Queensland Ballet recently sounded the alarm to bring boys back to the ballet studio after seeing a 36 percent drop in male enrolments to Queensland Ballet Academy since 2020. When ballet boys have always been few and far between, this statistic is definitely a concern. We spoke to Queensland Ballet Academy Artistic Director Christian Tàtchev […]

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Are you keen to take your dance training to the next level? Do you have an upcoming audition for a full time dance course? Auditions can be daunting, but they don’t have too stressful. Here, Dance Informa speaks with leaders from two new full time course offerings for their top tips on how to get […]

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Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) announces a new Pre-Professional Program offering vocational training for dancers from 2025. Students will gain invaluable experience training with a professional company and graduate with an Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance). The Pre-Professional Program aims to cultivate creative, versatile and employable dance artists, with strong and diverse artistic voices […]

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Academy of Dance’s Elite program is part-time after-school training designed to develop young, dedicated and talented dancers to a pre-professional level through specialised and methodical training. Students attend classes in a variety of genres and dance theory topics, all in a focused environment where specialised teachers guide and assist them in a holistic and dedicated manner. […]

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Presenting its 10th anniversary production, Time Will Tell Re-Imagined, in the theatre that hosted its launch production, Too Soon to Tell, back in 2011, you could say Austinmer Dance Theatre has gone full circle.  The Illawarra’s only pre-professional company for elite contemporary dancers aged 17-25 years, the aim of the company is to bridge the gap between full-time training, […]

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Sydney Dance Company’s Head of Training Linda Gamblin and Pre-Professional Year Course Co-ordinator Omer Backley-Astrachan will host virtual open sessions on Tuesday August 11 and Sunday August 23 for dancers and families of dancers interested in auditioning for the company’s 2021 Pre-Professional Year program.  Consisting of a 45-minute contemporary improvisation class and a 15-minute Q&A, […]

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Yellow Wheel, established in Melbourne, in 2012, is an Australian pre-professional contemporary dance company specialising in working with young people and emerging artists. The company offers a range of programs that connect pre-professional dancers with successful dancers working in the field, provides rigourous contemporary dance training, and presents fresh new works that feature the next […]

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Are you interested in taking your training to the next level? Would you like a career in dance? Which full time dance course is right for you, and when are the auditions? Check out the new FullTimeDance.com, brought to you by Dance Informa, which includes the 2018 Full Time Dance & Auditions Guide. Proudly sponsored […]

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The Australian Full-Time Dance Guide is Out Now! Are you interested in a pre-professional dance course? Whether ballet, contemporary, jazz, musical theatre or hip hop – there’s an amazing programme for you! Find out about Australia, New Zealand and New York’s leading full-time dance schools and the dance degrees, diplomas and certificates available. Auditions are […]

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By Kym King of Dance Informa. For classical dancers graduating from full-time training institutions, employment options within Australia include the possibility of work with one of the larger ballet companies, work with smaller project-based companies or freelance employment (e.g. operas or musicals.) But competition for positions is high and as a consequence a large proportion […]

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