Sydney Dance Company July School Holidays

29th June or 6th July

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1 Day Intensive $80

Yoga/Pilates Ballet Class Contemporary Repertoire

For ages 14—18

An introduction from Linda Gamblin Course Director, Pre-Professional Year

Sydney Dance Company’s one-day intensive for senior dance students will give you a great insight into how we spend our days in the full-time Pre-Professional Year Course giving you food for thought as you continue to explore the wonderful world of dance. Meticulous training in classical and contemporary technique, including intense pilates and yoga practice is the best foundation for developing as a dancer. In this one day intensive you will learn Sydney Dance Company repertoire choreographed by Rafael Bonachela along with exploring improvisation skills and task work, which extends the dancer to become the artist.

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Ages 14 to 18 Intermediate

Monday 29 June 9.30am – 10.00am Registration 10.00am-11.15am Yoga / Pilates with Jolie Brook 11.15am-11.30am Recess 11.30am – 12.45pm Ballet Class with Linda Gamblin 12.45pm-1.30pm Lunch 1.30pm – 4.30pm Contemporary Workshop with Thomas Bradley Includes Technique, Task Work, Improvisation & Sydney Dance Company Repertoire (2 One Another) ______

Ages 14 to 18 Intermediate

Monday 6 July 9.30am – 10.00am Registration 10.00am-11.15am Yoga / Pilates with Jolie Brook 11.15am-11.30am Recess 11.30am – 12.45pm Ballet Class with Paul Knobloch 12.45pm-1.30pm Lunch 1.30pm – 4.30pm Contemporary Workshop with Thomas Bradley Includes Technique, Task Work, Improvisation & Sydney Dance Company Repertoire (2 One Another) ______Faculty

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Linda Gamblin - Ballet Thomas Bradley - Contemporary Linda Gamblin has enjoyed a prestigious classical dance Thomas originally comes from Cootamundra, regional career. She commenced her training in Queensland at the NSW, where he received his early dance training in Jazz Queensland Dance School of Excellence and later accepted a and Ballet. Thomas’ later training was at the VCA position with The Royal Ballet School in . Linda then Secondary School (2008) on a full scholarship, and the NZ worked with the National Ballet of Portugal as a Soloist and School of Dance (2009-2011). While at VCASS he guest artist. She returned to Australia to perform with the performed with the Ballet Company, Altona Australian Ballet, where she worked through the ranks to the City Theatre production of CATS (7 month period) and position of Leading Soloist in 1993. Linda danced a variety of placed third at the Australian Choreographic Competition. principal roles at The Australian Ballet including Juliet in In 2010 Thomas took his solo Manipulated Living to Romeo and Juliet, Lise in La Fille Mal Gardee and Swanilda in Tempo, New Zealand Festival of Dance where he was Coppelia. She travelled extensively with the company nominated for ‘Best Choreography by an Emerging Artist’, throughout Australia and on tours to the United Kingdom, ‘Most Inspiring Performance’ and won ‘Best Performance various parts of Europe, Asia, Russia and the United States. by an Emerging Male Artist’. Thomas also featured as a Linda then went on to dance with The Royal Ballet, soloist in the 2010 NZSD Graduation Season performing an performing in works such as Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping excerpt of Michael Parmenter’s Rhapsodysolo. Thomas Beauty, Manon and Cinderella. Linda joined Sydney Dance returned to Tempo in 2011 with a new solo Seam, and an Company in 1996 and made her debut in ’s excerpt of his piece Shepherd, from NZSD Choreographic Berlin. Following this she danced in The Protecting Veil, Free Season. In his final year at the NZSD, Thomas spent a short Radicals and Tivoli. She danced the lead role of Beauty in period with Australian Dance Theatre (Adelaide) Beauty and the Beast. performing excerpts of Be Your Self. Thomas joined Sydney Dance Company in 2012 as the Linda is a passionate dance educator and has a keen interest recipient of the Sydney Dance Company Foxtel in understanding the workings of the body. She attained her Scholarship. Thomas performed in the world premiere of Level 3 Diploma in Anatomy and Physiology Rafael Bonachela’s 2 One Another(2012-2014); whilst teaching Pilates, and has continued to develop her Larissa McGowan’s Fanatics part of Contemporary Women education on the muscular and skeletal systems and (2012); Project Rameau(2012-2013); De Novo (2013), biomechanics. This knowledge has become an integral part featuring works by Rafael Bonachela (Emergence), Larissa of her teaching practice. Linda is excited to collaborate with McGowan (Fanatic) and Alexander Ekman (Cacti), Les students through the Pre-Professional Year and Illuminations(2013-2014); and the acclaimed season educate, challenge and inspire them through the exploration Interplay(2014) featuring choreography by Rafael of what dance practice is as well as what it can be. Linda is Bonachela (2 in D Minor), Jacopo Godani (Raw Models) passionate about embracing a dancers’ individuality and and Gideon Obarzanek (L’Chaim!). uniqueness and working with them to reach their ultimate He also toured North America, South America and Russia potential. with the acclaimed 2 One Another, winner of the ‘Best Ensemble’ Award in the 2012 Green Room Awards and the 2013 Australian Dance Award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Choreography’ and ‘Outstanding Performance by a Company’.

