Record
November 19 2014
Your Local Dealership
The
NZCNA WINNER
2014
‘The voice of your community’
10,350 copies distributed weekly to Rolleston, West Melton, Darfield and districts
Courtenay A&P Show 21st November 2014
SPECIAL EDITION
Home opens for residents
A new purpose-built residential home for people with disabilities was opened in Rolleston last week …
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Dancing the dream life u by Belinda Cullen-Reid
Chelsea Brewer’s dream of becoming a professional contemporary dancer is one step closer following the Rolleston teenager’s selection for a one year full-time course with the Sydney Dance Company. The 17-year-old is one of only 20 people to be selected for the pre-professional dance course and said she was chosen from around 500 applicants. “I was so excited and so shocked. It’s what I’ve been working towards. It’s amazing to have achieved this,” Ms Brewer said. Watching her older sister taking dance lessons when she was a youngster inspired Ms Brewer to give dance a go. “I always danced around the house. I loved moving. I was a really active child,” she said. She began studying different dance genre when she was seven years old, beginning with jazz and ballet, and then learning tap, musical theatre and contemporary. In recent years she has narrowed her focus to contemporary and ballet, studying at the Southern Ballet Dance School in Christchurch. “I love contemporary dance. It gives you freedom to express yourself. To be strong at contemporary a dancer needs good ballet training.” For the past two years Ms Brewer has been a Junior associate of dance at the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington. She travels five times a year to Wellington to attend dance workshops. “I got an insight into seeing what it would be like to train full time.” Ms Brewer was offered a place to train full
“I love contemporary dance. It gives you freedom to express yourself.”
p Chelsea Brewer of Rolleston (inset) is setting her sights high for her dancing career
time with the New Zealand School of Dance next year, but has turned it down in favour of Sydney. “The Sydney Dance Company is world renowned. They have a high standard of dancers. It’s an amazing company.” Ms Brewer hopes to win a permanent
place with the company after her year’s training is up. “Becoming a professional contemporary dancer is quite hard. So many people want to do it, but realistically not everyone is going to get there. “You have to be the best.” ¢
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