Pre-Professional Program

Australasian Dance Collective’s Pre-Professional Program (PPP) offers full-time vocational training for contemporary dancers.

Students will gain invaluable experience training alongside a professional company and graduate with a CUA60120 Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance) upon successful completion of the course.

Our PPP offers a Nationally Recognised Training qualification through a specialised curriculum tailored to provide dancers with essential tools for a sustainable career in dance.

ADC is committed to nurturing future generations of dance artists.

Our PPP aims to cultivate creative, versatile and employable dance artists, with strong and diverse artistic voices and excellence in technical and performance capabilities.

Program supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland's Strategic Partnerships Fund (2024 to 2026) and The L&R Foundation.

From 2026, ADC will deliver this qualification in partnership with Empowerdance (RTO 40397).

CUA60120 - Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance). Delivered over one year, full-time.

This Nationally Recognised Training qualification takes a holistic approach to building the skills and experience required for a sustainable career in dance.

Led by a team of industry professionals, the course provides excellence in training and performance with four pillars of focus:

Creative Practice / students will expand their understanding of creative practice and develop their unique artistic voices through exposure to a broad range of choreographic processes including improvisation and task work. Understanding and experiencing collaboration, and the associated skills, will be key to their development.

Physical Practice / students will develop and refine their skills in a variety of contemporary and classical techniques, bolstered by conditioning and somatic practices. Through the pursuit of excellence, the training will create skilful, versatile and dynamic dance artists.

Sustainable Practice / students will gain the skills required to be ‘industry ready’ in the current and future arts landscape. Wellbeing, resilience and creative capability will be prioritised alongside practical skills in producing, arts administration and art form advocacy.

Multidisciplinary Practice / students will work across a range of mediums and environments to develop their skills in creating for and collaborating within digital, site-specific and non-traditional settings.

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Performance outcomes are embedded in the program. As well as their own dedicated performance season, students will have opportunities to understudy/perform in ADC Mainstage seasons and access to ADC's Artistic team, Company Artists as well guest choreographers and creatives for ADC seasons.

Term Dates
TERM 1 / Wednesday 27 January - Thursday 25 March (9 weeks)
TERM 2 / Monday 12 April - Friday 25 June (11 weeks)
TERM 3 / Monday 12 July - Friday 17 September (10 weeks)
TERM 4 / Tuesday 5 October - Friday 10 December (10 weeks)

Times
Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm
Plus additional hours as required for productions.

Location
Judith Wright Arts Centre, Fortitude Valley,
Meanjin/Brisbane