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Latest NewsJune - July, 2008 Sydney Eisteddfod. Competition to be held 4th to 6th July for Groups. 65 students from ADPI and 4 students from BDC have headed to Sydney for this competition to be held at the Science Theatre. Christiaan Bettridge (Present) has accepted a contract as a dancer in Korea and will commence there in August, 2008 Rhys Humphreys and Jarrad Cramp have received Distinctions for their Advanced 2 examination held in Sydney and have qualified for and will join Grace Willett at the Genee Medals in Toronto, August, 2008 March - May 2008 In the Brisbane Repertoire, Rhys Humphreys was awarded Runner-Up and Jarrad Cramp Highly Commended. Brisbane Eisteddfod. Both ADPI and BDC entered for this competition and again achieved extremely well. They won the jack Chambers Award for winning the Open Jazz Section and the Adjudicators Award for their Song and Tap "Show People". BDC were placed in all groups items entered and ADPI received many firsts and some seconds and thirds. Sunshine Coast Eisteddfod. Our Junior School. the Brisbane Dance Centre (BDC) entered their first eisteddfod this year under the direction of Janine McGrath, Artistic Director of the Brisbane Youth Ballet Company. All students gained great knowledge and experience and were awarded many first places. Lucas Brinin (12) was awarded the trophy for the Most Promising Male Dancer and Vail Bromberger the overall trophy for the most promising Female Classical Dancer.
January, 2008 Kate Struik (2007) offered a contract with Carnival Cruises, America from February 2008. December, 2007 Jarrad Cramp (17 Present) awarded the RAD Australian $5,000.00 Bursary on Tuesday 11th December, 2007. Adjudicators Colin Peasley and Megan Connelly from the Australian Ballet Company. Grace Willett (16 Present) after participating in the Sydney Dance Company class on Friday 7th December was offered a secondment with the Company. Jarrad Cramp (Present) one of the twenty males in the world chosen to compete at the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland in January/February 2008. Vladimir Musson (2006) accepted second contract with NYK Cruises Asuka II Chanelle Humphreys (2006) accepted second contract with Carnival Cruises Ruben Montoya (2006) offered contract Carnival Cruises Gemma London (2006) accepted 2nd contract with Carnival Cruises Leanne Saunders (Present) contract Universal Studios, Osaka (February 2008) Mitchell McCrone (Present) in the final 100 of So You Think You Can Dance Eli Crawford (Present) in the final 100 of So You Think You Can Dance November 2007 Cassie Elliott (Sharpay Evans), Palmer Marchese (Zeke Baylor), Brainiacs Sam Bonner and Sam Campbell, Wildcat Cheerleaders Alica Zwemer and Lauren Turner, Female Company Casey Nissen and Monique Dawes chosen for High School Musical to be performed at the Gold Coast Arts Centre in January 2008 September 2007 Grace Willett (16) was awarded Solo Seal, the most prestigious examination award of the Royal Academy of Dance. Grace also won the Senior Scholarship at the RAD South East Qld Panel awards and also gained the Audience Award. In the same competition, Isabella Isordi (12) was awarded the Encouragement prize for the Intermediate Section and Lucas Brinin (12) was a Finalist in the Junior Section. Isabella Elordi (12) auditioned successfully for the third year of the Australian Ballet School's Associate Program. Jarrad Cramp (17) was chosen as a Finalist in the Society of Art Dance (SODA) awards in Sydney. The Albion full-time students were invited to sing the Australian Anthem and perform a group piece "Saturday Night" at the Queensland Young Achiever Awards on 22nd September. They were received tremendously well by the large gathering present. Rudy Hawkes of the Australian Ballet Company who was coached by Miss Eversen during his final year before being accepted into the Australian Ballet School was awarded First prize in the Arts Category. The RAD Grade Examination students achieved very well in their recent examinations and Lara Andrews was our top achiever. Congratulations to all students of their success. The RAD held their first session of