2022 Education Brochure

2022 Education Program

Welcome

Welcome to Sydney Dance Company’s 2022 Education Program! We are excited to share the many ways young people can connect with Sydney Dance Company in 2022.

Whether it’s through the energy of a dance workshop, the anticipation of watching live performance, the real-world application of creative tasks through our resource packs, or specially designed virtual workshops, we cannot wait to work with your students.

Contact us any time you wish to discuss any of these programs in more detail. We look forward to hearing from you!

(02) 9258 4800 or email education@sydneydancecompany.com

​Contents 2022 Calendar of Events

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School Matinees

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Sydney – ab [intra]

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National Tour Workshops on Tour

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Workshops Face-To-Face Virtual

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Sydney – Resound

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Resource Packs

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Advanced Training Youth Ensemble Pre-Professional Year

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Professional Development Teacher Upskilling Professional Intensive

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“Dance allows individuals and communities to shape their cultural identity and express their deepest feelings. These experiences continue to resonate throughout our lives, transforming our minds, bodies and souls” Rafael Bonachela, Artistic Director

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2022 Calendar of Events January Summer School Holiday Workshops: 4–22 January School workshops available to book from Term 1

May

February

June Sydney Season: ab [intra]: 2–11 June • Secondary School Matinee 12pm, 7 June • Primary School Matinee 11am, 9 June National Tour: Impermanence: • Bathurst 15 June • Gold Coast 18 June • Gladstone 22 June • Rockhampton 25 June

September/October PPY 2023 Applications close (date TBC) National Tour: Impermanence: • Melbourne 6–10 September • Melbourne School Matinee 12pm, 8 September Sydney: Night at the Barracks: 24 September Spring School Holiday workshops: 26 Sept–7 Oct 4

March

April Autumn School Holiday workshops: 11–22 April

July

August

Winter School Holiday workshops: 4–15 July

National Tour: Impermanence: • Karratha 3 August • Mandurah 6 August • Wagga Wagga 26 August • Perth 10-3 August

National Tour: Impermanence: • Dubbo 9 July • Orange 15 July • Wyong 19 July • Darwin 23 July • Kalgoorlie 27 July • Albany 30 July

November

December

Sydney Season: Resound: 28 Oct - 5 Nov • Secondary School Matinee 12pm, 3 November

Sydney: New Breed 2022: 30 Nov - 17 Dec PPY22 Revealed: 5-6 December

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School Matinees

Our tailored matinees connect students with cutting-edge contemporary dance performances. Through pre-show talks and demonstrations, students will be offered insights into our Artists’ creative processes.

Students will engage in a post-show panel discussion and Q&A with Company dancers, creatives and arts professionals, developing a deeper understanding of various performing arts industry career pathways, and the process of bringing a performance to life.

Secondary Matinees (suitable for upper primary through to year 12 and tertiary dance students).

Sydney

ab [intra]

Secondary

Roslyn Packer Theatre

Tuesday 7 June

12 – 2pm

Sydney

ab [intra]

Primary

Roslyn Packer Theatre

Thursday 9 June

11am – 12pm

Melbourne

Impermanence

Secondary

Arts Centre Melbourne

Thursday 8 Sept

12 – 2pm

Sydney

Resound

Secondary

Roslyn Packer Theatre

Thursday 3 Nov

12 – 2pm

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School Matinees

Secondary School Matinees: • Suitable for grades 7-12, and tertiary or full-time dance students • Ticket Price: $30/student (schools receive one complimentary teacher ticket for every 20 student tickets purchased) • Duration: 2 hours (approximately)

Interested in booking but need more information?

Click the button below to fill out our ‘Expression of Interest’ form and the Learning Team will be in touch.

Primary School Matinees • Suitable for grades 3-6 • Ticket price: $20/student (Schools receive one complimentary teacher ticket for every 20 student tickets purchased) • Duration: 1 hour (approximately)

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Workshops • For Sydney performances, workshops can be delivered on the same day as a matinee, subject to studio availability.

Resource Packs • Resource Packs are included with all ticket purchases, pulling back the curtain on creative processes, design choices, choreographic and appreciation tasks.

