All Star Dance & Performance Competitors

Dance changes you. More than simply witnessing something beautiful, or engaging with culture, to experience dance is to be positively altered. From performances at the Joyce Theatre in New York, to the Grand in Shanghai, the Stanislavsky in Moscow and the Sydney Opera House at home, Sydney Dance Company has proven that there are no passive observers in a contemporary dance audience. The reward of truly moving audiences, and the raw pride of sharing Australian art with the world has driven our ensemble of 16 dancers, led by Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela, to become one of the world’s strongest forces in contemporary dance. Alongside Bonachela’s original works, our programs have featured guest choreographers like Jacopo Godani, Alexander Ekman, Gideon Obarzanek and Cheng Tsung-Lung as well as collaborations with the Sydney Festival, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Jones and composers Bryce Dessner, Nick Wales, 48nord and Ezio Bosso. Sydney Dance Company has a broad community beyond the practice and performance of our lead dancers. We believe in the universality of dance, and with the largest public dance class program in Australia, we help over 80,000 people a year connect with the grace, strength and creativity that lives within all of us. Our nation-wide education program offers a strategic curriculum targeting primary and secondary students through to career focused study for pre-professional dancers and university graduates.

The Dance Collective is Perth's premier dance training centre and performance company. We aim to transform people of all ages and abilities into talented dancers. Award-winning teacher and choreographer Charisse Parnell leads an outstanding team who provide teaching of the highest quality in Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet, Lyrical, Breaking, Dancehall, Heels and Burlesque. Our choreographic and teaching team include industry professionals who work and continue their training with world class artists within Australia and abroad. The warm, positive and friendly vibe that exists within our studio is created because teachers and dancers are encouraging and supportive of one another. The Dance Collective has a reputation for supplying performances and workshops of the highest quality for numerous event management companies, government bodies and corporations. We also supply teachers and choreographers to primary schools, high schools, private studios who wish to enhance their dance programs. In addition, The Dance Collective also acts as an agency for artists supplying choreographers and dancers for corporate events, children's character shows, the television and film industry and print media.

Dance Central offers an extensive range of dance classes and workshops for adults and teenagers at our centrally located Sydney studio. Styles include Hip Hop, Funk, Cuban Salsa, Bollywood, Jamaican Dancehall, Belly Dance, Reggaeton, Brazilian Samba, Afro Fusion, Tahitian Dance, Hulahoop and more…