Dance

Canons Hip Hop Crew

On  Saturday 10 March 2018 the Canons Hip Hop Crew had the privilege of being a part of an amazing workshop run by the one and only Nicole Lovine. The workshop was held in the dance studio and was available to help us expand and express ourselves through hip hop.

Nicole started her dance life at the age of 5 and has continued to pursue her dreams. Throughout her career, Nicole’s reputation as a dancer and teacher have been recognised through her involvement in facilitating workshops alongside international dancers in Perth and becoming the Executive Artistic Director of Dance2XS Perth. Among these many achievements, Nicole was also a contestant and choreographer in the well-known reality television show, So You Think You Can Dance. Nicole has also been a performer supporting Timomatic, David Guetta and Nikki Minaj, and has appeared on Sunrise, the Disney Channel and music video clips ‘If Looks Could Kill’ and ‘Parachute.’ Nicole’s current focus is using her passion and love for dance to help others create themselves, instead of finding themselves as she says. Her drive for equality for young people all over Australia is demonstrated by her consistent effort to visit communities and continue to work towards positive creative works. This has included returning to St Norbert College, as an ex-student to pass on her experiences and knowledge to this generation's Hip Hop Crew.

Throughout the workshop Nicole allowed the Hip Hop Crew to see who she is and this helped us to feel comfortable to be who we are. Nicole taught us the basics of hip hop, ran focus exercises and showed us how to use our bodies in ways we didn’t know we could. She also workshopped choreography with the crew to complete our dance routine 'God’s Plan'. Nicole enhanced our performance skills so we were able to express ourselves not only individually but as a crew throughout the routine, getting us performance-ready for Harmony Day.

By Trinity Ryan

2018 Canon’s Hip Hop choreographer

Miss L Alban (Dance and Physical Education Teacher)