Episode 2: Leigh Warren, DJ Josh, Selina Jenkins

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In our second episode, Miz Ima Starr limbers up with celebrated choreographer Leigh Warren. Nathan Little grabs a glow-stick and hits the dance floor with DJ Josh and builds a myspace profile of character comedian Selina Jenkins (aka Beau Heartbreaker).

Part 1: Selina Jenkins

Selina grew up in the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria. After a few rebellious years acting out. she moved to Melbourne to pursue a career in singing. A chance viewing of a drag king show saw her discard her fem locks and pursue a life of character comedy.

Her iconic Australian character Beau Heartbreaker won her Best Cabaret in the 2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival, and a Best Emerging Talent nod from the Adelaide Fringe Festival. She also heads a “ridiculous” Britney Spears rock and roll cover band.

Selina continues to share the stage with some of Australia’s most successful comedians, combining her powerful singing voice with a lovable quality that has charmed festival audiences across Australia.

Myspace Profile

Part 2: Leigh Warren

Leigh Warren trained at the Australian Ballet School and later graduated to the Australian Ballet. In his final year with the ballet company he was awarded the first Churchill Scholarship for the Performing Arts, which he completed at the Juilliard School of Music, New York. Leigh’s distinguished performing career included stints with Ballet Rambert, the Netherlands Dance Theatre and Nureyev and Friends.

In 1993 Leigh formed his own company – Leigh Warren & Dancers. The company has performed for audiences in Holland, Singapore, London, Indonesia, Korea, Japan and all states of Australia.

Leigh and his company have received numerous awards, including the inaugural Adelaide Critics Circle award, four Australian Dance Awards, the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award and four Green Room Awards. In 2005 he won another Adelaide Critics’ Circle Award, this time for Innovation for Petroglyphs – Signs of Life.

Official website

Part 3: DJ Josh

DJ Josh has become an Australian DJ icon with a national profile that crosses gay and straight audiences in a career spanning over 25 years. Hailing from Adelaide, she has managed top ranking positions in the Top 50 DJ poll since its humble beginnings and is still the reigning queen in SA above her male counterparts.

Josh is the first South Australian DJ to play four Sydney Mardi Gras and has become a household name at some of Australia’s biggest clubs and dance parties including GIRLFEST 2005 & 2006, Brisbane Sleaze, Lemon-AID, On The Other Side, Kinsela’s, The Glove, NV, Stonewall, Midnight Shift, ARQ (Sydney).

Josh has been a radio broadcaster with cutting edge community radio station Fresh FM since it’s infancy and more recently for Nova FM.

Official website

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