than anywhere else in Australia, So there's a dance studio
(05:24):
nearby you somewhere. And the app that we've got now
as well too, so you can download the OZ Dance
Act so that will actually show you all the locations
for the events during Dance Week as well too, so
it's not just in civic you know, you can be
anywhere out in Queen Bee and you can be you know,
I'm sure there's one even maybe around the corner.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Here, Yes there is.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
And if you do.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Something you enjoy, you're going to continue to do it
more so than like if you hate running, you're not
going to stick to it, right, But if you do
something you.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Love makes you happy, keep you moving.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Tar and on gungal and Yeah, there's studios everywhere.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
I doing to tell you there is no better time,
certainly in modern history for dance. We were reminiscing before
we came on the radio about when we were kids.
In the radio we just played pub rock and then
all of a sudden something happened in these clubs that
we started going to. And then guess what networks like
Hit that plays music that you can dance to were
(06:18):
born after Fresh and Adelaide and Hits in Melbourne and
Wild in Sydney, and here we are in twenty twenty five. Kids,
you got it good and you can thank the likes
of doctor Kathy Adamic. Thank you for all the work
that you do in our community as well. We really
appreciate your time today.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Oh, thanks very much, Rod and Gabbe. It was really
great to meet you too.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
The Dance Pleasure The Dance Off is going on Instagram.
Rod and Gaby can check that out in the next
half
And very privileged to have during Australian Dance Week the
boss of act OZ dance doctor Kathy Adamic, Thank you
for popping in today.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
What a week, I know. Thank thanks Rodin Gabby for
having me. I've been going since Sunday with dance activities.
So oh man, that's a very good point dream for
you though, right, it is. It is, But I spend
a lot of time talking about dance, so I'm really
looking forward to actually doing some more for the rest
of the week now. So we're going to.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Have a dance Off challenge and that will be posted
on our newly created TikTok and probably Instagram as well
after we have this conversation.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
So you haven't even created the TikTok now, we'll start
with Instagram.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
So go to rode On Gabby on Instagram this morning
and you'll see that we get to do the dance off.
But it is an interesting time and I know, with
someone who has a doctorate in the history of Australian
electronic dance music, to see where dance is at culturally
in twenty twenty five thanks to social media.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
That's right. Well, I think there's been a massive shift
in the last sort of you know, thirty twenty years
we were talking before about you know, in some ways
a bad old days where there were certain perceptions around
you had to have a certain body type, or only
certain people could do dance, or I can't dance, or
I've always got a left foot. And I just think
there's been such a big shift. And I think, you know,
dance music and dance music is you know, the take
(01:14):
up of that with a younger generation has had a
big part of like making dance much more universal and
acceptable to everybody.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
Yes, and accessible, I think. And so you know, I
know a day won't go by that my daughters don't
create some type of choreography that gets posted somewhere. However,
it's not just kids now, and so whether or not
you're a mom or a dad listening to this right now,
and I have to encourage the kids, they're doing it.
But if you felt like you missed out when you
(01:42):
were littler, it's Australian Dance Week that we actually go,
hang on a second, we can have a crack at
this now.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah, that's right. And look, the other part two is
that OZ Dance had a lot to do with putting
dance on the Australian curriculum. So most kids learn how
to dance now as part of you know, in school,
so you know there's a lot of hip hop and
all sorts of you know, diverse cultural styles as well too.
