All hands are on deck as our dance students throw themselves into this year’s Dance Studies Performance Series, which kicked off with Wednesday night’s sell-out Third Year Student Showcase, Thus Far.
Preparing to take the dance world by storm, our performance series cover star, postgraduate Dance Studies student Taitanyk Toniu takes time out from rehearsals to tell us all about his own personal dance journey, and his plans for the future.
Growing up in Otara, South Auckland, Taitanyk discovered his own destiny with dance during Year 11 when he became involved in a dance programme spearheaded by charitable trust, Crosspower Ministries in Otara.
Interestingly, before dance, Taitanyk considered becoming an accountant, but a future in finance ceased to add up once he realised that where his future really lay was in his feet! “The reason why I chose to study dance was so that I could one day return to my old high school as a dance teacher, presenting opportunities to those who wish to pursue dance but who don’t have an outlet to develop their craft, providing them with different career pathways to choose from.
