SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY Pre-Professional Year 2026

PPY training and assessment framework is made up of five key focus areas. The units of competency of each of the qualifications are contextualised within these focus areas.

I. INDUSTRY: Investigating current trends and industry infrastructure focus the dancer on becoming job-ready by implementing a critical approach in shaping the future of dance.

II. TECHNIQUE: Cultivating sceptical and empirical enquiry into a variety of contemporary and classical techniques develops a deeper understanding of how awareness drives sophisticated deliberate movement.

III. CONDITIONING: This focus area includes injury prevention, applied anatomy and physiology for dancers, along with nutrition and wellbeing.

IV. CHOREOGRAPHY
Exploring creative play, choreographic skills and scored and structured improvisation enhance leadership skills to work in a professional, co-creative, collaborative environment.

V. PERFORMANCE: To contextualise, refine and redefine movement and performance qualities in the many rehearsals and performances throughout the year. Dance on stage and screen, workplace health and safety and other essential aspects of performance are explored within this focus area.