Dance Australia congratulates the 25 young dancers who have won places in Sydney Dance Company’s inaugural pre-professional year training program:
Adrian Stoll, NSW Angela Walker NSW Christen Patinyotis VIC Daniel Russell NSW Emma Moran NSW Isaac Di Natale VIC Isabella Ostermann NSW Jocelyn Ballantyne VIC Josephine Weise QLD Kate Arber, WA Kelsey Smith, NSW Kristina Wallbank, NSW Laura Wood, QLD Leah Marojevic, NSW Luke Mangraviti, NSW Maxime Hexter, VIC Nicholas Tredrea, New Zealand Olivia Kingston, NSW Olympia Kotopoulos, NSW Phillipa Mills, NSW Sam Young-Wright, ACT Shriram Shastri, NSW Stephanie Fernandez, NSW Tara Gower, ACT Zachary Lopez, QLD
The dancers range in age from 17 to 22 years. More than 220 dancers applied for the places. Some of the successful dancers are graduates from Australian tertiary dance programs including the Victorian College of the Arts – University of Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Others have trained internationally at institutions including Hamburg Ballet School, Zurich Opera House Ballet School, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre and Northern School of Contemporary Dance UK.
SDC artistic director Rafael Bonachela working with dancers at a short course dance intensive. Photo: Peter Grieg.
