‘Madagascar – A Musical Adventure
Enjoy Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. these school holidays at the Goolwa Centenary Hall!
It’s an air-conditioned theatre with tiered seating so everyone can see everything! This one hour show features performers from the Fortuna House of Performing Arts in Port Elliot and all performers are under 18!
DreamWorks Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. features original music and lyrics by George Noriega and Joel Someillan and a book by Kevin Del Aguila. As the show opens we learn that Marty the zebra may be celebrating his tenth birthday at the Central Park Zoo with his friends Alex the lion, Gloria the hippo, and Melman the giraffe, yet he longs to experience life outside of the zoo’s walls. When Marty eventually escapes, his animal friends from the zoo pursue him into New York City. After reuniting, the animals are chased by the police, and ultimately felled by tranquilizer darts. They awake, trapped in crates, on a ship, which – through a series of events – is thrown off course. Upon reaching land the animals discover they have been shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar. Ultimately, it is only in being so lost that they can begin to discover where they really belong.
DreamWorks Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. is presented by Fortuna House of Performing Arts in Port Elliot.
At Fortuna House, they believe that they are changing lives through dance and they’ve been doing it for 25 years!
The aim of teaching dance and the performing arts is to improve student’s co-ordination, self-esteem and confidence. As students develop, they are learning many life skills; Coordination, discipline, teamwork, friendship and posture that will stand them in good stead for the future, whether that is in the performing arts or in life.
Fortuna students are coached by qualified teachers in a safe dance space to obtain a passion for all forms of dance and theatre and also a sound knowledge of movement and technique.
In 2001 Tanya Curtis decided to establish her own dance school in Port Elliot to be able to do what she loves best fulltime. This is where Fortuna Dance was born, the name stemming from Fortuna Gallery in Middleton, a local landmark and the inspiration to start the dream to have a dance school by the sea. Fortuna slowly grew from a small start-up to a well-established dance school, now the longest established on the Fleurieu. In 2010, ten years in, Fortuna went through its first re-branding, becoming Fortuna Dance Centre Performing Arts. And then again in 2020, Fortuna took the next step, completely rebranding to Fortuna House of Performing Arts, with new logos and a fancy website. The dream was to be able to teach all forms of performing arts and each year, not only present a dance concert, but a concert portraying a story; incorporating dancing, singing and acting. The school has since expanded to Yankalilla and now Mount Compass. Fortuna has proudly taught bbodance since the inception of the school, starting with Tap, Jazz, Ballet and National Character, and now expanding the syllabus to Acro-Dancer and Musical Theatre. Fortuna has also partnered with ATOD to offer Contemporary, Hip Hop and Musical Theatre. Acting and singing has also been taught alongside these syllabi. In 2020 a partnership was struck with Empowerdance allowing Fortuna to offer Certificate I II and III in Dance which further helps students excel in their studies and offers a head start into a career in the Performing Arts.