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Pre-Professional Program
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.
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.
ADC will deliver this qualification in partnership with Australian Teachers of Dancing (RTO 31624).
Program supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland's Strategic Partnerships Fund (2024 to 2026) and The L&R Foundation.
# Audition
Audition to be a part of the inaugural cohort of ADC's Pre-Professional Program.
Applications to audition for placement in our 2025 Pre-Professional Program are now open.
To assist with your application, please view our 2025 Prospectus and FAQs and join us for an online information session hosted by Artistic Director Amy Hollingsworth and Program Director Alison Currie.
Key dates
/ Online Information Session Monday 1 July 2024
/ Applications close Sunday 4 August 2024
/ Auditions held Sunday 1 September 2024 in Meanjin/Brisbane, Qld
/ Outcomes announced October 2024
If you have any questions please email training@australasiandancecollective.com.
Apply to Audition
Submit your online application by Sunday 4 August 2024.
Apply NowFrequently Asked Questions
View our FAQs.
Read MoreOnline Information Session
Learn more about the application process and audition, and have your questions answered. Monday 1 July 2024 | 5.30pm (AEST)
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Join us for a free contemporary workshop + Q&A.
ADC will be hosting a series of free contemporary dance workshops with Artistic Director Amy Hollingsworth and Program Director Alison Currie. Join us to learn directly from our artistic team and hear more about our Pre-Professional Program.
/ Caloundra
Sunday 23 June 2024 | 11.30am – 2.30pm
Playhouse Stage | The Events Centre
/ Gold Coast
Monday 24 June 2024 | 10.30am – 1.30pm
Activity Room | Broadbeach Cultural Centre
#Qualification
This nationally recognised 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.
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.
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.
#Dates & Fees
TERM 1 / Tuesday 28 January - Friday 4 April (10 weeks)
TERM 2 / Tuesday 22 April - Friday 27 June (10 weeks)
TERM 3 / Monday 14 July - Friday 19 September (10 weeks)
TERM 4 / Tuesday 7 October - Friday 12 December (10 weeks)
Times
Monday - Friday, 9.30am - 5.30pm
Plus additional hours as required for productions.
Judith Wright Arts Centre, Fortitude Valley,
Meanjin/Brisbane
Cost
$14,500 (payable by instalments)
See 2025 Prospectus for Schedule of Fees.
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We acknowledge the First Nations people as the Traditional Owners of Meanjin (Brisbane).
Australasian Dance Collective acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their deep connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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