| MCing at the Cabramatta Chinese Moon Festival & Performing Taking Chances "Diet Version" | 15/09/2012 | MCing at the Cabramatta Chinese Moon Festival & Performing Taking Chances "Diet Version" | Haven't put any news on here for ages but I am mcing the Cabramatta Chinese Moon Festival next Sunday 23 September. Better still I am performing with Sam, a diet 30 minute version of Taking Chances A Fusion Cabaret. Come down and say hi. | |
| Bought my new Korg SV-1 today so excited | 26/12/2011 | Bought my new Korg SV-1 today so excited | its boxing day today had a bit of time so went out to the city to have a look at my keyboard. I had a chat with some good friends and they all recommended the Korg. I saw the Korg Sv1 and fell in love instantly. I now have it all set up on my dining table and ready to write some songs again. I vow to write a new show before the new year so let's see if it will eventuate :) | 9247_newsimage2478_E8CB0D2A-8D21-4B2B-9061-8EE746E7117A.jpg |
| Immoral Fashion Catalogue Shoot | 24/07/2011 | Immoral Fashion Catalogue Shoot | | 8813_newsimage2478_7CA37AD7-FD74-4BD2-873E-6DF05C9BAEC0.jpg |
| Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret now on Sydney Fringe Website | 21/07/2011 | Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret now on Sydney Fringe Website | Rehearsals have started and all the promo materials have been submitted to Sydney Fringe. Tickets will be available for sale on 1 August so please look out for it. Here is the website link for our show on the Sydney Fringe website - http://thesydneyfringe.com.au/shows/taking-chances-fusion-cabaret | 8812_newsimage2478_39F62792-3DDE-48E4-9236-75A94D7A2A37.jpg |
| Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret now in full steam ahead for the Sydney Fringe Festival | 26/06/2011 | Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret now in full steam ahead for the Sydney Fringe Festival | Taking Chances is developing very nicely over the past few weeks. The script has been fully rewritten with new cameo parts added. We now have 2 main leads and 2 cameo roles and everyone in the cast is just fabulous. I get to work with the lovely Samuel Hanson as male lead Joshua Dylan. Tendai Dzwairo as George and Johnny Acosta as Benny. We had our first promotion photo shoot today with my good friend digital artist/photographer Nichelle Nolan. The photos look fantastic and will be submitted to the Sydney Fringe for promotional purposes. I will uploade some of these in the main gallery page. Rehearsals start on Monday... cant wait! | 8776_newsimage2478_039604C6-5CC3-4AAC-AC96-9E0FB5C89F38.jpg |
| We Are Volcanoes - Music Video Shoot | 16/06/2011 | We Are Volcanoes - Music Video Shoot | I was part of an exciting musicl video shoot for an awesome Australian band called We Are Volcanoes. I rocked up nice and early at 9am and ready to be zombified. There were 10 other girls there in the video and we were taking over The Hills Centre with our killer zombie moves. I was given the role of Featured Dancer so hopefully I will spice up the clip with some of my sexy zombie moves :) Cant wait to see the cilp and hear the awesome track with it. | 8755_newsimage2478_800F0A7A-AA14-48C3-AFC7-FA938E7646B4.jpg |
| Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret is now accepted for The Sydney Fringe Festival | 03/06/2011 | Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret is now accepted for The Sydney Fringe Festival | Yay and happy dance!!! Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret is now off to The Sydney Fringe Festival. I am so so excited about this opportunity as I will get to work some excellent actors, musicans and director. So far I have Sarah Matthews from Nirimba Contemporary College agreeing to be my director. She has been my little torch along the way and was there since the conception of the show. I told her that she was there when this "baby" was born so it is now time for her to "walk her up the ilse"! I also have my entire pro band who plays for my gigs to be invovled. They are such sweeties and will contribute so much to the atmostphere of the cabaret! Who has an entire 4 piece rock band for a cabaret?? ME!!!! Anyway, I am in the process of rewriting the script and will be writing guest roles for some of Sydney's best performers (singer/dancers). These people have been my mentors in my professional journey and I will be so honoured to have them in my show.. We shall see. Anyway, watch this space.. I will post updates as soon as I have some. PS I am in the process of casting for a new leading man for the show. The person I am looking for is of stage age mid 20s with a contemporary sound, preferably a rock tenor. Good working ethics is of course a must but he also has to have a good sense of humour as a big part of the show is about having fun and making the audience laugh. If the person can dance too that would be great but if he cant then it's not a deal breaker.
