2024 Education Program
Welcome Welcome to Sydney Dance Company’s 2024 Education Program! We are excited to share the many ways young people and educators can connect with Sydney Dance Company in 2024. 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 can’t wait to hear from you! (02) 9258 4800 or email education@sydneydancecompany.com
Contents 2024 Calendar of Events
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School Matinees
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Sydney - Season 1 2024: momenta
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Sydney - Season 2 2024: Twofold
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Sydney - July 2024: Club Origami
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National Tour 2024
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2024 National Tour Locations Workshops on Tour
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Workshops Face to Face Virtual
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Resouce Packs
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Advanced Training Youth Ensemble Youth Intensive Pre-Professional Year
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Professional Development Teacher Upskilling Professional Intensive Accredited Short Courses
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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 3
2024 Calendar of Events January
February
Summer School Holiday workshops: 2 – 26 January
National Tour – Ascent: • Orange, 21 February • Tamworth, 24 February
Youth Intensive: 22 - 25 January Professional Intensive: 29 January - 2 February School workshops available to book from Term 1
March
April Autumn School Holiday workshops: 15 – 26 April
May
June
Sydney Season 1 – momenta: • 28 May – 8 June • Secondary School Matinee 30 May
Sydney Season 1 – momenta: • 28 May – 8 June National Tour – momenta: • Cairns, 15 June • Darwin, 26 June
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July March
August
Club Origami: 10 — 13 July
National Tour – momenta: • Perth, 31 July – 3 August • School Matinee 1 August
National Tour – momenta: • Wagga Wagga, 6 July • Mandurah, 19 July • Albany, 24 July • Karratha, 27 July • Perth, 31 July – 3 August
Western Sydney Season –
momenta:
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9 — 10 August School Matinee 9 August
Winter School Holiday workshops: 8 — 19 July
INDance: 15 — 24 August
September
October
Sydney Season 2 – Twofold: • 18 – 28 September • Secondary School Matinee 24 September • Primary School matinee 26 September
Melbourne Season – momenta: • 8 – 12 October • School Matinee 9 October
PPY 2025 Audition: 30 September Spring School Holiday workshops: 30 September – 11 October
Brisbane Season – Twofold: 17 — 19 October Spring School Holiday workshops: 30 September – 11 October
November
December
PPY24 Revealed: (dates to be released soon)
Sydney New Breed Season: 4 — 14 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 are suitable for upper primary through to year 12, and tertiary dance students. Primary Matinees are suitable for years 3-6. Sydney Season 1
Secondary
Thursday 30 May, 12pm
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney
Perth Season
Secondary
Thursday 1 August, 12pm
State Theatre Centre, Perth
Western Sydney Season
Secondary
Friday 9 August, 12pm
Sydney Coliseum Theatre, West HQ
Sydney Season 2
School
Tuesday 24 September, 12pm
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney
Sydney Season 2
School
Thursday 26 September, 12pm
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney
Melbourne Season
School
Wednesday 9 October, 2pm
Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse
Watch this video for further insights into a Sydney Dance Company School Matinee
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School Matinees
Secondary School Matinees • Suitable for Upper Primary (Grades 5 & 6), 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)
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Primary School Matinees • Suitable for Grades 3-6 • Ticked Price: $25/student (Schools receive one complimentary teacher ticket for every 20 student tickets purchased) • Duration: 1 hour (approximately)
Resource Packs Digital Resource Packs are included with all ticket purchases, pulling back the curtain on creative processes, design choices, choreographic and appreciation tasks. These resource packs provide you and your students with an understanding on what to expect during the performance, and enrich the students’ understanding of the performance in the classroom to enable an ongoing and in-depth learning of contemporary dance.
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Workshops • For Sydney performances, workshops can be delivered on the same day as a matinee, subject to studio availability. Fill in this Booking Form if you are interested in booking an accompanying Workshop and the Education Team will be in touch.
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Sydney — Season 1 2024 momenta School Matinee performances at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay: •
momenta Secondary Matinee, Thursday 30 May, 12pm
We are thrilled to announce our exciting program momenta for the Season 1 School Matinee performances at the Rosyln Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay. momenta is a journey into the poetry and physics of human connection. The latest work by celebrated choreographer Rafael Bonachela, this mesmerising piece presents a kaleidoscope of energies, capturing the essence of fleeting moments suspended between past and future, where individual trajectories collide and intertwine. momenta brims with Bonachela’s distinct style, rich with rhythmical and spatial patterning and endlessly inventive partnering. The dancers of Sydney Dance Company transcend physical limitations, exploring the full range of their bodies with grace, power and vulnerability. Each moment resonates through the space, drawing the audience into a captivating world where raw expression meets refined technique. Through the captivating interplay of Bonachela’s signature choreographic style, Nick Wales’ evocative soundscapes and Elizabeth Gadsby and Damien Cooper’s striking designs, momenta gathers the hurtling vectors of our lives into confluence and connection. For audiences and dancers alike, it is an invitation to rejoice in the beauty and fragility of our shared humanity. To ensure you don’t miss this electrifying performance showcasing Australia’s best contemporary dancers, book your tickets below.