Vocational examinations at our Gold Coast campus from 6th to 18th September. The premises suited these examinations very well and appeared to be enjoyed by all who were involved. We also had a large number of students there and also at Albion who sat for their examinations. At the Gold Coast Eisteddfod both campuses acquitted themselves extremely well with the Gold Coast campus gaining their first awards. The Brisbane campus had many winning groups. August 2007 Harold Collins MBE is at present mounting a ballet for a university in Taiwan and Barbara Eversen leaves shortly for China to take up an invitation by the Dance Department at the Wuhan University to visit and exchange teaching methodology. During this short trip, she will also stop off in Suzhou to see Sinasi Alak and view him in Company classes and rehearsals. RAD Vocational students are preparing for their up and coming examinations both in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. For the first time, the RAD is holding the Vocational examinations at the Gold Coast and using the ADPI premises there. Our RAD Grade students are also preparing for their examinations on 23rd August. We wish all students well and hope they enjoy the experience. The Gold Coast Campus full-timers have welcomed new Faculty for second Semester with Renee Emery taking over the Acting, Lisa-Marie Grosskopf singing and Michael Edge Hip Hop. Helena Wilson-Moore conducted a jazz workshop and Jacqui Devereux a Musical Theatre one. Rehearsals are well underway for two Musical Theatre Nights where the students perform in a theatre and are assessed on these performances. The Brisbane night is at the Judith Wright Centre, Fortitude Valley on Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th October and the Gold Coast night will be at the Marymount High School. The date for this is to be confirmed. What an exciting night it was on Sunday 30th July at the Sydney Opera House. Our Jazz Group competed in the finals and danced exceptionally. It was great experience and has motivated the students so well. July, 2007 Jazz Open Group from the Brisbane Campus competed in the McDonald Performing Art Challenge in Sydney on 30th June and was chosen as one of the 6 groups to compete in the finals at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday 29th July, 2007. Previously this group along with the Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Song and Dance, Song and Tap, Cabaret and Hip Hop Groups had won their Open Sections at the Brisbane Eisteddfod in May. At the recent McDonald Performing Arts Challenge in Sydney our Groups gained a Second in Tap, Third in Song and Dance, Highly Commended in Tap, Hip Hop, Jazz, Contemporary and Musical Theatre. The Gold Coast Campus competed in their first eisteddfods recently and acquitted themselves very well. They showed great enthusiasm and commitment and look forward to being able to gain more experience at the upcoming Gold Coast eisteddfod. Grace Willett who recently sat her Advanced 2 RAD examination was awarded 94%. Misa Kato was awarded 90% for her Intermediate examination also. Grace Stewart who gained her Certificate IV of Art (Musical Theatre) at the end of 2006 has gained a contract for the Musical Spamalot and starts rehearsals in Melbourne in October. Katie Whitchurch who is currently studying for her Advanced Diploma of Art (Dance Performance) has gained a contract with Disney, Tokyo (Little Mermaid) and will commence there in August 2007. Mitchell McCrone and Eli Crawford students presently studying for their Advanced Diploma of Art (Musical Theatre) have been offered contacts for the Royal Caribbean Cruises and will commence in November and December. Chantelle Mullin presently studying for the Advanced Diploma of Art (Musical Theatre) has been awarded a two week scholarship to the USA. Sinasi Alak who graduated with his Advanced Diploma of Art (Dance Performance) in 2005 returned from one year with the Hamburg Ballett Schule and successfully auditioned for the Voyagers Company based in China. He commenced there in June 2007. Our Junior Elite Performance Stream danced at the In-House Performance on Saturday 23rd June performing "Papillion" choreographed by Harold Collins MBE. Everyone present thoroughly enjoyed their performance. Over the next few months four scholarship winners from the Alana Haines competition will be visiting ADPI Brisbane Campus for two weeks to take classes with the full-time students. These students are from the Paula Hunt School in Wellington and the Mt Eden Ballet School in Auckland. February, 2007 Eli Crawford (Fish Seller), Mitchell McCrone (Sailor), Sam Bonner (Beggar), Grace Willett (Flower Seller), Sky Bailey (Grand Lady) and Rebecca Lamb (Grand Lady) were chosen to be extras in the Australian ballet's "Don Quixote" in Brisbane at QPAC till Tuesday 27th February. The Gold Coast campus will OPEN at its permanent home at 42 Junction Road, BURLEIGH HEADS on 4th March, 2007. Enquiries are now welcome for the afternoon school program where RAD ballet, CSTD Tap and Theatrical, Hip Hop, OPen Jazz, Open Tap, Mummy amd Me and Adult classes will be offered. Certificate III in Dance - This qualification will be offered and delivered part time to students wishing to gain credits towards their Year 12 Qualification. Dance students will be able to remain with their own teachers and continue their studies in classical ballet, jazz and contemporary. They will be required to attend ADPI for 2 Assessments of each practical unit and to gain the knowledge for the academic units. Jasmine Kimber (Graduate 2006) has gained a contract on Carnival Cruises in America. Francine Cain (Graduate 2006) flew to Perth to commence studies at WAAPA in the Musical Theatre course. January 2007 After a very successful RAD Vocational Summer School, we recommenced our Advanced Diploma courses on Monday 22nd January welcoming students from Japan, New Zealand, Tasmania, Townsville, Central Queensland, New South Wales and Brisbane. The New campus at the Gold Coast started on Monday 29th January at interim facilities at House of Dance, Southport
October/November 2006 Musical Theatre stream's preparations are in full swing for the Musical Theatre Showcase to be held at the Judith Wright Centre on Tuesday 5th December at 7.30pm. Classical/Contemporary and Musical Theatre stream are also rehearsing for their Graduation Performance on Sunday 10th December at 7.30pm at QUT Theatre, Garden's Point, George Street, Brisbane. The afternoon school's Dance 2006 will be held on Saturday 9th December (6.30pm) and Sunday 10th December (2.00pm) also at the QUT Theatre Garden's Point, George Street, Brisbane. Eight of our 2006 students and four of our
2005 Graduates have been successful as follows: September, 2006 Heath Cundy accepted into the Australian Ballet School Grace Willett semi finalist SODA competition, Sydney Rhys Humphreys semi finalist SODA competition, Sydney Anneka Haack gained a contract with P & O Cruises Chanelle Humphreys gained a contract as a dancer for theme park in Taipei Angelina Dugec gained a contract as a dancer with Carnival Cruises Gemma London gained a contract as a dancer with Carnival Cruises Emma Barrett gained a contract as a dancer with P & O Cruises 26th and 27th August, 2006 - Gold Coast Eisteddfod MOST OUTSTANDING UP-TEMPO OPEN AGE GROUP FIRST UP-TEMPO MODERN OPEN AGE CABARET GROUP OPEN AGE MUSICAL THEATRE OPEN AGE SONG AND TAP OPEN AGE CONTEMPORARY OPEN AGE SECOND UP-TEMPO MODERN OPEN AGE UP-TEMPO MODERN VISITING SCHOOLS OPEN AGE NOVELTY THIRD CLASSICAL GROUP OPEN AGE 14th to 18th August, 2006 Our RAD Grade Examinations were held and we welcomed Miss Robyn Hick who examined the children and thank Mrs Val Nugent who played so well for them once again. Sally-Jane Gaynor dropped in to do some classes. Sally is home on holidays and will return to commence into 3rd year level (her 2nd year) at the Akademie des Tanzes in Mannheim. Renee Woods recently returned from teaching in Kobe, Japan and Justine Press visited for their second tutorial of their RAD Teaching Conversion examination to be conducted in November. Renee was seen twirling hair and helping the Grade candidates look beautiful for their examination as she talked about her experience teaching in a foreign language and country. Sunday 30th July, 2006 Rhys Humphreys performed extremely well as