Matthew Lennan Presley

Personal Details

DOB : 07/02/1987

Height : 178 cm Weight : 70kg
Eye Colour : Dark brown Hair colour : Dark Brown
Clothing size : M Shoe size : 9
Nationality: Aboriginal

Background

Matthew Presley began studying dance through personal research at the age of fourteen while attending St Joseph's College Nudgee on an athletics scholarship. Being a self taught dancer he began competing in Brisbane based competitions regularly from 2003 which aided in enhancing his passion for performing arts. For the duration of his senior schooling years he was elected School Vice Captain at Clontarf Beach State High School and was heavily involved with many school productions.

Matt's achievements included choreographing many sections of upcoming productions, teaching students choreography and co-coordinating a majority of his schools musicals, regional and state performances such as the Murrumba Down District Dance Competition and the Queensland Rock Eisteddfod.

During 2004 he began teaching break dance in schools around the Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast regions as well as performing in outer school musicals and underage night clubs. In 2005 he attended the Queensland Institute of Tafe studying a Certificate II in Performing Arts (Acting). Throughout that year he performed in a number of performances in Nightclubs and Resorts in areas such as Brisbane, Noosa, Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Mackay and Cairns with a varied number of dance agencies and groups such as Aus Dance, 365 Hip Hop Dance Crew and ID Studio.

While performing all over Queensland Matthew continued teaching in workshops with a number of high schools and also Co-directed Sunshine Beach State High Schools fifth place winning Rock Eisteddfod performance. Throughout his time with this high school Matt trained students in acrobatics, taught basic and advanced techniques of break dance and co-choreographed the productions final performance

In 2006 Matt was involved with a Brisbane based dance company named Raw Dance where his tuition experience was utilised during the 2006 and 2007 Croc Festivals where he taught many indigenous children from areas in far north Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Currently Matthew is working with a company called Indigenous Hip Hop Projects which deliver positive messages about building self respect, self confidence, self expression, leadership and the awareness of mental health in an attempt to bring the community closer through the art of dance. Indigenous Hip Hop Projects are currently and constantly fulfilling successful projects throughout all states and areas of rural, remote and urban Australia.

Indigenous Hip Hop Projects 2008 Projects

• Kununurra, Deadly Styles youth community project
• Dawul remote community school, Hip hop school production/community development project
• Muludja remote community school, Hip hop school production/community development
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• Ngalapita Remote Community School, Hip hop school production/community development
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• Yakanarra Remote Community School. Hip hop school production/community development
• Kulkarinya Community School, Noonkembah, Hip hop school production/community development Project
• Broome Headspace Launch, Hip hop school production/community development
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• Roebourne/ Karratha, Hip hop school production/community development project
• Newman/ Jigalong, Hip hop school production/community development project
• Port Headland Hip hop school production/community development project
• Vibe Alive Festivals - 2008 Coonamble and Port Augusta
  

Croc Festivals 2006 - 2007

• Wiepa , Activity facilitator, Raw Dance Company and Beyond Blue Representative
• Halls Creek, Activity facilitator, Raw Dance Company and Beyond Blue Representative
• Alice Springs, Activity facilitator, Raw Dance Company and Beyond Blue Representative
• Thursday Island, Activity facilitator, Raw Dance Company and Beyond Blue Representative
• Meekathara, Activity facilitator, Raw Dance Company and Beyond Blue Representative
• Derby , Activity facilitator, Raw Dance Company and Beyond Blue Representative

Shows

• Rocka Fellas, Night Club performance, ID Studio, Brisbane
• Hotel LA, Night Club performance, ID Studio, Brisbane
• 240V Night Club, Judges Showcase, 365 Hip Hop Crew performance, Mooloolaba
• Roller Dome Blue light Disco, 365 Hip Hop Crew performance, Sunshine Coast
• Gilligan's Backpackers resort, 2nd Birthday, 365 Hip Hop Crew performance, Cairns,
• Pulse Nightclub, 365 Hip Hop Crew performance, Mackay
• Troppo's Night Club, Judges Showcase, 365 Hip Hop Crew performance, Cairns
• Gilligans Backpackers Resort, 365 Hip Hop Crew performance
• International Meat Convention, Indigenous Collaboration, Aus Dance

Competitions

• Brisbane Battle City
• Budda Breaks Battle
• Bboy Circuit
• Platform

Lessons

• Sunshine Beach State High School
• Clontarf Beach State High School
• Deception Bay State High School
• Pine Rivers, Police Citizens Youth Club

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