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25.01.2022 It was lovely to meet Gwenda and hear her heart-warming story of the Belvedere Ballroom.

25.01.2022 Meet Emma Porteous, choreographer of HandMADE.

25.01.2022 Thank you to the wonderful team of Tasmania Performs - you are legends!!!

25.01.2022 Fancy a fusion dance hot pot workshop? $20 to dance the day away. A multicultural and multigenerational fiesta. All welcome.

25.01.2022 Love Alice's beautiful, exciting and energised choreography.

25.01.2022 MADE Board Meeting last week. Our wonderful chair Louisa Gordon front and centre with our hardworking board above Sonjia Shimeld, Lucinda Toynbee Wilson, Shirley Gibson Melissa King and Beverley Ann Funnell. Despite the challenges of Covid 19, MADE is still maintaining classes and looking forward to our upcoming season at Theatre North of Seven Deadly Sins this Nov 16-17. https://theatrenorth.com.au/made7deadlysins

23.01.2022 Those stories just keep coming! Herbert and Margaret Harding came along to one of the 'Belvedere Ballroom' shows and afterwards, enjoyed a little cheek-to-cheek doing a slow Foxtrot as you can see from the video. Herbert and Margaret let MADE General Manager, Shirley Gibson know that they too met at the Belvedere and have enjoyed dancing together ever since. Dancing must be one of the secrets to long life, as Herbert is 95 and Margaret is not that far behind him. Although the building itself is long gone, one thing is certain: the Belvedere Ballroom still holds a very special place in the hearts of many, many Hobartians. All of us at MADE were delighted and very proud to help bring back some of those wonderful memories and we thank all of those who shared some of their own Belvedere magic with us too. Thank you!!

23.01.2022 But..... if you want to see Mature Artists Dance Experience perform in HandMADE and MADE TO LAST you have to get your tickets NOW! Todays matinee is already so...ld out and there are only a few tix left for the 7pm final performance tonight (Sat) at Moonah Arts Centre So BOOK NOW: https://www.trybooking.com/BFRMP Presented by Mature Artists Dance Experience and Tasmania Performs

23.01.2022 Happy New Dance Year. We look forward to classes commencing on Feb 2nd for a 9 week term. Click on the link below for our current fee schedule and registration details. http://www.madecompany.com.au/open-classes

22.01.2022 Since She, création de Dimitris Papaioannou pour le Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch @papaioannou_d #pinabausch @pinabauschfoundation #onstage @tanztheaterwuppertal #player #dancer #physicaltheater

21.01.2022 Read why acclaimed choreographer Graeme Murphy is drawn to this band of 'feisty and wonderful' ageing dancers. https://www.abc.net.au//graeme-murphy-collaborate/12811168

21.01.2022 Sinners of Launceston - your time is nigh! We invite you to share all the truly, deliciously, evil pleasures of Graeme Murphy's "7 Deadly Sins." Envy is just the beginning ... 16 and 17 November at the Princess Theatre. Book online at https://theatrenorth.com.au/made7deadlysins

20.01.2022 https://facebook.com/events/s/the-show-must-go-on-wellness-r/303231227567319/?ti=icl

20.01.2022 Believe us. Next year is going to be much, much better than 2020 and you can keep tabs on every single wonderful day of 2021 with a MADE's terrific calendar! Only $15 - it's got lots of pictures of us dancing our way through the year!! Email us with your order: [email protected] and we might even dance up your driveway when we deliver!!

20.01.2022 What do you mean you missed todays interview on ABC Hobart with Joel Rheinberger and UK choreographer Liz Aggiss? Well youre in luck, cos you can listen to i...t here: https://www.abc.net.au//your-afternoon/liz-aggliss/11766688 Your chance to hear Liz discussing everything from touring with The Stranglers to her new work MADE TO LAST with Mature Artists Dance Experience Dont miss the show from 12 - 14 December at Moonah Arts Centre. And if you come along to performances on Fri or Sat you can stay for a 20min Q & A with Liz after the performance. Presented by Mature Artists Dance Experience and Tasmania Performs Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/BFRMP

20.01.2022 In Their Own Words - MADE Ensemble Member Sue Pickard and Laura Della Pasqua from our Movers and Shakers class share their thoughts on dancing with the company.

19.01.2022 A rare opportunity, a meeting of minds and bodies, a transportation and translation of content and intent resulting in a new performance piece for MADE. Thank you Liz Aggiss.