one of the eight finalists from a field of 135 in the McDonald Ballet Scholarships at the Opera House in Sydney. Rhys was chosen on Sunday 23rd July after competing in 2 classes, classical repertoire solo and contemporary solo. It was a great birthday present as he turned 16 the next day. He also was awarded 96% for his RAD Advanced 1 examination in May. The Jazz Open Group (Michael Jackson Remix choreographed by Helena Moore and Michael Edge) also performed with great energy, technique and commitment in the Finals of the Jazz Groups at the Opera House. They were one of the six Finalists from a field of 47. Heath Cundy at the same time headed for Melbourne to attend the finals of the Australian Ballet School auditions for the 2007 intake. Heath had previously been a quarter finalist in the McDonald Ballet Scholarships. Redcliffe Eisteddfod - June 2006 Our Open Groups won all sections in which they competed taking out the Aggregate Trophy, The Contemporary Award and the Best Jazz Group as well. Brisbane Arts in Focus - May 2006 All groups performed extremely well winning the best open jazz group, the classical open and cabaret open. Second in open contemporary, novelty, musical theatre and third in tap and also our second group gained third in the classical section. Germany, Norway, Sweden and Denmark - May/June 2006 Miss Eversen visited the above countries examining both Vocational Graded and Graded examinations in the latter three and visiting Sinasi Alak in Hamburg. She was very fortunate to see the Hamburg Ballet Company perform Romeo and Juliet in which former student Joseph Aitken danced extremely well. Sunday 9th April, 2006 Sinasi Alak was awarded the lady Mollie Askin Ballet Travelling Scholarship of $15,000.00 in March 2006. This award is given to an Australian student who shows great potential in Ballet. Sinasi and Miss Eversen travelled to Europe in January 2006 as Sinasi had been invited to audition for the Hamburg and John Cranko Schools in Germany. They went firstly to Hamburg where Sinasi was offered a position in the Balletschule des Hamburg Ballett and so Sinasi stayed in Hamburg and commenced his studies on 23rd January. Miss Eversen then went to Mannheim to visit Sally-Jane Gaynor who is in the Akademie des Tanzes and then onto Switzerland to meet up with Talia Fowler whom she had coached and prepared for the Prix de Lausanne. Talia danced extremely well and became a semi finalist impressing all especially with her interpretation of her solo from Grand Pas Classique. Angelique Cassimatis will be leaving in May for a tour of South East Asia to perform in a production through Gray Boy Agencies. Jessica Shields and Steven Hodge left in March to take up their contracts at Disney in Tokyo, Japan. Kyle Page gained a full contract with Dance North in Townsville. The Advanced Diploma of Art (Dance/Dance Performance) students in 2006 have come from far and wide with international students Ruben Montoya from Columbia, Yu Uchibori from Japan, Candy Ng from Malaysia and Carrieann Marriott from the UK. Renee Woods has gone to Kobe, Japan for three months to teach for Kafuyu Shintani. Lucky Renee is enjoying the Cherry Blossom season at present. Miss Eversen leaves shortly for a RAD Dual tour examining in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. She will visit Hamburg for two days to see how Sinasi is fairing. By all accounts, he has settled in well, enjoying his life there, living in an attic of an apartment and been given a lot of roles in the forthcoming school production at the Hamburg Opera House. We welcome Miss Carla McGree back to take over Miss Eversen's classes along with Mr. Harold Collins in the Junior School and Ms Janece Graham who will come into the Full Time school during this period. Sunday 18th September, 2005 Sinasi Alak was chosen the winner of the Senior Section and awarded $5,000.00 by adjudicators Jodie Rose and Robert Olup at the Society of Dance Arts (SODA) competition run from Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th September in Sydney. At the finals, Sinasi danced his classical variation, Le Corsair and a contemporary solo, the Pole-Ka choreographed by Bill Pengelly.
