We had the pleasure of Sponsoring this year’s Comdance QLD Born to Perform Festival hosted by CSTD!
Date: 27th June to 8th July 2018
Venue: Redcliffe Cultural Centre (27 June -1 July) and Mueller Performing Arts Centre (2 July -7 July)
Adjudicators: To be announced
Event mobile: 0438 797 468
Previously known as the “Redcliffe Eisteddod”, SPHC has been sponsoring this event for over 10 years now!
The C.S.T.D. Born to Perform Dance Festivals are among the longest running festivals in Australia. Each festival is held in the June/July school holidays giving hundreds of dancers a 10-12 day event to show off their skills in an exciting and friendly environment. The festivals cater for all age groups from toddlers to mature age students and cover all dance genres with sections for solos, duos, trios, and groups. Separate group items cater for Primary and Secondary Schools with Melbourne and Brisbane including a Special Needs School group section. A Betty Tilley Memorial Award is provided at each festival with the recipient given the chance to travel to Kuala Lumpur to compete in the Asia Pacific Competition. This award is to acknowledge Mrs Tilley’s work in Asia establishing examinations and competitions on Comdance’s behalf. Celebrities in the entertainment industry who have honed their skills at the Comdance Festivals include Talia Fowler, Jack Chambers, Kelly Abbey and Thomas Lacey to name a few. Run by Comdance organisers, the festivals are open to dancers from every dance society.
Dance Physio, Pilates, Screenings and Assessments at SPHC:
We help dancers prevent and recover from injuries, and offer assessments, screenings and Pilates.
Dance, especially ballet, is a very specialised sport. Therefore, when a dancer gets injured they need specific treatment. The foot, ankle, hip and back are areas commonly injured amongst the dancing population and accurate, early assessment, diagnosis and treatment is vital.
Having a background in dance qualifications and training to treat dance specific injuries are essential elements you should be looking for in your Physiotherapist. Improper and delayed rehabilitation of injuries can hamper a dancers’ ability to return to performing. And because we share your passion for dance we know that’s the last thing you want.
Susan McLean – Dance Physiotherapist & Clinical Pilates Instructor
Susan’s own love of dance started with Ballet and Jazz at the age of 4, dancing for most of her life! Since completing her Physiotherapy degree, Susan has undertaken numerous post graduate courses and workshops in dance Physiotherapy management. She has worked with dancers of all styles and levels and has been an invited guest speaker and presenter at the QLD state level figure skaters camp on the Gold Coast and the Commonwealth Society of Teachers of Dance summer camp at Mt Tamborine. Susan has attended several dance schools in the Brisbane area speaking to students on dance injury prevention and dance specific Pilates.