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548: Senior Ballet Championship (16 Years & Over)

Thu 10 Jul 2025, 12.00pm
Enter Event
Solo Event
Event Age
16 and over (only entrants who are 16 years old or older as of 31 December 2025 can take part in this event)
Total Performance Time
6 minutes
Fees
Entry Fee: $77.00 (until 26 Jun, 12.00pm)
Venue
Bowie Hall, Brigidine College

Entry Information

Entrants perform two contrasting items - a classical ballet solo, and a contemporary, lyrical or demi-character solo. Time limit up to 3 minutes per solo. All entrants will perform their classical ballet solo first. Once all classical ballet solos are completed, entrants will return for their contemporary item, performing in the same order. This will allow for costume changes between items.

Adjudicator

Josef Brown

Josef studied at The McDonald College of the Arts and at The Australian Ballet School. He’s a former Soloist with The Australian Ballet, a Principal performer with Modern Dans Topluluguu (Ankara, Turkey), Nomad Dance Theatre and Sydney Dance Company. Josef performed in the musicals Man of La Mancha and An Officer and a Gentleman yet is best known for originating the role of Johnny Castle in, Dirty Dancing - the classic story on stage (Australia, NZ, London’s West End, & pre-Broadway tour of the USA) for which he was awarded, Most Outstanding Performance in a Stage Musical at the Australian Dance Awards. As an actor Josef played: Patrick in the ABC TV series, Dance Academy, Auctus in Spartacus - Gods of the Arena (STARZ Network - USA), Dale Canning on Home & Away, Dr. Mike on Home & Away, Graham King in Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mystery’s, Bryce Anderson in the feature film, Buckley’s Chance and was two+ years playing Matt Turner on the beloved Aussie drama, Neighbours. Josef was writer/producer on the ABC TV documentary Art, During Siege, on the webisode series, At the Fork, screenwriter on multiple episodes for Neighbours and has written dozens of dance related articles and interviews primarily in his role as, Relations & Development Director at MDM Dancewear. He was co-Founder of CINEMOVES - a forum for dance & movement on screen, a sitting board member on the NSW Council for the Arts - Dance Board, and choreographer on the musical Every Single Saturday and for the Sydney Dance Company production, Shifted. Josef is the co-founder and Managing Director, of The Library Aesthetic - dance media.

Important Notes

Entrants are encouraged to vary repertoire when performing in multiple events in order to develop their expressive and technical capabilities. However, there are no restrictions on the number of times that repertoire can be repeated across multiple events, including Principal events.

Note: Music is to be uploaded to the Sydney Eisteddfod Entrant Portal no later than two weeks prior to the event. Files should be in MP3 format.

Conditions

Adjudicator reports will have comments only (no marks) for this Championship. If insufficient entries in either Events 405 or 411 these will combine. Please refer to the Dance Rules & Conditions of Entry. Your entry is accepted under these conditions.

Prizes

Winner: $500 & Medal, 2nd: $300 & Medal, 3rd: $200 & Medal

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