To book for Secondary Matinee of ab [intra] Tuesday 7 June at 12pm in Sydney

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To book for Secondary Matinee of Impermanence Thursday 8 September at 12pm in Melbourne

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To book for Primary Matinee of ab [intra] Thursday 9 June at 11am in Sydney

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To book for Secondary Matinee of Resound Thursday 3 November at 12pm in Sydney

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Sydney – June 2022 ab [intra]

School Matinee performances, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney: • Tuesday 7 June 2022, 12pm (secondary) • Thursday 9 June 2022, 11am (primary) Since premiering in 2018, Rafael Bonachela’s ab [intra] has seen a sold-out European tour and two cancelled seasons due to COVID-19. In June 2022, Sydney Dance Company is presenting the long-awaited encore season. ab [intra], meaning ‘from within’ in Latin, is “an exploration of our primal instincts, our impulses and our visceral responses” (Rafael Bonachela). From tenderness to turmoil, ab [intra] is a journey through the intensity of human existence that will command your attention.

The music fuses lush cello with ambient electronica and the exquisite dancers inhabit a visually arresting ethereal world. This is a ferociously physical and heartfelt piece which will stay with you long after you leave the theatre.

The performance of ab [intra] and accompanying resource pack encourage students to dissect choreographic devices, performance quality, production elements and creative process. This can be used to enhance delivery of dance curriculum in appreciation and composition components, with the resource pack providing comprehensive behind-the-scenes insight and in-depth tasks to allow for continual analysis of the live performance experience.

Workshops provide an opportunity for students to develop contemporary dance technique, learn Sydney Dance Company repertoire and explore choreographic and creative ideas through an industry-based lens. Workshops are delivered to complement curriculum outcomes for performance and composition elements.

To book for Secondary Matinee of ab [intra] Tuesday 7 June at 12pm in Sydney

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To book for Primary Matinee of ab [intra] Thursday 9 June at 11am in Sydney:

“Bold… impressive athleticism and energy… has to be seen to be believed.”

– The Sydney Morning Herald

“A dazzling, electrifying, heartfelt work. Highly recommended.”

– Limelight

“This is contemporary dance at its most evocative and beautiful… moments of sheer wonderment and unexpected emotional catharsis.”

– Time Out

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To ensure you don’t miss this electrifying performance showcasing Australia’s best contemporary dancers, register your interest in tickets here.

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National Tour 2022 Impermanence

A visceral and thrilling exploration of the juxtaposition of beauty and devastation, this full-length work is epic, driven performance that packs an emotional punch.

Impermanence features a commissioned score full of emotional power from Grammy Award-winning composer Bryce Dessner, best known as a founder of American rock band The National and for his film scores for The Revenant and The Two Popes. Rafael Bonachela and Dessner were inspired by the tragedy of the Australian bush fires and the Notre-Dame fire in Paris to create this powerful, meaningful work.

Experience the power of dance performed live, laden with meaning, fleeting and vulnerable and from devastation, find energy, urgency, radiance and hope.

The performance of Impermanence and accompanying resource pack encourage students to dissect choreographic devices, performance quality, production elements and creative process. Together, they can be used to enhance delivery of dance curriculum in appreciation and composition components, with the resource pack providing comprehensive behind-thescenes insight and in-depth tasks to allow for continual analysis of the performance experience.

Workshops provide an opportunity for students to develop contemporary dance technique, learn Sydney Dance Company repertoire and explore choreographic and creative ideas through an industry-based lens. Workshops are delivered to complement curriculum outcomes for performance and composition elements.

Watch the film, Impermanence / Disintegration, a short dance film made in response to the creation and performance of Impermanence, exploring a dynamic, profoundly moving emotional response to the fleeting transience of life.

“arguably the single best piece created by and for an Australian dance company for many years” – Adelaide Advertiser

“Dance moves for the end of the world...

Choreographer Rafael Bonachela sets his excellent dancers on a whirling, bounding trajectory…”

– The Sydney Morning Herald

To book for Secondary Matinee of Impermanence Thursday 8 September at 12pm in Melbourne

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National Tour 2022 Locations

Sydney Dance Company will be bringing Rafael Bonachela’s critically acclaimed work Impermanence to more than 15 locations around Australia in 2022.