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Sydney — Season 2 2024 Twofold School Matinee performances at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay: •
Twofold Secondary Matinee, Tuesday 24 September, 12pm
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Twofold Primary Matinee, Thursday 26 September, 12pm
We are thrilled to announce our exciting program Twofold for the Season 2 School Matinee performances at the Roslyn Packer Theatre. Sydney Dance Company presents Twofold, an exciting double bill featuring the return of Rafael Bonachela’s beloved Impermanence and a world premiere work, LOVE LOCK choreographed by Melanie Lane who brought us the critically acclaimed WOOF in 2019. Book your tickets below.
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Read what teachers and students have said about our past School Matinee Performances:
“The work tied in perfectly with the school dance content. Students were able to analyse the live dance work, appreciate and identify the compositional process, view performance skills and qualities in a live setting! We want more!” — Teacher, Bomaderry High School
“The matinee supports how we teach the composition process. It inspires students to be more creative and gives them insight into the work that is required to create a performance. It helps students appreciate dance as an artform.”
— Teacher, Reddam House
“We were so mesmerised by the dance, the lights, and the costumes. It was also very exciting that we got to talk to the dancers afterwards.”
— Primary Students, Fairfield Public School
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Sydney — July 2024 Club Origami Dates: Location: Tickets: Duration: Age Recommendation:
10 – 13 July 2024 Neilson Studio at Sydney Dance Company On sale in 2024 40 mins + 10 mins stay & play 6 years old and under
Rip, fold and scrumple! Shall we see what we can make with a single square of paper? As you scrunch the paper, see how your imagination begins to dance… Dive into the magical world of Club Origami, an immersive and interactive dance show inviting family audiences to create, imagine and explore whole new ways of thinking, playing and moving. Dance, fashion and live music meet the magic of origami to sweep us up on a spirited and inspiring adventure in a land made purely of paper and play. Performances dates and ticket prices will be announced in 2024. The Australian debut of Club Origami is generously supported by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation.
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National Tour 2024
In 2024, Sydney Dance Company will have a range of works touring the country. Keep reading to learn more about these works and check in with your local theatre to see what show is performing in your area. Ascent With three unique works of scale and fine artistry, Sydney Dance Company presents Ascent, an inspired triple bill consisting of two world premieres from renowned choreographers.
“an evening of challenging, perfectly executed and deeply satisfying contemporary dance
— Australian Arts Review
Brimming with physicality, Ascent tempers contemporary classical with futuristic experimentation with three innovative works from local and international talents. Full of electric movement and emotional force, Ascent is an arresting portrait of contemporary dance and its potential to move, excite and activate audiences. Brought to life by Sydney Dance Company’s superb ensemble, this program is a sensorial delight complete with inventive installations and magnetic musical scores. Coming to theatres around the nation, this triple bill is a creative union at once forceful, sumptuous and dizzying. momenta momenta is a journey into the poetry and physics of human connection. The latest work by celebrated choreographer Rafael Bonachela, this mesmerising piece presents a kaleidoscope of energies, capturing the essence of fleeting moments suspended between past and future, where individual trajectories collide and intertwine.
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National Tour 2024 Locations Sydney Dance Company will be touring Rafael Bonachela’s world premiere work momenta, the smash-hit triple bill Ascent and an inspired new double bill Twofold to audiences across Australia in 2024. Performances will be held in the following locations. Booking links will be added here when they’re available. Please contact your local venue for group ticket bookings and more information.
Orange, NSW
Ascent
Orange Civic Theatre
21 February
Tamworth, NSW
Ascent
Capitol Theatre
24 February
Cairns, QLD
momenta
Cairns Performing Arts Centre
15 June
Darwin, NT
momenta
Darwin Entertainment Theatre
26 June
Wagga Wagga, NSW
momenta
Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre
6 July
Mandurah, WA
momenta
Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
19 July
Albany, WA
momenta
Albany Entertainment Centre
24 July
Karratha, WA
momenta
Red Earth Arts Precinct
27 July
Perth, WA
momenta
State Theatre Centre
31 July — 3 August
Western Sydney, NSW
momenta
Sydney Coliseum Theatre
9 — 10 August
Melbourne, VIC
momenta
Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse
8 — 12 October
Brisbane, QLD
Twofold
Brisbane Powerhouse
17 — 19 October
Wyong, NSW
momenta
The Art House Wyong
25 October
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National Tour 2024 Workshops Are you interested in booking a workshop but need more information?
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.
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More information about National Tour Teaching Artist Workshops and the available locations will be released soon.
Secondary Schools, Tertiary Institutions, Dance Studios and Community Groups (aged 12+)
Primary Schools, Dance Studios and Community Groups (aged 8-12)
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Duration: Up to 2 hours Cost: $385 + 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.