Toni McPherson and Jane Hinton auditioned successfully for the Universal Studios, T
Sunday 18th September, 2005Sinasi Alak was chosen the winner of the Senior Section and awarded $5,000.00 by adjudicators Jodie Rose and Robert Olup at the Society of Dance Arts (SODA) competition run from Thursday 15th to Sunday 18th September in Sydney. At the finals, Sinasi danced his classical variation, Le Corsair and a contemporary solo, the Pole-Ka choreographed by Bill Pengelly.
Toni McPherson and Jane Hinton auditioned successfully for the Universal Studios, Tokyo
27th and 28th August, 2005Gold Coast Eisteddfod. All students from our ADA courses achieved extremely well gaining the following: GROUP AWARDS:GOLD COAST DANCE WEAR TROPHY: MOST OUTSTANDING UP-TEMPO MODERN GROUP Australian Dance Performance Institute
Sunday 31st July 2005.Sinasi Alak, Advanced Diploma of Art (Dance Performance) student was one of the 8 finalists chosen from 134 candidates to compete in the finals of the McDonald Ballet Scholarships at the Sydney Opera House onLauren Purcell (Graduate 2004) contract with Disneyland ParisAshleigh Goodhew in the same competition was a quarter finalistKersten Graham (Graduate 2004 – Part time 2005) has been accepted at the Akademie des Tanzes, Mannheim and will commence there in September 2005Danielle Creswell (Graduate 2004) is studying a Bachelor of Creative Industries (Dance) at QUTAngela Hill has gained employment as a dancer at the Cairns CasinoAt the Sydney performing Arts Challenge in July our groups gained the following:
30th April, 2005Kyle Page (Graduate 2003) offered four month contract with Dance North, Townsville17th April to 25th April, 2005Miss Eversen travelled to Christchurch, New Zealand to teach RAD Vocational classes for the Christchurch Ballet Society for five days, then travelled to Wellington on 22nd April to join up with three ADPI students Sinasi Alak, Rhys Humphreys and Grace Willett who were competing at the Alana Haines Awards. Rhys was one of the eleven finalists chosen from 111 candidates and received a week's scholarship to the New Zealand School of Dance. Sinasi won the Audience Award for his contemporary the Pole-ka choreographed by Bill Pengelly. All students danced well and were wonderful representatives for ADPI.18th April to 24th April, 2005Angelique Cassimatis and Kyle Moyle competed in the Dance Idol competition in Sydney. The judges really enjoyed Angelique's dancing giving her third place in the competition. Kyle also danced very well.18th February to 26th March, 2005Miss Eversen travelled to Spain to examine RAD Vocational students and teachers and visited Valencia, Barcelona, Mataro, Madrid and Jerez.21st January to 7th February, 2005Miss Eversen and Sally-Jane Gaynor(17) travelled to Lausanne for Sally-Jane to compete in the Prix de Lausanne. This was a most rewarding experience and while there Sally-Jane auditioned for the Akademie des Tanzes in Mannheim, Germany and was immediately accepted. They also visited Paris and went and saw former student Leah Henry perform at the Moulin Rouge.15th January to 20th January, 2005Miss Eversen attended the annual Examiner's Seminar in Sydney for up to date information and standardisationFriday 13th MAY, 2005In-House Performance commencing 6.30pm. Admission $5.00 (includes Supper) Students of the Advanced Diploma of Art (Dance Performance/Musical Theatre), Rhys Humphreys and Grace Willett will be celebrating Dance Week.
Monday 17th to Friday 21st January, 2005WINTER VACATION SCHOOL - 27th to 1st July, 2005Barbara Eversen ARAD (RAD Vocational - Majors) Maree Ryan (RAD Grades) Natalie Lennox ARAD (RAD Grades)
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