Exciting news for dancers!
Phoenix by ADF dance competition is back in 2024!! 🔥
📅 July 19th to 21st
📍 Governor's Centre, Moore Park!!
With voice and video critiques, professional judges, age-specific blocks, and a top-notch theater location, it's the ultimate dance showdown. Win vouchers from ADF and Dream Dance Co, and enjoy free entry for spectators.
Join the fun – entries are open now! LINK IN BIO for details🕺💃
ADF 2024 - Early Bird Passes ON SALE NOW!! 🤩
The dance celebration of the year returns for another epic event! 🔥
Do NOT miss your chance to be part of the magic!
Tickets on sale via Link In Bio 💃🕺🏼
SAVE THE DATE!!
Our next ADF will be September 20-22, 2024!! 🔥👏
We're already gearing up for an EPIC weekend full of dance, celebration, opportunity, inspiration, and entertainment! ❤️🔥
Keep your eyes peeled for Group Booking Accommodation Expressions of Interest - Information coming soon! 👀
Back in 2013, Symiko was a finalist in the Dance Around The World Solo Competition. 11 years on and she has performed for Disney productions and The Dream Dance Co. We are so excited to have Symiko back at the ADF as an Instructor!
Originally from Mount Gambier, South Australia, Symiko trained with MJ Dance Studio and Dance Force on the Gold Coast.
She then went on to apply herself to full-time dance education as a graduate from Sydney’s ‘Ev & Bow’ Studios, under the guidance of Sarah Boulter. Symiko was a Top 30 finalist on the TV series So You Think You Can Dance Australia- Season 4. She was also an original cast member of Marko Panzic’s The Dream Dance Company ‘Genesis’.
At the age of 19, Symiko made her professional debut with the Australian cast of The Lion King, touring nationally, and then went on to perform with the Shanghai Disneyland production of THE LION KING. Symiko was then named dance captain/swing with Disney Cruise Line performing award-winning shows such as Beauty and the Beast, Frozen, and Aladdin onboard the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy.
Symiko is now venturing into the world of choreography and creative direction. After teaching and choreographing since 2013, Symiko is diversifying her repertoire to meet the creative culture of today’s performing arts industry.
Phoenix by ADF registrations close on the 10 July or when sections are full. Don’t miss this chance to be selected as a WILD CARD ENTRY into the finals for the Dance Around the World Solo competition at the ADF AIN September. Link in our bio or send us a DM if you have questions!
You don’t want to miss Friday 19 July! Spend a day with us at The Governors Centre in Moore Park. Your workshop pass gives you access as a spectator to the Phoenix by ADF solos comp where you can cheer on your friends. Then make sure you stick around for Australia’s NEXT Choreography, Preliminaries as it’s going to be EPIC! DM us if you have any questions, otherwise links are in the bio for tickets
Andrew has won three Helpmann Awards,two Sydney Theatre Critics and two Green Room Award for ‘Best Choreography in aMusical’.
Theatre credits for Melbourne TheatreCompany include Bloom, Fun Home, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Shakespeare in Love, Twelfth Night,Rupert, Private Lives, Egg, Hamlet, Next to Normal and The Drowsy Chaperone.
Some recent commercial musical theatrecredits include Muriel’s Wedding the Musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert theMusical for Broadway, its worldwide seasons and the recent 10thanniversary Australian celebration tour, Anything Goes, Assassins, Little Shopof Horror, Sweet Charity, Dream Lover, TwoWeddings One Bride, Sydney Opera House-The Opera, Jerry’s Girls, Gypsy, La CageAux Folles, Ladies in Black, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum andAn Officer and A Gentleman.
Television include So You Think YouCan Dance, We Can Be Heroes, The Librarians, Dead Gorgeous, Mr & MrsMurders, Strange Bedfellows.
Calling 9-10 year olds dance competitors. Phoenix by ADF is an amazing opportunity to be critiqued by some of the industry’s best judges, and win vouchers from @energetiks@thedreamdancecompany and the Australian Dance Festival. Plus every competitor gets their choice of a special Phoenix memento. Regos will close on 10 July or when full so get flying! Link to register in our bio. Photo by @trent_mulligan_photography , dancer: @lararudling_caper
@paulmalek will be back at the 2024 Australian Dance Festival with his special brand of workshops - always amped with THE FEELS! Proudly sponsored by @transitdance
