Dancing Daze

Dancing Daze
Based onidea by Michael Cove
Chrissie Koltai
Written byMichael Cove
John Misto
Debra Oswald
Mark Stiles
Directed byPeter Fisk
Geoffrey Nottage
Jane Campion
Ron Elliott
StarringMeryl Tankard
Patsy Stephen
Theme music composerSharon O'Neill
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes6 x 1 hour
Production
ProducerJan Chapman
Original release
NetworkABC
Release16 February 1986 (1986-02-16)

Dancing Daze is a 1986 Australian mini series about two sisters from Wagga Wagga who leave their family pig farm to make it as dancers in the big city.[1][2] The ABC series stars Meryl Tankard as Phoebe Green and Patsy Stephen as Kate Green.[3]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1987, Wendy Matthews was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Female Artist for the title track. Martin Armiger was nominated for ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album for the album.[4]

Cast

Reception

Jacqueline Lee Lewes of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote "You will like Dancing Daze. There's an originality and energy about it which is contagious."[5] Susan Molloy, also of The Sydney Morning Herald, said "This one has wit,style, imagination, youth-giving enthusiasm for anyone aged under 40 and more than 18, intelligent script, pacy scenes, fabulous fashion ..., can this be true? And it's from the ABC."[6]

Soundtrack

Dancing Daze
Soundtrack album by
various
ReleasedFebruary 1986 (1986-02)
Recorded1985
StudioABC Television Mixdown Suite
Genre
LabelABC Music
ProducerMartin Armiger

Dancing Daze soundtrack was released in February 1986.[7] A second soundtrack album featuring the Sydney Symphony Orchestra was also released.[8]

SIDE A:

  1. "Dancing Daze" (Sharon O'Neill) performed by Wendy Matthews and Jenny Morris.
  2. "Can I Dance" (Mick Walter, Glen Muirhead - G. Lungren) performed by Mark Williams.
  3. "Second Opinion" (Jenny Morris, Richard Fataar) performed by Mark Williams.
  4. "Dare to Be Bold" (Sharon O'Neill) performed by Wendy Matthews.
  5. "You're So Curious" (Jennifer Hunter-Brown, Michael Hegarty) performed by Marc Hunter.
  6. "Disaster" (Stephen Cummings, Dean Richards) performed by Jane Clifton.

SIDE V:

  1. "Against the Dance" (Martin Armiger) performed by Mark Williams.
  2. "I Love It When We're Dancing" (Greg Macainsh, David Briggs) performed by Martin Armiger and Sherlie Matthews
  3. "Might Have Been" (Martin Armiger, Michael Cove) performed by Jenny Morris, Mark Williams, Wendy Matthews.
  4. "Phoebe" (Martin Armiger) performed by Marc Hunter.
  5. "Casanova Club" (Larry Van Kriedt) performed by Larry Van Kriedt.
  6. "Lost in a Dancing Daze" (Martin Armiger) performed by Wendy Matthews.

References

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p186
  2. ^ Heller-Nicholas, Alexandra (June 2018), "Dancing Daze and the Case of the Missing Campion", Senses of Cinema
  3. ^ McNamara, Marie (13 February 1986), "'Daze' becomes the pigshed musical, but with 80s style", The Age
  4. ^ "Winners by Year 1987". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ^ Lewes, Jacqueline Lee (13 February 1986), "Daze'll dazzle", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ Molloy, Susan (10 February 1986), "Halcyon Daze", The Sydney Morning Herald
  7. ^ "DANCING DAZE". TV Mem. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  8. ^ Wallace, Lisa (16 February 1986), "Soundtrack blues", The Canberra Times


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