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| Photos by David Jacobs are now in the Gallery | 30/05/2011 | Photos by David Jacobs are now in the Gallery | So exciting, David sent me his photos on a CD today and I just uploaded them into the Gallery. I love his style so natural and no pretence. I hope this set will help him show off his portraiture skills to his clients. | 8741_newsimage2478_4C2ECB6C-4B07-4CC1-B6F8-E028B72CF181.jpg |
| Showpony Broadway Fashion Runway | 27/05/2011 | Showpony Broadway Fashion Runway | Had my first fashion runway experience today for Showpony Broadway. The fashion show was held at the Ultimo TAFE and it was over a lunch event. I got to work with 3 other beautiful ladies and the Ultimo TAFE events management school. Hopefully I will get more work like this in the future :) Photos will be up on www.show-pony.com.au | 8730_newsimage2478_529F75ED-ABF1-4087-84D5-DD2FA2E2C6CA.jpg |
| Bella Petite - Petite Model Search shortlisted!! | 26/05/2011 | Bella Petite - Petite Model Search shortlisted!! | I recently joined a website for petite models called www.bellapetite.com. I cant believe that there is an online magazine cater for just petite models out there. Seriously I encourage you to visit this site and you will see some of the best looking models in the world and they are not your waif thin tall models. These beautiful laides are all under 5"5!! There was a lady featured there named Nia Peeples, oh my goodness she was 50 but I sware se looked like she was 25!! She shares her beauty and health secrets on the website. She is a great embassador for women her age and it reall shows you that age is just a number. Women can still be beautiful and fit at 50! More importantly I received an email from them today telling me that they have shortlisted me for the Petite Model Covergirl Competition. YEEHAA!!! Now I just need to fill in their questionaire and send them my best photos. I am considering teaming up with a fashion photographer to try and win this comp. After all he gets to feature his photography on the Bella Petite cover with his name all over the magazine. I am so glad that the fashion industry seems to be changing and becoming more realistic. | |
| Janet and Billy's Wedding at Le Montage Lillyfield | 21/05/2011 | Janet and Billy's Wedding at Le Montage Lillyfield | It's always a great feeling being part of someone's wedding. Tonight I got to perform with some of Sydney's best musicians (Didi Mudigdo, Deva Permana, Khung Qarr and Bung Chung). We ended the night with Lady Mamalade and the bridal party was going off!! Anyway another job well done so hopefully we ge another booking soon. | |
| Photo shoot with my cat Lotus for Pets Magazine Diary 2012 | 18/05/2011 | Photo shoot with my cat Lotus for Pets Magazine Diary 2012 | Today was an eventful day with my cat Lotus. We were called in by Pets Magazine Editor Lauren to do a photo shoot for their 2012 Diary. We went to a fantastic studio at Newtown and photographer Danielle was so patient and cool. Lotus was a good girl and we did 4 set changes and she did her job well. We had an oriental look (with 2 fans), an Xmas look with an Xmas tree, a pretty in pink look and finally a spring look. We even made her a tiny flower ring to wear on her head. See attached photo. Sorry thiswas taken from my Iphone. I promise the photographer's photos were miles better than that. Will post some photos on my cattery website when they are sent to me. For those who want to know what my cats look like they here www.aaralyncattery.com | 8718_newsimage2478_5FDB7FE8-F324-4AF9-AF9E-3DD543A4F84B.jpg |
| Photo shoot with Art Photographer Cassandra Adams | 10/05/2011 | Photo shoot with Art Photographer Cassandra Adams | I had a shoot with Art Photographer Cassandra Adams today. It was full on with make up artist and hair aritst etc. Today's theme was interesting, I had to replicate dance poses of some famous art photography. Thank goodness that the poses werent to hard or else it would have been embarrassing. The only challenge was that I had to be en pointe on grass and soft ground. However Cass was patient so we got all the poses in the end. Cass has kindly promised to send me a CD of today's shoot so I am looking forward to seeing her creation. See the small preview image on the right... I cant wait to see the rest. | 8715_newsimage2478_940F8936-5808-4A4E-A524-22E2B7FB1E89.jpg |
| Sugarplum fairy shoot by Digital Artist Nichelle Nolan | 02/05/2011 | Sugarplum fairy shoot by Digital Artist Nichelle Nolan | Ive had so much fun with Nichelle Nolan it's not funny!! We spent 2 days shooting (Friday and Monday) and got so much out of it. Nichelle is a graphic designer/digital artist she wanted to do a Sugar Plum fairy series as she's been dying to do some photo manipulation digital art for ages and just need a dancer model to help out. Please check out my new photos by Nichelle in the Portrait section of the Photo Gallery. I am sure there will be plenty of other good photos to come. Watch this space. | 8684_newsimage2478_6D5B6AA5-D105-4B03-94BB-C7571B7171DE.jpg |