19.01.2022 Proud and grateful to receive this recognition for our work.

19.01.2022 MADE board warmly welcome three new members Emma Peel, Matt Woodham and David O'Neile. They each bring a breadth of knowledge from festival management and arts administration in orgs like Ten Days On The Island and Dark Mofo to professional dance ensemble experience in companies like Tas Dance. They join Shirley Gibson, Lucinda Wilson, Sonia Shimeld, Louisa Gordon and Melissa King to make up our largest board quota in recent years. We also farewelled long standing member Beverley Funnell and thank her for her generous contribution and service.

18.01.2022 Welcome Liz Aggiss, one of the UKs most iconic artists and creator of MADE TO LAST. Liz has been billed as the the grand dame of anarchic dance and has been ...creating work for over 5 decades. Shes been described as uncompromising, fearless, funny and a maverick! And heres your chance to see her creative energy come to life. See MADE TO LAST, a new and vibrant work from 12 - 14 December at Moonah Arts Centre presented by Mature Artists Dance Experience and Tasmania Performs. Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/BFRMP (Photo credit: Matthew Andrews)

18.01.2022 Following recent communications and information regarding coronavirus (COVID-19), it is with regret that we are cancelling all MADE classes for the remainder of Term 1 2020, effective from last Friday 20 March. For the safety of class members and tutors it is with a heavy heart that we have made this decision. We acknowledge that MADE classes represent so much more than dance tuition and we are therefore working with our tutors to deliver a different type of dance experienc...e so stayed tuned. We will be in touch again soon with a further update regarding future classes. Again, thank you for your continued understanding and stay safe!

17.01.2022 TERM 3 STARTS NEXT WEEK - ALL CLASSES BACK ON IN THE STUDIOS WOW what a different experience for Term 2 and thank you to those who persevered while we sorted out the Zoom online classes. Now to Term 3 - starts next week from 21 July and finishes on Thursday 24 September. After some discussions with studio operators and preparations to make sure we are Covid safe, we will commence ALL classes next week back in the studios:... http://www.madecompany.com.au/open-classes Please come and talk to us if you have difficulties with fee payments due to current employment/income Covid19 situation and we will discuss options to ensure you can continue to come along and enjoy dancing with MADE. There will be set protocols to follow to ensure everyone is Covid safe and attached is the MADE Covid19 Safety Plan (the Risk Assessment is available upon request). Please note the sections in the Plan of Arrival of Participants and During Class as these outline our expectations from class participants. At Ogilvie High School studio we will need to have a few people to assist with cleaning down after the class those people will be shown how to clean down surfaces, provided with a checklist and then certified competent to clean by Shirley Ann (the Ogilvie cleaner). This process of MADE cleaning will commence from 4 August so that we can minimise the increase to studio hire fee and therefore ensure MADE will not have to increase the class fees. If we could have 3-4 people to stay for an extra 10-15 minutes at end of each class, so please let me know if you are willing to share the load. At SOHO Hall, we will still need to clean everything down after class so again, if a couple of people could put their hand up to assist, would make the task a lot easier. Again, Lucinda at SOHO will provide us with a checklist of what needs to be done. Also, for those who do not feel comfortable returning the studio we are also seeing if we could Zoom into the class and you could still enjoy dancing with us. Please let me know if this is your preferred method of joining in and I will make arrangements for online class. The class fees will be as for in studio fees outlined above. Fees are payable within 2 weeks of commencement of the Term 3 ie payable by 4 August into MADEs bank account Please check your EFT to make sure that the account is as below: BSB 633 000 Account: 147 644 678 Ref: Name & T3 (eg S Gibson T3) We are so looking forward to seeing you all again in the studio even though we will be at a 1.5 metre distance and no hugs our life at the moment! Cheers, MADE

16.01.2022 Well Launceston - you certainly know how to sin. We have exactly 13 tickets left to sell! That's right, 13 tickets. So, if you have been entertaining any idea about getting along to see Graeme Murphy's "7 Deadly Sins" at the Princess Theatre (16 & 17 November) you need to book NOW! Then you'll be able to see lovely sinners like Greed (pictured here). Isn't she gorgeous? Book online at https://theatrenorth.com.au/made7deadlysins

15.01.2022 Lucinda Sharp, MADEs Classical Barre teacher on teaching on-line versus teaching in class. What were the differences/challenges of teaching online? My major problems involved the technology needed for online teaching - sorely tested my patience sometimes! I like being in the studio giving one-on-one feedback and revelling in the group atmosphere. I missed that side of teaching. ... Did you have to change your teaching style? Positives and negatives. As I couldnt really see what participants were doing, I found myself using my own physicality to generate feedback to class participants. That was interesting and brought up some new teaching points. How does it feel being back in the studio this term? Love the atmosphere amongst the group...not something that happens online. So much easier to teach classical ballet in situ. Remembering to social distance can be tricky when giving feedback. But Im getting used to it. http://www.madecompany.com.au

