Dance Australia – June-July 2017

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Jacob Moulton

MELBOURNEdancerJacobMoulton(16)hasthetapdanceworld

athisfeet.Thehighschoolstudentsuccessfullyjuggleshistapdance

commitmentsandhisstudieswithhisroleaswidereceiverinthe

Under19’sMelbourneUniversityGridironTeam.Healsosailsand

boxes for fitness.

Jacobhashadabusyfewyears.HereceivedSilveratthe

InternationalDanceOrganisations(IDO)DanceWorldCupin

Romaniaforhistapdancesoloin2015andcompetedinthe

IDOTapDanceChampionshipsinGermanyin2016,taking

homeSilverintheIDOJuniorTriosandplacingfourthinthe

worldintheIDOWorldTapDanceMaleSolosection.

Hissuccessatthe2016IDOChampionshipsopenedthedoor

forJacobtoperformintheAmericanTapDanceShow,alarge

tapshowinBoston,alongside“someofthegreatestIDOworld

tapadultchampions”.HealsoperformedforTimberland

alongside some of Australia’s best tappers in the TDC

production,“ThreeFeetofBeat”.

JacobistaughtbyCathyNicholas,JasonSamuelsSmith,Bjon

Carter,OmarEwardsandJosephLemaeinLosAngelesandbyRay

HesselinkinNewYork.HisAustralianteachersareJackEgan,

ThomasEgan,SheldonPerryandJulieGreen.Hisvocalcoachis

SallyBourne.HesayshisidolsaretheNicholasBrothers,Hugh

JackmanandtheAmericanfootballchampionOdellBeckhamJr.

Notsurprisingly,2017islookingbusy.Jacobwillbecompetingin

theDanceWorldCupinGermanyalongwiththeCommonwealth

DanceCupinSouthAfricainAugust.Hewouldalsoliketo

competeagaintheIDOChampionships“pendingendofyearschool

exams”.HewilldanceintheLATapFestivalandtheAustralian

DanceSocietyGalaperformanceatEtihadStadium.

Jacobsaysthatinthefuture,his“ultimategoalsistogeta

VeterinarySciencedegreeeitherinAustraliaoroverseaswhile

performing and working in theatre and movies professionally”.

...preparingto

competeinthe

Dance World

CupinGermany

and the

Commonwealth

Dance Cup in

South Africa.”

Jacob Moulton performing at the

Timberland shoes launch event, at

Melbourne's Docklands last year.

PHOTO: SHANNYN HIGGINS PHOTOGRAPHY