| Last minute gig with Khung Quarr at St Johns Park RSL | 24/04/2011 | Last minute gig with Khung Quarr at St Johns Park RSL | I had a last minute call from Khung today. He said his singer was sick so couldnt go to his gig!! Since I was free I went along to the gig to help him out a little. It was lovely to meet Khung for the first time even though we've had so many conversations over the phone already I felt that I'd known him for years :) We'll be doing a wedding gig together in 3 weeks so it's nice to get together for a jam! I am so blessed with such lovely people around me! | |
| New Cross Processed Headshot Uploaded | 23/04/2011 | New Cross Processed Headshot Uploaded | I love these cross processed shots. The colour is just fantastic. If you want to see them they are under the Gallery section in the Portraits folder!! I will add more soon. | 8662_newsimage2478_E1AB26F0-27D8-4B95-BFBC-5E3146CA25B4.jpg |
| Photo Shoot with Melbourne photographer David Jacobs | 21/04/2011 | Photo Shoot with Melbourne photographer David Jacobs | I had the opportunity to work with commercial photographer David Jacobs today. We had a fantastic time at the Botanical Gardens so watch this space for some fantastic photos very soon!!! | |
| A Shoot at the Dunlop Factory Alexandria with David Haworth | 08/04/2011 | A Shoot at the Dunlop Factory Alexandria with David Haworth | Another exciting photo shoot day with David. We went to the Dunlop factory today. This place is totally abandoned just like the tram depot at Rozelle only worse!! However there is a lot more space and variety here. There are several levels in the building each with differnt types of grafitti. There is even a burnt car in there!! We did lots of mucking around with the strobe light but then ended up at the bottom level of the factory where there was a huge puddle. We got tones of really good action shots there with fantsatic water reflections against a grafitti masterpiece. Since David is so efficient he has already posted my personal preview gallery on the web. I must say there are loads of brilliant stuff there so I cant wait to post it on here for all to see. In the meantime enjoy one of the portraits he took of me on an old cane recliner.. Stay tuned! | 8630_newsimage2478_3D6401ED-0C1B-4D64-A908-6D9753BB9CB3.jpg |
| Wild Boys Australian TV Mini Series Shoot | 06/04/2011 | Wild Boys Australian TV Mini Series Shoot | Had a fantastic time at the Wild Boys set today. I got a small speaking role for this mini series and got to work with the talented stunt man Connor Van Vuuren. He has a "fully sick" web series.. I am going to look it up :) Everyone on set was so nice I cant believe that the Australian TV scene is so friendly unlike stage shows... full of havoc :) Anyway I am not meant to say anything else so you guys just have to watch the show. I think I appear for a "split second" in Episode 2 so dont take a leak cos you might miss me! | |
| Shoot with David Haworth - Alice In Wonderland | 04/04/2011 | Shoot with David Haworth - Alice In Wonderland | Met with David Haworth today... I love him... just love working with a photographer with a good sense of humour. I hope we get to do more shoots in the future. He has a friend called Malcom Katon.. he sounds interesting on facebook too so I hope I get to meet him as well. David and I worked on an Alice In Wonderland theme today. We were initially going to focus on Alice the character but then I found this wonderful corset that would work beautifully as Queen of Hearts so we did a bit of a U turn. Anyway I am looking forward to seeing these photos. David likes to do his own editing so I respect that and patiently wait for the result of our hard work. Stay tune and watch this space. | 8611_newsimage2478_44C99259-CB24-4470-96D0-47496C9793A6.jpg |
| Art Photography shoot with Mark M | 04/04/2011 | Art Photography shoot with Mark M | I had a wonderful shoot with Mark M this morning. He is a ceramic student at Newcastle university so it was great to meet a fellow art nut :) He was an interesting character with a very very good eye. I think he must see in shapes as he is an expert in capturing lines and patterns. Anyway, I have uploaded the photos. He was very generous and gave me all the photos in his collection. I took the liberty in editing some and I didnt do much to them as they are perfect as they are. | 8610_newsimage2478_F06406E6-6795-4FCF-BB6F-00D47F128EF6.jpg |
| A New TV Mini Series | 13/03/2011 | A New TV Mini Series | Yay! I just won a small role in an upcoming TV mini series... So excited... Watch this space. I will fill in more details later. LOVE MY AGENT - Tanya Bond of Sass & Bentley!! | 8502_newsimage2478_D1ED274C-810B-477E-B108-ED97C6E16282.JPG |
