New York dance opportunties for STEPS Scholarship recipient
16/12/2011

STEPPER and WAAPA Graduate Tyrone Robinson has put his Department of Culture and the Arts Scholarship to great use - recently returning from New York.

Tyrone  travelled to New York to undertake a  2-week secondment with independent artist Kyle Abraham and his company Abraham.in.Motion.

He spent the first week working with Abraham and the company in rehearsal times, creating and rehearsing material for “Live! The Realest MC” which has since premiered in Pittsburgh. During his second week Tyrone participated in a residency with Abraham at the Mark Morris Studios in Brooklyn. Highlights for Tyrone included performing in the Residency showing, choreographing some floor work for the Residency and working with the “unique movers” of Abraham.In.Motion.

“I got so much from working with this company, not only a greater sense of what’s out there that I really enjoy watching as well as dancing, but I also made some amazing new friends”

Tyrone also managed to squeeze in some sight seeing, NYC’s legendary shopping and a dance class at Broadway Dance Centre with Luam, Boy Boi and Sheryl Murakami - some of the most acclaimed commercial dancers in New York!

“On my weekends I travelled north of the city to Purchase and got to see the amazing SUNY Purchase Dance Conservatory, an absolutely beautiful campus, but more importantly I got to see my friends that I had met when they came to WAAPA on the exchange program.”

The scholarship of $3000 is provided by the State Government through the Department of Culture and the Arts, and is awarded each year to a recent or current STEPS member to support them in gaining an extraordinary dance experience outside of Australia's dance environment.

 

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