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Paul Knobloch – Ballet Jolie Brook – Yoga Born in Canberra, Paul began his dance training at the Jolie formally trained as a dancer at the Centre for the Canberra Dance Development Centre and completed his Performing Arts, Adelaide. She has performed with training at The Australian Ballet School in 1997. contemporary dance companies Darc Swan Dance Co, One Paul joined the West Australian Ballet in 1997, accepted a Extra Dance Co, Opera Australia, The Queensland Opera, position with the English National Ballet in 1998, and New Zealand Opera and various freelance projects. To this returned home to his native Australia in 2002, to join The day (since the year 2000) she continues to perform & has Australian Ballet. In 2001 Paul was named Most traveled extensively both Nationally & Internationally with Outstanding Dancer and in 2002 Dancer to Watch by the the image based theatre company SMK 1. Dance Australia Critics Choice. Jolie completed her formal Yoga teacher training at Nature With The Australian Ballet, he danced many iconic roles in Care College (Advanced Diploma) alongside 23 years of ballets history including: the Prince The Nutcracker - ongoing committed practice with yoga teachers both here Prince Florimund The Sleeping Beauty - Le Corsaire Pas de & abroad. She has studied many forms of Hatha yoga Deux the Poet Les Sylphide - Espada Don Quixote - Solor (incorporating Asana, Pranayama & Meditation) in La Bayadare - Blackmoore Petrouchka and Koschie The particular Ashtanga, Anusara, Iyengar & Yoga Synergy Firebird. styles. In 2004 he was presented with a scholarship by The As a teacher, Jolie is always in awe that such an ancient Australian Ballet to work alongside American Ballet practice such as yoga can still be so relevant in today’s Theatre, Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and times and respect this lineage. She aims to teach from a Pacific Northwest Ballet. In 2007 Paul appeared as a guest place of authenticity making students feel comfortable in artist with The Dancers Company performing across their quest for a stronger body, looser limbs, a fuller Australia in The Sleeping Beauty and Les Sylphide. In 2009 breath and a quieter mind. he accepted the invitation of Artistic Director Gil Roman to join the renowned Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. During Paul’s career he has worked with choreographers including Stanton Welch, Meryl Tankard, Graeme Murphy, Alonzo King, Stephen Page, Barry Moreland, Stephen Baynes, Timothy Farrar, Adrian Burnett, Nicolo Fonte, Edmund Stripe, Natalie Weir and Sthan Kabar Louet. Paul joined Sydney Dance Company in 2014 for the 2 One Another tour to Western Australia, Queensland and central western New South Wales. Paul was also part of Sydney Dance Company’s Louder Than Words season at Sydney Theatre, featuring works by Rafael Bonachela and Andonis Foniadakis.

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Age Groups and Levels Class Behaviour Please book in according to your age group. All groups are for It is important students are respectful towards teachers and experienced dancers. comply with any requests made by the teacher, as the well- being of the entire class is the teachers’ responsibility. What do I wear and what shoes should I bring with me? Mobile Phones The dress code is not strict. Please wear casual dance wear, All mobile phones must be turned off prior to something that you already have and feel comfortable in eg. commencement of the class. Lycra dance tights & top, leotard & tights with skirt or shorts over the top, track pants and t-shirt/singlet top. Please bring Staff Supervision your jazz shoes or jazz sneakers. Ballet flats, bare feet or Students will be supervised by our Teachers and Room cotton socks for Lyrical & Contemporary. Monitors at all times and also during meal breaks. Please ensure that students are collected on time after the final What else should I bring? class at 4pm. Supervision will end 20 minutes after the final Some suggestions of things to put in your sports bag: a bottle class and Sydney Dance Company cannot be responsible for of drinking water, tissues, autograph book, hair elastics, students after this time. If you are running late please call bandaids, a notebook and pencil, lunch or lunch money, our office on 92584818. snacks to keep your energy up. Child Safety Check Food / Snacks All Teachers and Room Monitors at Sydney Dance Company There is a café next to our studios that sells water, soft drinks, have undergone “the working with children check” screening juice, lights meals, hot chips, sandwiches & rolls, coffee, hot and are aware of their obligations under the Commission for chocolate, cakes and biscuits etc. Otherwise please bring your Children and Young People Act 1998. own lunch, snacks and drinks. Students with any allergy should take their own appropriate Refunds precautions. There is a commercial café at the front of the We do not provide refunds or credits for change of mind or studio venue. We cannot monitor what students may eat or other personal circumstances. However, we can provide a purchase from the café. refund if the cancellation is due to a medical reason and a medical certificate is provided. Valuables and Lost Property Take your bags and valuables into the studio with you or leave Disclaimer them with your parent. Please remember to take everything Dance classes can involve risk of personal injury. While with you after class as Sydney Dance Company cannot take Sydney Dance Company takes all reasonable care in the responsibility for loss of items. conduct of its classes, it accepts no responsibility for injury or loss caused during classes or whilst participants are at or Facilities near the dance studio. You are responsible for ensuring that There are boys and girls toilets, change rooms and showers at you are physically and medically fit for the class and during the end of the hall opposite the studios. the class you must at all times take care of your own personal safety. If an advertised teacher is suddenly Warming Up unavailable, due to circumstances beyond our control, a Please be on time for the first class as it is important to warm replacement teacher with similar attributes and up properly to avoid injury. qualifications will be employed.