Phill Haddad // Hip Hop, Musical Theatre and a Teacher's Influence

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I am SO excited to be back today after a quick mid-season break with an AMAZING episode, featuring the very talented and humble, Phill Haddad! New Zealand born-Melbourne based choreographer, Phill Haddad is a highly sought after choreographer who has been choreographing, performing and teaching on and off stage and screen for approximately two decades! He has worked nationally and internationally and has a wide variety of credits to his name in the musical theatre, commercial and hip hop dance worlds. He has worked with many artists including Destiny’s Child, Boys II Men, Ja Rule, Ashanti and Ru Paul, and he has performed in multiple musical theatre productions including Grease The Arena Spectacular, Shout, Annie Get Your Gun, High Society and Oh What A Night. His talents are highly respected and he has been invited to judge all the major Australian Hip Hop Competitions such as UDO, Australian Hip Hop Championships and Australian Step Off Hip Hop Competitions. He has also been a senior judge for the world wide UDO International World Finals competition in Glasglow for the last 3 years! Phill is currently working as the Dance Director for the Performing Arts Department at Saltwater P9 College. In this chat we talk all about his successful career, the importance and influence of performing arts teachers and Phill also shares about his experience with injury. He always has much wisdom and advice to share and this chat was no exception! Enjoy! + Follow Phill+ Follow Reverlust Design (Sam's new design business for branding)+ Reverlust Design website+ Keep up to date on our insta @beyondthecurtainaus+ Join our Facebook Community+ Find us on Youtube Beyond The Curtain acknowledges the traditional custodians of the Australian land we live and create this podcast on. We pay our respect to our Indigenous sisters, brothers and their Elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge the injustice and impacts of colonisation still present today.