Ocean Shores ~ Fri morn ~ Semester 1 ~ 2026!

Ocean Shores Cassettes do Madonna

Including brand new choreography to a great 80s banger: The soaring, gospel inspired dance-party revelation that is Like a Prayer. And so much more.

Fridays, 9.30am – 10.50am @ Ocean Shores Community Centre

A half-year of dance to enrich your days.

Will book out: scroll down to secure your place.

Led by Marissa Treichel, Director of The Cassettes. Aka Riss.
BA Contemporary Dance, Associate Jazz, Graduate Diploma of Education.

Semester 1, 2026 Dance Dates:

• Term 1: Feb 6 – March 13
• Outdoor Flashmob 1: March 18, Weds 6.00pm – 7.20pm, meet at Bangalow All Souls
• Dance break: March 23 – April 24
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• Term 2: May 1 – June 5
• Outdoor Flashmob 2: June 13, Saturday 10.00am – 11.20am, meet at Cavanbah Centre
• Dance break: June 15 – July 29
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  Any questions, email: [email protected]

What’s included in Semester 1:

• 14 x weeks of incomparable Cassette 80s Dance Classes, including
• Two x Flashmobs: dancing in the sky with both incredible groups together
• Home videos for optional practicing and home boogies
• More deets below

With Madonna and friends, you’re in good company

Feature artists: Madonna

Prepare for the Retro Rapture

First up, a song of biblical proportions. Yes, it’s Like a Prayer at last. It’s campy, deeply physical, expressive and emotional and I am here for it!

Nothing like feeling sexy while getting buff and having a creative awakening. Plus contemporary dance to Cherish.

We’ll also enjoy a magical Mads mash-up, plus dance warm-ups and mini dance sequences, with such joy-bombs as Express Yourself, Vogue, Live to Tell, Material Girl, Holiday, Crazy for You, La Isla Bonita, Dress You Up and Hung Up.

Madonna is an icon for a reason. She produced a butt-tonne of music perfect for strutting, expressing, strengthening our bodies and having fun to.

Plus many other artists. Within the Semester, we’ll also be dancing to countless brilliant tunes including Crowded House, Feist, Queen, Faith No More, Bananarama, ACDC, and obscure faves like White Lotus soundtrack etc etc. Madonna is a universe unto herself, but there’s always room for more.

At The Cassettes we know a rad playlist is an essential ingredient for a good life. Every class is carefully curated to ensure you’re never bored, and always delighted.

More detail of what Cassettes Semester 1 includes:

• Carefully planned, lovingly delivered, top-notch classes suitable for Beginner and Intermediate movers.
• Social connection with a positive, supportive and uplifting group of Byron Shire legends
• Video keepsake of our joyful yet casual performances
• Learning a range of super-fun 80s Dance routines: the choreography is designed so that experienced movers can extend or deepen each move.
• Make-up class option: if you need to miss a class, attend our other weekly Cassette Class. It features the same main routines.
• Creativity, connection and self-discovery. Cassettes are famous for being “so much more than a dance class” for a reason.
• Embodying 80s classics plus 70s, 90s and a sprinkling of current (ish!) music.
• Nourishing cool downs to nurture your inner peace
• Home rehearsal videos so you can enliven your lounge-room
• 2 x Joyous outdoor flashmobs. The final weeks of the 2 x terms within Semester 1 are our creatively costumed Outdoor Flashmob, shared with our other fabulous Cassette group. We’ll film the dance outside, under the sky: where dance came from, and will always feel at home.

We also like to have social get-togethers outside of class…stay tuned!

Looking forward to hanging with the girl gang!
That said, every mature adult is welcome at Cassettes: whether non-binary, man or woman.

The Benefits of doing Cassettes:

• Being part of a fabulous group. We have a wide range of professionals, creatives and parents dancing at The Cassettes. It’s an incredible, caring and generous community.
• Experiencing original choreography (not commercial dance) is a beautiful way to expand your perspective of what is possible. Invite new flavours into your body.
• Humour. Cassette classes are often funny.
• Dance improves your health, both immediately and longterm: It helps prevent osteoporosis and dementia more than any other activity.
• Psychological wellbeing. Dance brings together cognitive, emotional and physical wellbeing. The word “emotion” is derived from the Latin ’emovere’ meaning to move or move through. At Cassettes there’s a song and dance for every emotion. The proof is in the pudding: one always feels better after class. The proof is also in the science: dance is proven to help reduce feelings of anxiety and depression. The Bee Gees were right: You should be dancing, yeah!
• More playfulness and fun in your life
• You may not realise, but every time you have fun and feel more confident, society benefits.  80s dance is powerful stuff!
• Time to just enjoy yourself and be carefree
• Feel more energised, sparkly and inspired
• Increased tone and fitness, bone density, balance and grace
• Being guided and cared for by an experienced and rather jazzed-up teacher
  

  Ready to Get into the Groove? Complete booking below.

  

When the world is mad, it’s time for Mads.

What is expected of you:

• Phones on silent. Use this time to switch off from life’s demands.
• Kindness and courtesy. Cassette class etiquette includes not speaking over the teacher.
• Move at your own level and respond to your bodies’ limitations and strengths. Adapting a move to make it easier for your body is a sign of intelligence. Equally, there’s no such thing as ‘showing off’. Go for it!
• Check your calendar before joining. Changes to bookings incur a 20% administration fee.
  

What to bring:

• Water bottle and sweat towel
• Yoga mat for stretch and relaxation
• Joggers or bare feet
• Arrive 5-min before class to stretch and settle in
• Comfy active wear, colour encouraged! New Cassette top coming soon.
• Respect for teacher, team and yourself.

Dance is the best way to get fit and feel strong: because it’s the outcome, yet never the focus.
Tone and vitality is just a happy side-effect of getting lost in the moves and the music.

Give yourself a radiant 2026, jump in!

Payment Plans available:

Option 1: Choose Paypal at the check-out.

Option 2: Email for Direct Deposit details: [email protected]

Your future self will thank you for having fun, feeling fit and meeting new friendly peeps : )