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)
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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]

  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.