Performances will be held in the following locations. Booking links will be added here when they’re available. Contact your local venue for group ticket bookings and more information.

Bathurst, NSW

Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre

15 June

Gold Coast, QLD

Home of the Arts (HOTA)

18 June

Gladstone, QLD

Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre

22 June

Rockhampton, QLD

Pilbeam Theatre

25 June

Dubbo, NSW

Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre

9 July

Orange, NSW

Orange Civic Theatre

15 July

Wyong, NSW

The Art House

19 July

Darwin, NT

Darwin Entertainment Centre

23 July

Kalgoorlie, WA

Goldfields Arts Centre

27 July

Albany, WA

Albany Entertainment Centre

30 July

Karratha, WA

Red Earth Arts Precinct

3 August

Mandurah, WA

Mandurah Performing Arts Centre

6 August

Perth, WA

Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA

10-13 August

Wagga Wagga, NSW

Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

26 August

Melbourne, VIC

Arts Centre Melbourne

6-10 September

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National Tour 2022 Workshops

Alongside the National Tour performances, Sydney Dance Company’s Teaching Artists can deliver workshops in your school in some locations and virtually at any time that suits your schedule.

Teaching Artists will deliver contemporary dance workshops that are adaptable to a variety of skill levels and dance experience. With curriculum links in dance, PDHPE, music, drama as well as many cross-curriculum links into history, geography and humanities, our workshops are a positive and inclusive experience for your students to develop dance technique, creative thinking and performance skills in a fun and engaging environment.

Teaching Artist Workshop Dates and Locations 2022

Gold Coast, QLD

30 May - 3 June

Brisbane, QLD

6 - 10 June

Gladstone, QLD

13 - 15 June

Rockhamptom

15 - 17 June

Darwin, NT

20 - 24 June

Dubbo, NSW

27 - 30 June

Kalgoorlie, WA

18 - 21 July

Perth, WA

22 - 26 July

Mandurah, WA

27 - 29 July

Albany, WA

1 - 2 August

Wagga Wagga, NSW

15 - 18 August

Melbourne, VIC

29 August - 2 September

To book or register your interest in a workshop in your location: Fill out form

Secondary Schools, Dance Studios and Community Groups (aged 12+) • Duration: 2 hours • Cost: $375 + GST Creative Contemporary Workshops are a unique opportunity to experience how the Company creates and performs new and original movement as seen on stage.

Participants are guided through a contemporary technique warm up, taught a section of Sydney Dance Company repertoire, and challenged with a composition task from one of our productions.

Primary Schools, Dance Studios and Community Groups (year 3 and up) • Duration: 1 hour • Cost: $275 + GST Introduction to Contemporary Workshops are designed for students aged 8-12 and are aimed primarily at beginners, although can be tailored for any experience level. The workshops are an entry-level taster of the techniques and approaches to contemporary dance and creative movement.

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Workshops

Sydney Dance Company offers a range of dance workshops that can be delivered Face-to-Face or Virtually. In both delivery methods, workshops and classes can be adapted to suit your school study program (dance, performing arts, PDHPE) and accommodate the diverse learning needs of students including those with different skill levels and prior dance experience. Sydney Dance Company workshops will challenge, engage and inspire your students regardless of their previous dance experience or learning environment.

Workshops can be offered in the following dance styles, or contact us to discuss a bespoke workshop!

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Contemporary Creative (for secondary school-aged school) Introduction to Contemporary (for primary-aged students) Contemporary Technique Theatre Jazz Lyrical Ballet Hip Hop JFH

For more information contact: 02 9258 4800 or email education@sydneydancecompany.com.

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Face-To-Face

Virtual

Workshops can be delivered as an incursion (delivered at your school/studio) or excursion at our studios located in the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, subject to availability. Sydney Dance Company Teaching Artists will guide your students through warm-up, technique and teach a genre-specific routine.