| The Ultimate Pink Tribute - How It All Went | 12/03/2011 | The Ultimate Pink Tribute - How It All Went | The Pink Ulitmate Tribute went off last night at Doylo!!! There were over 600 people at the scene and people were on the moshpit right under my feet. I was literally thrown in the deep, learning 4 sets of different choreography before the show but it was all good!! I had such a good time cant wait for the next show on 16 April 2011. Watch this space for more news on the next Pink Ultimate Tribute Show! | 8501_newsimage2478_6E077D16-CD27-432B-A6C5-61C522D09E6F.jpg |
| Th!nk Pink - The Ultimate Tribute Show on 11 March 2011 | 04/03/2011 | Th!nk Pink - The Ultimate Tribute Show on 11 March 2011 | Who likes Pink? I do!!! If you are free next Friday 11 March 2010, please come along to our TH!NK PINK show at the Doylo! Doors open at 7pm, free tickets. Pacific Highway Doyalson NSW 2262 Phone number: (+612) 4390 0622 Fax number: (+612) 4399 2049. More info on http://www.thinkpinkshow.com | |
| Black Swan - Fine Art Photoshoot | 01/03/2011 | Black Swan - Fine Art Photoshoot | I had the opportunity to work with my very talent photographer friend Tracy Mock (Eclektic Photography and Design) today for a Fine Art Shoot. It's been such a long time since the both of us have done something like his after College Of Fine Arts. I was really inspired by the latest Black Swan movie so I came up with this idea of shooting a set of fine art photos that captures the essensce of both the black and white swan. Since I want to be in the photos, I needed someone who is in tune with my artistic ideas and voila Tracy entered the picture!!! The venue we chose for this shoot was the Rozelle tram depot. This place was totally deserted when we got there and was completely filthy. However, for the sake of "art" we put up with the smell and dirt and created an awesome set of photos. Thank you Tracy, I now have some fabulous photos for my website and I hope she finds some "winners" to enter in the next AIPP competition. I LOVE YOU TRACE!! To see more of Trace and Paul's awesome photos, visit http://www.eclektic.com.au/ | 8432_newsimage2478_24D3918D-9112-4648-81E4-7BCEDB67C5F5.jpg |
| Jon and Melissa Gray's Wedding | 26/02/2011 | Jon and Melissa Gray's Wedding | What an awesome night we had. I was performing with the most talented musicians - Didi Mudigdo (Keys), Bung Chung (Guitar) and Tim Bradley (Drums). I also MC for the beautiful couple it was truly fantastic. We performed 3 sets of songs and the guests were all in fantastic mood and danced till they dropped. I also gained a tiny little 2 year old fan.. so cute. Will upload some pics when I get them from the official photographer. | |
| Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret Show Updates | 12/02/2011 | Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret Show Updates | Although it was pouring with rain, we still had a fantastic turn out at the park. Thank you for my group friends (you know who you are) who came to see the performance. It was fantastic to see familiar faces in the audience. Photos have been uploaded onto facebook and they are here. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=42865&id=100001345533725&l=5fc2c9aa2d | 8451_newsimage2478_E1B743F8-89C7-4C66-AD52-442DD1338AFF.jpg |
| Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret (12 Feb 2011 Burwood Park 5:45pm) | 02/02/2011 | Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret (12 Feb 2011 Burwood Park 5:45pm) | Isabella will be performing in her debute cabaret (Taking Chances - A Fusion Cabaret) at Burwood Park on 12 February 2011 at 5:45pm as part of the Burwood Chinese New Year Celebration. Taking Chances is a fusion cabaret about an unlikely couple, an Aussie boy born and raised on the Central Coast and a Chinese girl from Hong Kong, brought together by chance because of their desire to make changes in their lives. The development of their relationship is unfortunately stunted by their past hurts and troubled childhood upbringing. Through the power of love, they manage to put their past behind them, but more impo...rtantly, they learn to trust and love each other. They finally realise that life cannot be lived to its fullness unless they are willing to take chances.
Taking Chances contains popular chart busters such as Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by The Four Seasons and other musical theatre favourites such as Take Me or Leave Me from Rent and Don’t Rain On My Parade from Funny Girl. Taking Chances is a light-hearted show devised by Isabella Wong Leung with many comical moments that will surely bring lots of joy and laughter. Taking Chances is brought to life by two fresh musical talents and is a must see cabaret.
Presented by Liam Wham and Isabella Wong Leung.
TAKING CHANCES IS PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE BURWOOD COUNCIL CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL. Admission is free! | 7452_newsimage2478_12FC794A-D3C4-4560-A586-20945A504D78.jpg |