NEXTWEEK:Eclipse ofthe Sun

NEXTWEEK:Eclipse ofthe Sun

HAVE you ever come across a wordin the newspaper that you haven’tseen before or don’t know what itmeans?This week’s word is BUSKING.Definition – (noun) entertainmentlike dancing, singing, or reciting onthe street or in a public place.

What’s OnlineTo celebrate and promote dance inall its forms every year, Ausdance ineach state and territory co-ordinatesa variety of events during AustralianDance Week held during the firstweek of May.This year the week commences on

April 29 to coincide withInternational Dance Day.Check it out by visiting the

Ausdance website(www.ausdance.org.au) to see howyou can get involved in activities inyour state.

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Where in the world did a 6.6magnitude earthquake hit,

killing at least 179 people andinjuring more than 5700?

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QUIZ TIMEEach week we will test yourknowledge on what’s beenhappening in the news.For the answersvisit NiEonline.

QUIZ TIMEEach week we will test yourknowledge on what’s beenhappening in the news.For the answersvisit NiEonline.

Aussie wheelchair athlete,Kurt Fearnley won whichmajor marathon event lastweek?

Which team won theA-League soccer grand

final?

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“DANCING is the poetry of the foot,”John Dryden said.Dance is a world-wide, cross culturalactivity that expresses ideas throughrhythmic movement of the body.It is considered to be one of the firstforms of communication – a means ofpassing stories on – and is used in cere-monies, rituals and celebrations.Dance is also a social activity or per-formance that entertains through theimagination and skills of choreogra-phers, dancers, designers, composersand musicians. In Australia, througheducation and promotion, dance compa-nies have produced outstanding dancersand choreographers who have developedthe art form and raised its profile. TVprograms such as, So You Think You CanDance and Dancing With the Stars, haveshown the public the many forms ofdance and the skills involved.

Indigenous danceABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Islan-ders have been dancing for thousands ofyears. It is an important part of theirculture and lives telling stories abouttheir community, the land, relationshipsand way of life.

Styles of DanceSTYLES of dance draw on many

Dancing is one of the first forms of communicationand storytelling but has developed into greatentertainment and is heaps of fun as a social activity

Dare to dance

influences such as traditions fromdifferent cultures, trends in society andmusic styles.Various forms of dance came toAustralia with white settlement. Danc-ing allowed immigrants to maintaintheir culture and heritage while es-tablishing a sense of community.Ballroom, classical ballet, bollywood,contemporary, folk, funk, hip hop,house, jazz, Latin, swing and tap arecommon dance forms.

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WIN WIN WINSUCCESSFUL stage musical Hot ShoeShuffle, the hot and fast-paced tapdance musical comedy featuring thebig band hits of the 1940s, will returnto the Lyric Theatre QPAC in Brisbanefrom May 4. This is your chance tosee this award-winning productionon Saturday, May 11 at 1.30pm. Toenter go to the NiE page of yournewspaper’s website and click onthe Hot Shoe Shuffle competition.Answer the question “Where inBrisbane is the show beingperformed?” correctly to go into thedraw to win one of 10 double passes.Entries close Tuesday, May 7 at 5pm.Terms and conditions apply.

News in the SpotlightSTATES TO CHIP IN FOR SCHOOLSSTATE leaders have been asked toincrease their education budgets toenable the Federal Government toroll out the biggest educationalreform in decades. Prime MinisterJulia Gillard announced the fundingproposal based on the GonskiEducation Review recommendations.The National Plan for School

Improvement will mean $14.5 billionfor schools over six years. Publicschools will get the biggest share ofthe pie. Ms Gillard said the FederalGovernment would fund 65% of theplan and called on state premiersand chief ministers to increase theirschool budgets by 3% per year. NSWwill receive the biggest share with $5billion in additional funding over sixyears. Queensland will receive $3.8billion and Victoria $4 billion.

In Your OpinionShould states put more moneytowards education because theFederal Government says to? Dothe poll on NiE online.

TAP EXTRAVAGANZA: A scenefrom Hot Shoe Shuffle.

PHOTO: CONTRIBUTED

FACT FILE● Dancers are known to be disciplined,focused, and high achievers who tendto be successful students and hardworkers.● New Vogue is a style of sequencedance based on ballroom techniquethat was developed in Australia in theearly 1960s.● International Dance Day celebratesdance as a universal art form thatcrosses all political, cultural and ethnicbarriers and brings people togetherwith a common language – dance.International Dance Day was founded tobe celebrated every year on April 29,the anniversary of Jean-GeorgesNoverre (1727-1810), the creator ofmodern ballet.

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