Virtual workshops are delivered through Zoom or Microsoft Teams while students are at school, in the studio, or undertaking remote learning. Sessions are delivered by a Teaching Artist and supported by a Virtual Studio Technician (VST) who can assist with technical support and online child-safe practices.

Sydney Dance Company Teaching Artists will guide students through warm-up, technique and teach a genre-specific routine modified for virtual delivery.

Please note: in-school workshops for schools more than 35km from Sydney CBD will incur travel expenses.

Face-To-Face Secondary School/dance studios (ages 12+) • Up to 2 hours (Contemporary Creative) • 90 mins (all other styles) • $375 + GST (Up to 35 students)

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Face-To-Face Primary School (ages 8-12) • 60 mins • $275 + GST (Up to 35 students)

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Virtual Secondary School/dance studios (ages 12+) • 60 mins $250 + GST (Up to 40 students) • 90 mins $375 + GST (Up to 40 students)

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Virtual Primary School (ages 8-12) • 60 mins • $250 + GST (Up to 40 students)

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Sydney – November 2022 Resound

School Matinee performance, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney: • Tuesday 3 November 2022, 12pm (secondary) Tracing an arc of emotions that moves from a dark turbulent interrogation of recent times through to a burgeoning buoyant optimism, Resound is a program of three unique dance works that will engage your heart and soul.

“thrilling, visceral... intensely theatrical” – Limelight on Ocho

Rafael Bonachela’s acclaimed work Ocho makes a welcome return to the stage as the first part of the evening. Featuring a driving score by Nick Wales, with the haunting vocals of Aboriginal artist Rrawun Maymuru and powerful set design by David Fleischer, Ocho won rave reviews from audiences and critics alike when it premiered in 2017. Set in a glass room, eight dancers search for salvation and connection, finding a salve for the troubles of the world.

The second half of the program delivers two world premieres. Summer - Featuring the evocative score Cicadidae

by Australian composer Kate Moore recorded by the Australian String Quartet, this new work by Rafael Bonachela captures the lightness of a world turning over a new leaf. The aural backdrop is the quintessential sound of summer and with costumes by the unmistakable masters of colour, Romance was Born, Summer will have your spirits soaring.

A new work by Stephanie Lake is always a treat and Sydney Dance Company is thrilled to commission this important Australian dance artist to create a world premiere for the third piece in the Resound program.

Lake’s new creation fuses movement, music and text, bringing blistering light to the stage and a fizzing glimpse of a haunted dreamscape. Poetic, fresh and forceful, this is intricate and dynamic dance that hits you in the solar plexus.

To book for Secondary Matinee of Resound Thursday 3 Nov at 12pm in Sydney:

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Resource Packs

Sydney Dance Company’s Resource Packs are designed to enrich student learning and include behind-the-scenes access to cast and creative biographies, information on the stimulus of the work and the creative process, as well as curriculum-aligned appreciation and composition tasks.

Resource Packs include access to the filmed work for use in educational settings and are $75 each (including GST).

Dance Locale Dance Locale is a suite of five short films, created in collaboration with the NSW Government’s Festival of Place, using site-specific dance to celebrate and activate public spaces in NSW. This Resource Pack explores site-specific dance and dance for film.

Includes: • Five short films (3-8 minutes each) • Cast and Creative Bios • 1 x Appreciation Task • 2 x Composition Tasks

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Cinco Cinco (Spanish for five) was created for the stage

by Artistic Director, Rafael Bonachela in 2019 to celebrate Sydney Dance Company’s 50th anniversary.

The five dancers are structurally placed on stage using a star or pentagram for reference. The set is minimal, allowing for the fluidity and grace of celebrated Australian fashion designer Bianca Spender’s blue and yellow toned costumes to dominate the palette.

Includes: • 1 x Performance Recording (25 minutes) available for 6 months from date of purchase • Cast and Creative Bios • 1 x Composition Task • 2 x Appreciation Tasks

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ab [intra] ab [intra], a full-length work by Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela, premiered in 2018 and is returning to the stage in 2022. From tenderness to turmoil, ab [intra] is a journey through the intensity of human existence that will command your attention.