15.01.2022 Cast_MADE TO LAST_ Photo Joe Murray

14.01.2022 Congratulations to the fabulous Shirley Gibson and Sue Pickard, esteemed MADE ensemble members who starred in Judith’s Return this weekend as part of Mofo 2021. Stunning work in this captivating new contemporary opera. Bravo https://mofo.net.au/program/hobart/judiths-return

14.01.2022 Meet our choreographer HandMADE.

14.01.2022 Christine Keele is an ensemble member of MADE performing in Handmade.

14.01.2022 https://www.instagram.com/juliopannook/ Since She, création de Dimitris Papaioannou pour le Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch @papaioannou_d #pinabausch @pinabauschfoundation #onstage @tanztheaterwuppertal #player #dancer #physicaltheater

13.01.2022 Luckily MADE made a 2021 calendar to help you keep track of things and it's only $15!! (Sure, you could wait for our half-price sale on 30 June but how will you keep track of the 171 intervening days?) Email your order to - [email protected]

13.01.2022 Artshub review of Made to Last / Handmade. Thank you Lesley Graham.

13.01.2022 Wonderful article Still they fly in Forty South about our esteemed long time collaborator Graeme Murphy featuring some incredible images of the MADE Company.

13.01.2022 OPENING TONIGHT !! HandMADE and MADE TO LAST at Moonah Arts Centre. An exciting opportunity to experience, enjoy and celebrate two fantastic dance works perform...ed by Tasmanias own Mature Artists Dance Experience. BUT.....while a few extra tix have been released they really are selling fast and there arent many left, so BOOK NOW: https://www.trybooking.com/BFRMP AND....as a special bonus, if you come on Fri or Sat, there will be a 20 min Q & A session after the performance with Liz Aggiss, choreographer of MADE TO LAST. From 12 - 14 Dec presented by Mature Artists Dance Experience and Tasmania Performs. Image credit: Joe Murray

12.01.2022 We opened on Wednesday and after completing four performances that day, the team got together for a special Q&A session with an an appreciative audience to give some insights into the production, its inspirations and challenges and to reflect on the wonderful opportunity to once again, be able to present a live performance. While the Hobart season is completely sold out, you can still catch the show during its Launceston run at the Princess Theatre, 16 & 17 November! Book online at https://theatrenorth.com.au/made7deadlysins See you there Sinners!

12.01.2022 Dancing in Uncertain Times By Beverley Funnell August 2020 Life is a dance, it is said... with steps joyous and sad juxtaposed in mirrored light and borrowed time. Life is a dance, they say perhaps a tango for some; a dizzying waltz for others for many just a slow shoe shuffle. Life is a dance, it is said motionless at times as a pause between scenes with comedy and tragedy waiting in the wings Ask those who feel forgotten and dance in pain without music, barefooted and alone. ask them about the dance of life. Life is a dance they say we may relinquish our performance, forsake our part but the dance goes on. Studios are empty now; homes have become performance spaces zooming and weaving with domestic abandon in our comfortable clothes and uncertain hair. Complete certainty doesnt exist Questions remain. Thats no bad thing. Spontaneity and joy in moving can set us free in uncertain times.

12.01.2022 MADE is delighted to announce its season of 'Belvedere Ballroom' in association with Ten Days on the Island's 2021 program. From the late 1940s and well into the 1950s and beyond, Tasmania enjoyed a golden age of dance like no other - everyone grabbed a friend, frocked up in their finest and embraced the brave new world of dance at dance halls like the "Belvedere or Sapphire." Glamour, gloves and petticoats were the new normal!! MADE invite you to come and reminisce with us!! Booking information is available on the Ten Days' site at: https://www.tendays.org.au/program/belvedere-ballroom/

11.01.2022 What a triumph! Opening night of HandMADE and MADE TO LAST was a screaming success. Congratulations to Mature Artists Dance Experience and choreographers/dance ...makers Liz Aggiss and Emma Porteus. But dont just take our word for it............. The work is bold, sassy and powerful. Its filled with a huge amount of fun and humour too. Caroline Sharpen, CEO, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. The most incredible array of work, very unpredictable, very exciting and beautifully performed by a skilled and very generous group of women. Ive never seen any dance like this before. Joshua Lowe, Artistic Director, DRILL Dance. Its so moving to see the way in which these women embody their experiences, their lives and their relationships. The work demonstrates actions as simple as folding a sheet, but the action is so poetic and showcases their ideas of friendship and plans for the future. Lindy Hume, Artistic Director, Ten Days on the Island. See it at Moonah Arts Centre, not many tix left: https://www.trybooking.com/BFRMP

11.01.2022 Ensemble member Jill Clennett performing in MADE to Last

10.01.2022 Check out this wonderful article in the Winter edition of Forty South titled The Star from Mathinna by Stephenie Cahalan. Its in edition Number 97. Click here to grab a copy https://tasmania-40-south.myshopify.com//forty-south-tasma

10.01.2022 Would you like to learn to dance like they danced in the days of Hobart’s old ‘Belvedere Ballroom?’ Starting Monday, 8 February, MADE will hold old-style dance classes doing old favourites like the Pride of Erin, Swing Waltz, Gypsy Tap, Merrilyn, Evening Three Step and more. All welcome!

