80’s flashmob dance

Byron, Bangalow & Burleigh Heads

Feel the flash! Get dancing now

Welcome to the dancetastic world of The Cassettes: Australia’s original Flashmob Dance Company and 80s Dance Classes in Byron Bay, Bangalow and Burleigh Heads.

The Cassettes funny, professional and unique 80s Dance Classes, Workshops and Flashmobs have been running strong for five years. Catering for beginner to advanced adult dancers, Cassette Classes include Hip Hop, Jazz and Contemporary dance styles, and our own kooky brand of comedy theatre.

Known for it’s inclusion, sense of connection, humour and proper dance fun, The Cassettes is Directed by Marissa Treichel.

A great way to pump up the dance floor, is to have The Cassettes on it.
Llama Kendall – Splendour in the Grass Performance Coordinator, Tipi Forest
I am having so much fun dancing with you and the Mix Tape Crew again this term. You and your team have really created something special for the dance queen/ king in us all.
Sharon (Shaz) Pendergast – Early Childhood Educator and Bangalow Dancer
That class was an absolute joy! Thank you for the work you put into making it so special.
Kat Matheison – Cassette dancer, Byron and Bangalow
I really love the vibe of positivity and community you’ve created at The Cassettes. I love coming every week and even if I haven’t had the best day, by the time I get to class I feel so much better, and then after class, on top of the world! It’s an awesome sweaty workout too, but the best part for me is the people, the music and the funky, entertaining dance moves! Such a fun way to have some ‘me time’ and get some exercise! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Tahlia Loughnan, Mama and Bangalow Mix Tape Dancer
I feel so blessed to be able to do a dance class with you and all the gorgeous women there. Thanks Marissa, for the great dance class and your beautiful encouraging words.
Tahlia Loughnan – Mama and Bangalow Mix Tape Dancer
I’m having a blast.
Ash Griffin – Mama and Bangalow Mix Tape Dancer
I loved the (Cassettes Contemporary) class today! It was so invigorating and exciting. Please do more again soon!
Rohini Drury, Cassette Dancer
Thanks for such an amazing class Marissa. Your classes feel like flying.
Jess Nock, Flashmob Dance Company dancer, Byron Bay
I just love The Cassettes dance classes. They are part self-help; part dance; part entertainment. A complete mind, body and soul experience that has me laughing the whole way through!
Sarah Whitaker – Bangalow Mix Tape dancer

Sep 27, 2018
Body rolls and brain waves

We know from personal experience that dancing is: deeply fun physically beneficial on a bunch of levels socially fulfilling and has a lovely habit of blowing away storm clouds that obscure our inner light. Art also promotes neuroplasticity As told in this delightful RN Big Ideas podcast, being creative increases our smarts and is proven to help prevent us from losing our mind: always…
Sep 26, 2018
It’s Raining Cassettes

In its passivity and resignation, cynicism is a hardening, a calcification of the soul. Hope is a stretching of its ligaments, a limber reach for something greater. – Maria Popova We make a literal “limber reach for something greater” in every single class at The Cassettes’ Mix Tapes. When I deliberately pull my face and…
Sep 26, 2018
Hands up if you love the arts?

The Cassettes’ Burleigh Mix Tape Crew perform their first flashmob eva, at the Gold Coast’s incredible SWELL Sculpture Festival! Umbrellas twirl and trench coats unveil in this exuberant Priscilla Queen of the Desert mash-up, choreographed by Deb Chalmers. But first, we shall debut Priscilla in our quarterly Mix Tape show @ Burleigh Masonic Hall: 7pm sharp, short and shiny! Join our Burleigh…
Aug 9, 2018
Contemporary Dance Byron Bay

Dance definition contemporary (adjective) existing or happening now dance (verb) move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps By definition, Contemporary Dance doesn’t have set, universal “moves”. This is why there is so much wonderful variety within the genre. Contemporary Eric has noticed, however, that perhaps there are a few: Melting pot of…