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Duration: Up to 1 hour Cost: $285 + GST
Introduction to Contemporary Workshops is designed for students aged 8-12 and are aimed primarily at beginners, although can be tailored for any experience level. The workshops are an entrylevel 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! • • • • • • • •
Contemporary Creative (Technique, Sydney Dance Company repertoire & creative task for secondary school-aged school) Introduction to Contemporary (Technique & Sydney Dance Company repertoire for primary school-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 Sydney Dance Company Teaching Artist and supported by Virtual Studio Technician (VST) who can assist with technical support and online child-safe practices. Sydney Dance Company Teaching Artists will guide students through warmup, technique and teach a genre-specific routine modified for virtual delivery.
Please note: incursion workshops for schools more than 35km from Sydney CBD will incur travel expenses. Secondary School / dance studios (ages 12+) • Up to 2 hours (Contemporary Creative) • 90 mins (all other styles) • $385 + GST (per session, up to 35 students) Please contact education@sydneydancecompany.com for enquiries regarding bespoke participant numbers
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Primary School (ages 8-12) • Up to 60 minutes • $285 + GST (per session, up to 35 students) Please contact education@sydneydancecompany.com for enquiries regarding bespoke participant numbers
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Secondary School / dance studios (ages 12+) • 60 mins - $285 + GST (per session, up to 40 students) • 90 mins - $385 + GST (per session, up to 40 students)
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Primary School (ages 8-12) • 60 mins - $285 + GST (per session, up to 40 students)
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Resource Packs
Sydney Dance Company’s digital 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 sections of filmed work for use in educational settings and are $75.00 each.
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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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, 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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“Some of the highlights for the Junior Youth Ensemble this year has definitely been able to work with a range of choreographers and therefore a range of different styles of contemporary. As well as this, I think being able to expand my ability to improvise and create movement on my own.”
— Youth Ensemble dancer, 2023
Youth Intensive Sydney Dance Company runs Youth Intensive programs every year. These one-week program provides an opportunity for young aspiring dancers to learn from Sydney Dance Company, extending formal training, sparking creativity, and challenging young artists through daily technique classes, creative development and Sydney Dance Company repertoire.
“I have enjoyed being able to explore movement more freely and thoroughly in the Youth Ensemble. It has really improved my ability to do creative tasks at dance outside of the Youth Ensemble course.
— Youth Ensemble dancer, 2023
To be notified of when the next Intensive is running, complete this Booking Form and the Education Team will be in touch.
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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). Sydney Dance Company is a Nationally Registered Training Organisation (RTO #45863). For more information, read the 2024 Prospectus here.
“I’ve experienced immense personal growth in the PreProfessional Year that I didn’t expect. I feel that I’ve been mentally and physically pushed by the diversity of workshops which has shifted my perspective on what I’m capable of, the kind of dancer I can be and the spaces I want to inhabit professionally. Being given the literal and emotional space to question my training, challenge aspects of my process and relationship to performance, and giving myself permission to hone and excel in the things that make me a unique dance artist is resulting in me feeling creatively fulfilled.”
— Charlie MacArthur PPY23
See what previous participants have to say about their experience in the PreProfessional Year in the video below:
Are you interested in the Pre-Professional Year but need more information? Complete this Booking Form and the Education Team will be in touch.
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Professional Development
Teacher Upskilling
Professional Intensive
Sydney Dance Company understands that as teachers there are few opportunities to continue to develop your skills or learn something new for yourself which is why we offer customised training upskilling for 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 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@sydneydanccompany.com for more information.
To be notified of when the next Intensive is running, complete this Booking Form and the Education Team will be in touch.
See what previous participants have to say about their experience in the Professional Intensive in the video below:
Accredited Short Courses As a Registered Training Organisation (RTO #45863) Sydney Dance Company offers Accredited Short Courses aimed at extending the knowledge and skills of those with a comprehensive understanding of contemporary dance. Accredited short courses are suitable for senior dance students and professionals as well as performing arts teachers working in creative industries or education wishing to expand their skillset. On the successful completion of a course, a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment for the unit of competency will be awarded.
More information on 2024 Accredited Short Course availability is coming soon! Contact us on (02) 9258 4800 or email education@sydneydanccompany.com for more information.
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Testimonials “Our practitioner was absolutely outstanding! She made the world of contemporary dance exciting & accessible for all of our students. Everyone left buzzing! I was re-inspired! Particularly learning the repertoire, it reminded me of the wide spectrum of Contemporary dance and what is actually considered Contemporary today.” — Scotch College, SA, Secondary Workshop
“The Teaching Artists were incredible with the students. They were kind and patient. They made everyone feel comfortable and allowed them the opportunity to engage as much as they wanted. They were equally supportive of the kids who were enthusiastic and engaged naturally, and the kids who were reluctant to try new things.” — Lightning Reef Primary School, VIC, Primary Workshop
“The Matinee is such a beautifully structured event. The mix between discussion and performance is so perfectly aimed at young dancers. The behind the scenes view really supports the performance and gives students a greater appreciation of the work. My students were exhilarated afterwards.” — Teacher Reddam House, NSW, Matinee Performance
“The students and I learnt so much and now feel super inspired! The Teacher and choreography was fantastic. We would LOVE to do more in the future.” — Chinchilla State High School, QLD, Virtual Workshop
“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!” — St Brendan-Shaw College, Resource Packs
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