Kate Struik(2007) offered a
contract with Carnival Cruises, America (February 2008)
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 at QPAC 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.
Leanne Saunders (Present) contract
Universal Studios, Osaka (February 2008)
Vladimir Musson (2006) accepted
second contract with NYK Cruises Asuka II
Chanelle Humphreys (2006) accepted
second contract with Carnival Cruises
Rubem Montoya (2006) offered
contract Carnival Cruises
Gemma London (2006) accepted 2nd
contract with carnival Cruises
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
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 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
Present student Bradley Inness and past
students Angelique Cassimatis (hear her amazing voice), Kyle Moyle,
Shay Reeves, Pascal Carruthers and Eddy Borg join with other members of, LUCID
DANCE THEATRE (Choreographer Louise Deleur) to present ALL MY LOVE.
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.
Six of our 2006 students and two of our
2005 Graduates have been successful as follows:
Bradley Inness contract P & O Cruise Lines (January 2007)
Ruben Montoya contract P & O Cruise Lines (January 2007)
Rhys Humphreys finalist RAD Australian Bursary (December
2006)
Rhys Humphrey joint winner RAD South-East Queensland Senior
Scholarship 2006
Sophie Glynn gained work with Raw Sugar
Katie Struik gained work with Raw Sugar
Vladimir Musson contract Carnival Cruises
Angelique Cassimatis contract Royal Carribean Cruises
(January 2007)
Kyle Moyle contract P & O Cruise Lines (January 2007)
September, 2006
Heath Cundy accepted into the
Australian Ballet School
Chanelle Humphreys gained a contract
for theme park in Taipai
Angelina Dugec gained a contract with
Carnival Cruises
Gemma London gained a contract with
Carnival Cruises
Emma Barret gained a contract with P & O Cruises
Grace Willett and Rhys Humphreys became semi finalists in
the SODA competition
Angelique Cassimatis shines in auditions for Miss Saigon and
Cats
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,
Tokyo
27th and 28th August, 2005
Gold 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
|
FIRST: |
UP-TEMPO MODERN
GROUP (Open Age)
CABARET GROUP (Open Age)
MUSICAL THEATRE GROUP
(Open Age)
CONTEMPORARY GROUP (Open
Age)
SONG & DANCE GROUP –
EXCEPT TAP (Open Age)
SONG & TAP GROUP (OPEN
AGE) |
|
SECOND: |
CLASSICAL GROUP
(Open Age)
VISITING UP-TEMPO MODERN
GROUP (Open Age) – Group B
STREET TAP GROUP (Open
Age) – Group A
|
|
THIRD: |
STREET TAP GROUP (Open
Age) – Group C |
|
VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED: |
VISITING UP-TEMPO MODERN
GROUP – Group A |
|
SOLO AWARDS: |
|
ANGELIQUE CASSIMATIS
AWARDED MOST PROMISING ALL ROUNDER (13 years & Over)
|
|
FIRST: |
Cabaret Solo (15 to 20
years)
Novelty Solo (15 to 20
years)
Slow Modern Solo (15 to
20 years)
Song & Dance – Except Tap
(13 to 20 years)
Senior Song & Dance
Championship (15 to 20 years)
Senior Modern
Championship (15 to 20 years) |
|
SECOND: |
Contemporary Solo (17 to
20 years) |
|
DUO AWARDS: |
|
FIRST: |
UP-TEMPO MODERN DUO OR
TRIO (20 years & Under)
Bradley Inness & Kyle
Moyle |
