Shaun Parker Company are currently seeking experienced versatile and professional contemporary dancers for a range of projects across 2020 and 2021. Interested applicants must be graduates of a tertiary dance course or equivalent and be of advanced technical standard and Australian or New Zealand citizens. Professional, experienced dancers need only apply. Sydney-based dancers preferred. Minimum age 21 years (unless otherwise agreed).
The Secret Garden returns to Australia for a 25th anniversary production which reunites the original Broadway creative team of director Susan H Schulman, choreographer Michael Lichtefeld and designer Heidi Ettinger. Based on the popular literary classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett, this sumptuous musical will open at Sydney Lyric Theatre in August 2020.
This festive season, Cirque Stratosphere – a spectacular new circus from the creators of CIRCUS 1903 (2016) and last summer’s smash-hit The Illusionists: Direct from Broadway, will transform the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall into a futuristic space-age utopia for a strictly limited season from 24-29 December 2019 before heading to Arts Centre Melbourne from 4-13 January 2020.
VIEW Dance Challenge offers young dancers a fresh, new exciting experience in Australian dance competitions. They’re a passionate team of professional dancers who have been established for many years. Their main aim it to provide you with the most enjoyable, exciting and memorable dance competitions in Australia next year! They want to be a part of your overall experience as a dancer and to see you thrive and grow! The tour dates are throughout October in Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
Starring Annie Aitken, Debora Krizak and Deone Zanotto with direction and choreography by Madison Lee, Richard Harris’ Stepping Out is set to make its debut its Australian professional premiere at Chapel Off Chapel from 15 April to 3 May 2020.
Spark Youth Dance Company has exploded into the Melbourne arts scene in the last few years, featuring youth creating dance and a culture of bettering mental health through dance. Auditions are being held for Spark Youth Dance Company (SYDC) on Sunday 15th and Thursday 19th December at Rosebud Memorial Hall in preparation for a huge new era for the company in its fifth year.
It is more than forty years since Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg first met and began a collaboration that would change the course of musical theatre history with their musicals Les Misérables and Miss Saigon. In June 2020, leading stars from Broadway, the West End and Australia will gather to celebrate these unparalleled musicals and their writers in DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?
Adelaide Cabaret Festival turns 20 in 2020 and we couldn’t wait to give you a tease of next year’s star-studded program with 6 early release shows announced. The cabaret festival gets underway from 5-20 June 2020.
One of Australia’s most prestigious drama school’s is hitting the road this summer, offering children, young people and adults in Melbourne a taste of its world-renowned teaching through its summer holiday program. For the first time, NIDA is bringing their classes to Frankston, as well as St Kilda, Abbotsford, and their base in Southbank.
Certificate Program
Compared to a traditional ballet school, the Peridance Certificate Program is designed for dancers ages 17+ who wish to strengthen their training in contemporary dance while enjoying the cultural landscape of New York. Many dancers choose this program as a stepping stone between their formal dance education and joining professional dance companies. The Certificate Program’s renowned faculty and comprehensive curriculum prepares students to be technically accomplished, versatile, and fully equipped to be successful in the professional dance world.
Yellow Wheel, established in Melbourne in 2012, is an Australian dance company specialising in working with young people and emerging artists. They are seeking young movers aged 14+ to work with them in 2020. Auditions will be held on Sunday December 8th from 3:00pm - 6:00pm and Tuesday December 10th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm at WXYZ Studios , 130 Dryburgh Street, North Melbourne.
Following stand-out performances in The Nutcracker, Sylvia and Giselle this year, Dimity Azoury and Benedicte Bemet have been promoted to principal artists of The Australian Ballet. The two dancers were promoted on the same evening following their performances in Stanton Welch’s Sylvia, securing a well-deserved spot in The Australian Ballet’s highest rank.
