Description

Spring Dance Workshop 2008
Brochure [PDF]

Sydney Dance Company Dance Studios offer School Holiday Workshops for young dance enthusiasts.

The workshops provide a fun but focused environment for students to improve their technique under the direction of professional choreographers. All teachers are highly trained and currently working or performing in the dance industry.

Each student receives a Certificate of Attendance.

For information on upcoming Workshops, click on the '2008 Workshops' link above.

If you would like to join our mailing list to be informed about future workshops by email or street mail, click on the 'Join Out Mailing Lists' link at the bottom of the page. Alternatively if you would like some advice about the workshops, contact Tammy at Sydney Dance Company on 02 9258 4818 or email

2008 Workshops

Spring Dance Workshop 2008
October School Holidays 2008

Brochure [PDF]

2 days of dance $140
Jazz, Theatre Jazz, Hip Hop, Popping, Lyrical Jazz, JFH
8 PROFESSIONAL DANCERS & CHOREOGRAPHERS

Sydney Dance Company workshops are a great opportunity for young dancers to experience the choreographic styles of our highly recognized teachers who are currently working professionally in the dance industry. This special 2 day course is further enhanced this year by the inclusion of 2 choreographers who appeared in the hit TV Show So You Think You Can Dance.

Program

7-8 OCTOBER
Ages 8-10 elem/int
Ages 11-12 intermediate

9-10 OCTOBER
Ages 13-15 int/adv
Ages 16-18 int/adv

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
02 9258 4818
limited places

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

More Information

Tammy can assist with any queries you may have about the workshop.
Email Tamara Wheeler
Telephone 9258 4818
To join our mailing list, so you are automatically informed about our future workshops, click on the 'Join Our Mailing Lists' link at the bottom of the page

Class Styles

Lyrical Jazz
Slow and expressive jazz movements with an emphasis on technique: adagio / floor / centre.

Jazz
Often associated with musicals, Jazz is also the style used by pop starts such as Kylie Minogue and Madonna. You will learn the latest choreography to current chart music as seen on MTV, Channel V and at pop concerts and opening ceremonies.

Funk
A stylized combination of street funk, hip hop and pop similar to styles seen in music videos for DestinyÕs Child, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson.

Hip Hop
Street style dance from the Bronx in New York City. Free, funky and soulful expression of movement used by artists such as Usher and Missy Elliott.

JFH
A combination jazz/funk/hip hop class. A true commercial style.

Theatre Jazz
This class has a strong technique-based warm up and concentrates on the choreographic styles of Bob Fosse & other great choreographers of Broadway musicals such as Chicago, Chorus Line and West Side Story.

Lyrical Jazz
Lyrical Jazz Slow and expressive jazz movements often to ballad music sung by artists such as Kate DeAraugo, Maria Carey, Kelly Clarkson with an emphasis on technique: adagio / floor / centre.

General Information
General Information

What do I wear and what shoes should I bring with me?
The dress code is not strict. Please wear casual dance wear, something that you already have and feel comfortable in eg. track pants and t-shirt or singlet top, lycra dance pants or tights & top. Please wear jazz shoes or jazz sneakers for Jazz, jazz shoes or runners for Hip Hop.

What else should I bring?
Some suggestions of things to put in your sports bag: a bottle of drinking water, hair elastics, bandaids, a notebook and pencil (to write down new combinations you want to remember and the phone numbers of new friends), snacks to keep your energy up (energy bars or fruit).

Food/Snacks
There is a cafŽ next to our studios that sells water, soft drink, juice, lights meals, coffee, hot chocolate, cakes and biscuits etc. Otherwise please bring your own lunch, snacks and drinks. You may take a water bottle into the studio with you, however all other food and drinks must be consumed in the cafŽ area.

Valuable and Lost Property
Take all bags and valuables into the studio with you or leave them with your parent. Please remember to take everything with you after class as Sydney Dance Company cannot take responsibility for loss of items. There is a lost property basket behind the reception desk in the cafŽ.

Facilities
There are boys and girls toilets, change rooms and showers at the end of the hall opposite the studios.

Warming Up
Please be on time for the first class as it is important to warm up properly to avoid injury.

Class Behaviour
It is important students are respectful towards teachers and comply with any requests made by the teacher, as the well-being of the entire class is the teachersÕ responsibility.

Mobile Phones
All mobile phones must be turned off prior to commencement of the class.

Staff Supervision
Students will be supervised by our teachers and office staff during meal breaks. Please ensure that students are collected on time after the final class at 4pm. Supervision will end 20 minutes after the final class and Sydney Dance Company cannot be responsible for students after this time. If you are running late please call our office on 9221 4811.

Child Safety Check
All teachers at Sydney Dance Company have undergone "the working with children check" screening and are aware of their obligations under the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998.

Disclaimer
Dance classes can involve risk of personal injury. While Sydney Dance Company takes all reasonable care in the conduct of its classes, it accepts no responsibility for injury or loss caused during classes or whilst participants are at or near the dance studio. You are responsible for ensuring that you are physically and medically fit for the class and during the class you must at all times take care of your own personal safety. If an advertised teacher is suddenly unavailable, due to circumstances beyond our control, a replacement teacher with similar attributes and qualifications will be employed.