10.01.2022 Opening night sold out. Grab yours now for remaining shows.

09.01.2022 A beautiful shot by Dan Cripps of ensemble member Mary Eckhardt, enjoying our Classical Barre class. This photo was taken pre-Covid 19 and we are so grateful to be back in the studio, observing social distancing, with the wonderful Lucinda Sharp each Tuesday from 6-7pm at Ogilvie High. http://www.madecompany.com.au/open-classes

09.01.2022 Thank you beautiful friend of ours. You wear it well.

08.01.2022 Now we are having to pay for our sins ...

08.01.2022 Cast Made To Last_ Photo Joe Murray

07.01.2022 Joel Rheinberger chats to Shirley Gibson, General Manager and Founding Member of MADE about her memories of the Belvedere Ballroom and MADE's upcoming show. If Belvedere Ballroom's wall could talk, what would they say? The Belvedere Ballroom was a glamorous place to be in Hobart in the 1930s and right through to the 1970s.... As part of the 10 Days on the Island Festival, Mature Artist Dance Experience, also known as MADE, are premiering a performance of 'Belvedere Ballroom', a collection of stories from the venue. Professional dancers will recreate the stories of the Belvedere Ballroom in Hobart post World War II. You'll see waltzing and foxtrotting to a soundtrack of golden tunes from the '40s and '50s. https://www.abc.net.au//s/belvedere-ballroom-made/13130296

07.01.2022 First of some distant dance options from Liesel in Brisbane. Working with Kelly Drummond Cawthon on other possibilities - stay tuned.

06.01.2022 Last few days and last few tickets. Act now!

06.01.2022 Screen Workshop Opportunity. Cooper Screen Acacdemy CSA runs an all female screen workshop that is super gentle and lovely. CSA are offering a 20% off discount for all MADE class attendees. Something fab for yourself or as a Mother's Day gift! The discount code is valid up until Sunday 2nd May. The discount code is: 20%MADE... Apply code at checkout. https://www.cooperscreenacademy.com/workshop/tv-mums/

06.01.2022 In answer to an insightful question at the Q&A session tonight with Liz Aggiss and cast of MADE to Last..

05.01.2022 Well Hobart, that's a wrap. We were completely overwhelmed by your magnificent support of our season of '7 Deadly Sins' and can't thank you enough for making it a SOLD OUT season. Your feedback, kind words and generous support mean the world to us! People of Launceston, we look forward to presenting our show to you very soon: 16 and 17 November at the wonderful Princess Theatre. Book online at https://theatrenorth.com.au/made7deadlysins

05.01.2022 No kidding - MADE's class teachers are the most talented and amazing people and absolutely the best teaching team in the whole of Australia! Term 2 classes commence this week for a ten-week series, with our Barre class kicking off tonight - we don't want you to miss out. *Tuesday with Lucinda Sharp at Ogilvie High School Dance Studio, 228 New Town Road, New Town 5:00-6:00pm: Beginners classical barre class 6:00-7:00pm: Intermediate classical barre class... *Wednesday - with Felicity Bott at SOHO Arts Centre Community Hall, 14 Weld St. South Hobart 12:30-1:30pm: Introduction to dance 6:00-7:00pm: Contemporary dance *Thursday - Ogilvie High School Dance Studio, 228 New Town Road, New Town 5:30-6:30pm: Introduction to Contemporary Dance with Sofie Burgoyne 6:30-7:30pm: Contemporary Dance with Angela Strk You can register at the following site: http://www.madecompany.com.au/open-classes Inquiries to Shirley via mobile: 0419 117 587 or email: mailto:[email protected]

04.01.2022 Classes begin the week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Open to all adults. Book here online.

04.01.2022 Yes! So close to opening night. Last few tickets ..

04.01.2022 Hear Liz Aggiss on radio at ABC Hobart today. https://www.abc.net.au//your-afternoon/liz-aggliss/11766688

04.01.2022 Introducing Kate Ireland, ensemble member of HandMADE.