Our Teaching Artists are a vital part of Sydney Dance Company. Every year, they tour regional Australia to bring dance to communities and schools around the country. One of our Teaching Artists, Kate Grima-Farrell, discusses life on the road and teaching ab [intra] repertoire to young people in her… Read more

Pre-Professional Year 2016 alumnus Eliza Cooper gives us an illuminating insight into her life as an independent dancer in Sydney, and tells us about the impact of the Pre-Professional Year on her developing dance career: “Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year 2016 was a year of… Read more

Pre-Professional Year dancer Georgie Bailey is getting ready to join the Company as a trainee for the Darwin and Perth tour of ab [intra]. Read Georgie’s thoughts on the role of an understudy.  “Currently in my second year with Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year, I was asked to understudy for Rafael… Read more

Sydney Dance Company’s ab [intra] is as much a musical collaboration as it is one between the choreographer and the dancers. For ab [intra], composer Nick Wales once again reunites with choreographer and Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela to create a sumptuous and varied musical score, fusing lush… Read more

Ex-Sydney Dance Company dancer and emerging choreographer Cass Mortimer Eipper facilitated a series of choreographic workshops for a group of Pre-Professional Year students last month. PPY student Georgia Adelt reflected on her week with Cass and the challenges in readying herself for new work: One… Read more

Hailing from Detroit, dance student Amanda Zawisza flew down to Sydney for our week-long Professional Intensive training program. Designed for tertiary performing arts students, graduates, and professional dancers, the program teaches participants Company repertoire, choreographic process, and challenging creative tasks such as structured improvisation. We sat down with… Read more

For the first 2 weeks of term 2, we have been focusing on a choreographic development by guest artist Ashley Wright to be performed at our graduation season at Carriageworks in December. Ashley is incorporating elements of physical theatre that bring an extra layer to… Read more

Ahead of the world premiere season of Sydney Dance Company’s ab [intra], we sat down with Set and Costume Designer David Fleischer to talk about his design choices behind the new production. The NIDA graduate has previously worked with organisations such as Opera Australia, Sydney Theatre Company,… Read more

Sydney Dance Company recently performed three works – Rafael Bonachela’s Lux Tenebris, Cheng Tsung-lung’s Full Moon and Gabrielle Nankivell’s Wildebeest – at the historic Théâtre National de Chaillot. While on tour in Paris, between travel, rehearsals and performing, Company dancer Chloe Leong kept a tour diary for Audrey Journal. Paris, April 11, 2018 The… Read more

ab [intra] is Rafael Bonachela’s first full scale work since the critically acclaimed 2 One Another and Project Rameau in 2012 and makes its world debut in Sydney this May before touring nationally. We spoke with Rafael about ab [intra] and his creative process. “ab [intra], meaning from… Read more