School Matinees

Our tailored school matinees connect students with cutting-edge contemporary dance performances.

With 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 the process of bringing a performance to life and the career pathways available within the performing arts industry.

2024 Sydney Secondary School Matinee bookings can be made here

2024 Sydney Primary School Matinee bookings can be made here

Fill out our Expressions of Interest Form and the Education Team will be in touch.

Watch this video for further insights into a Sydney Dance Company School Matinee:

We are thrilled to announce our exciting program momenta for the Season 1 School Matinee performances at the Roslyn 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. 

*Schools receive one complimentary teacher ticket for every 20 student tickets purchased.

Secondary School Matinee bookings can be made here 

Primary School Matinee bookings can be made here

Fill out our Expressions of Interest Form and the Education Team will be in touch.

The performance of momenta and accompanying resource pack encourage students to dissect choreographic devices, performance quality, production elements and creative processes. 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.

We are thrilled to announce our exciting program Twofold for the Season 2 School Matinee performances at the Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay.

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. 

*Schools receive one complimentary teacher ticket for every 20 student tickets purchased.

Secondary School Matinee bookings can be made here 

Primary School Matinee bookings can be made here

Fill out our Expressions of Interest Form and the Education Team will be in touch.

The performance of Twofold and accompanying resource pack encourage students to dissect choreographic devices, performance quality, production elements and creative processes. 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. Workshops can be delivered as a school incursion to your school or on the same day as a matinee, subject to studio availability.

If you would like to order Sydney Dance Company merchandise for your school or studio group please contact [email protected]
with your order request at least 48 hours before the matinee or workshop.

We will prepare your order for you to collect at the School Matinee Performance or your In-Studio Workshop.

Sydney Dance Company is committed to providing a safe, nurturing, stable and secure environment for children. We believe that the welfare of children participating in our programs is of the highest priority and we foster practices to support children’s health, developmental needs, self-respect and confidence.You can download our Child Protection Policy and our Values and Expectations for children participating in activities with Sydney Dance Company below.

All teaching staff employed by Sydney Dance Company to work with children and young people hold a current NSW Working With Children Check and agree to abide by our policies and guidelines in relation to working with children.

Should you have any questions or need guidance on how to raise a concern, please don’t hesitate to contact our Child Safe Environment Officer on 02 9258 4800 or [email protected].