That a talk from a young age right through to
year twelve and dance is a subject that you can
do in year eleven and twelve now. And of course,
as you said to Rod, the take up on social
(02:09):
media as well too, so visually that was so important
during COVID for our young people as well too. There
were so many choreographies actually being made. We had to
do that with our Youth Dance Festival, you know, young
people learning choreography and sharing moves online and making video.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
And then for the adults like I am, I'm obsessed
with this because I looked into doing an adult ballet
class a while back and it just wasn't an option
unless I joined a class with seven and eight year
olds that were going to be better than.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Me, and so I didn't do it.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
I know that absolutely right now.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Yes, it is a thing, and this is amazing because
the calendar is just jam packed with all sorts of
adult classes as well too, so there's offerings this week
for trial class there's less and the little ones right
through to adults exactly eighteen class burlesque. I'm going to
that tonight. Maybe I can convince.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
You to come with me a bit of Detavon teas
I reckon that would be so fun.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
Yeah it is. It's a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Your shizl on as a competitive dancer when you were younger, Gabby,
Can you watch Dancing with the Stars without being judging?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Absolutely not, no, no, because I competed in Latin and
ballroom throughout my high school years and I adore and
I'd love to get back into it. I actually did
get into it as an adult and did my medals
again a couple of years back, and my daughter runs
around with my trophies, which is great. But yeah, it's
just it's daunting to get back into something you did
as a kid as an adult sometimes because you do
(03:28):
worry about whether you've still got it, whether you're up
for it, whether you're a fitness anymore.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
But it's so worthwhile, oh absolutely, I mean, dance is
all about the doing, really, And we've also got zest
dancer well being in the AC two who are amazing
as well. So if you've got if you've got injury,
or you're of an age where you can't move so well,
there are seated dance classes. Wow. So you know, even
though there are people who are older doing those classes,
we also recommend them for people who have got rehabilitation
as well too, because you can activate your core and
(03:55):
do all sorts of things just still in that seated.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
That's a really smart point when we talk about how
it is to keep staying active. That's absolutely right.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
I was never fitter than when I was dancing right
and happy too.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
There's nothing like you know, dancing to music. I just
think the and the kind of neuro processing that goes
on when you're interpreting music with your body as well
and also learning moves, like it's a lot of higher
processing going on, having to do left and right all
the time and work across body and pick up moves
and keep in time with the music.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Can you tell you're a doctor of dance, Yes, just
because I through a neuroprocess.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
There's a lot of symbols. Anyone who's listening to this
and thinking, yeah, this is this is what I want
to do. I don't want to necessarily just have to
get up at the crack of dawn and put the
runners on and go out for a walk under the
cover of darkness. I do want to do some dance
and we do talk about accessibility. How how how do
we do that? I know for you guys, so we
can go to oz dance dot org dot are you.
(04:53):
That'll tell everyone what's happening this week as far as
Australian Dance Week is concerned. And I assume we'll send
us off into all the different areas that we could
go and look.
Speaker 2 (05:03):
I think one of the great sort of oz fit
because our dance teaching is underneath sport and recreation, so
we got all these amazing stats about dance actually someone
under the arts, but mostly under sport and wreck. So
the os play oz Fit figures actually show us that
in the act there are more dance studios per capita
than anywhere else in Australia, So there's a dance studio
(05:24):
nearby you somewhere. And the app that we've got now
as well too, so you can download the OZ Dance
Act so that will actually show you all the locations
for the events during Dance Week as well too, so
it's not just in civic you know, you can be
anywhere out in Queen Bee and you can be you know,
I'm sure there's one even maybe around the corner.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Here, Yes there is.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
And if you do.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Something you enjoy, you're going to continue to do it
more so than like if you hate running, you're not
going to stick to it, right, But if you do
something you.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Love makes you happy, keep you moving.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Tar and on gungal and Yeah, there's studios everywhere.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
I doing to tell you there is no better time,
certainly in modern history for dance. We were reminiscing before
we came on the radio about when we were kids.
In the radio we just played pub rock and then
all of a sudden something happened in these clubs that
we started going to. And then guess what networks like
Hit that plays music that you can dance to were
(06:18):
born after Fresh and Adelaide and Hits in Melbourne and
Wild in Sydney, and here we are in twenty twenty five. Kids,
you got it good and you can thank the likes
of doctor Kathy Adamic. Thank you for all the work
that you do in our community as well. We really
appreciate your time today.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Oh, thanks very much, Rod and Gabbe. It was really
great to meet you too.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
The Dance Pleasure The Dance Off is going on Instagram.
Rod and Gaby can check that out in the next
half
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