Includes: • Excerpts of sections for appreciation and analysis • Cast and Creative Bios • 3 X Creative Tasks • 2 X Appreciation Tasks Please note that this Resource Pack doesn’t include the full-length work of ab [intra], but does include excerpts which enable students to respond to all tasks.

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Coming soon: Years

Impermanence

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Advanced Training

Youth Ensemble Are your students passionate and curious to explore contemporary dance further? Sydney Dance Company’s Youth Ensemble is an extension program which works in conjunction with regular studio training to provide dancers with a sense of creative expression, technical development and the opportunity to learn contemporary repertoire from industry specialists.

Delivered throughout terms 1, 2 and 3, at the Wharf studios, the Youth Ensemble is for dancers at an intermediate to advanced level ages 12-15 and 15-18.

Involvement in Youth Ensemble is by audition only; more information is available on our website.

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“I’ve really enjoyed Youth Ensemble over the last two years.

It has been such a stimulating environment for me to develop my contemporary technique in, and I have loved cultivating friendships within a community of dancers like myself.”

Youth Ensemble dancer, 2020 & 2021

“Thank you to Sydney Dance Company and the amazing line up of teachers in Youth Ensemble. My child has had such a wonderful experience. We love that Sydney Dance Company, though an amazing institution, is able to be so down to earth and humble in their approach to dancers and the younger generation coming through.

Remarkable, truly valued and appreciated!”

Youth Ensemble dancer parent, 2020-2021

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Pre-Professional Year

Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year provides a unique opportunity for aspiring professional dancers aged 18-24 to experience full-time training with Sydney Dance Company.

Encompassing a wide spectrum of industry-based dance practices, the Pre-Professional Year dancers train as an ensemble and work with over 40 choreographers, teachers and company affiliates each year. The expansive and highly curated program offers a diverse range of practices and movement philosophies, forging a direct link to the global contemporary dance community.

Dancers in the Pre-Professional Year work towards completing CUA60120 - Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance) over two years, with the option to finish after one year with a CUA51520 - Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance). These nationally recognised qualifications are delivered through an auspice arrangement with Australian Teachers of Dancing (RTO 31624).

“Approaching every day with a beginner’s mindset is a philosophy that has changed the way in which I learn and acquire knowledge. The exposure to various techniques, and the broad range of knowledge that I was able to experience have greatly impacted my perception of the way dance can comment on the world and how physical expression can carry such complex information.”

Archie McLean, PPY20-21

For more information, read the 2022 Prospectus here.

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Professional Development

Teacher Upskilling

Professional Intensive

Sydney Dance Company understands that as a teacher there are few opportunities to continue to develop your skills or learn something new for yourself which is why we offer customised training to upskill primary, secondary and dance studio teachers.

Sydney Dance Company runs Professional Intensive programs every year. These one-week programs provide an opportunity for professional and early career dance artists to learn from Sydney Dance Company, extending formal training, sparking creativity, and challenging young artists through daily technique classes, creative development and learning Sydney Dance Company repertoire.

These sessions can be delivered in Sydney, in our National Tour locations or virtually and can be aligned with your desired learning outcome, whether it’s tips on how to guide improvisations, workshopping choreographic taskwork for your lesson plans or learning repertoire to keep you moving.

Contact us on 02 9258 4800 or email education@sydneydancecompany.com for more information.

To be notified of when the next Intensive is running, complete this form and the Learning Team will be in touch.

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See what previous participants have to say about their experience in the Professional Intensive in the video below:

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“My students will never forget such a wonderful workshop you offered them. They came away inspired and felt very privileged to be taught by the Company dancers.”

- Secondary Teacher, Kariong Mountains High School

“Having professional dancers engage with our students allowed all students to access the repertoire, apply themselves in a comfortable environment and equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to think and move critically and creatively.”

- Secondary Teacher, Loreto Normahurst

“The instructors are highly professional and deliver an excellent virtual/online learning experience that makes students feel like they are physically in the same room as the instructors.”

- Secondary Teacher, Loreto Normanhurst

“The resources are excellent!

I have been integrating the resources into our unit of work on ‘creating dance from a stimulus’ which has been just perfect!”

- Secondary Teacher, St Brendan-Shaw College

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