Dance Event: 24th – 25th July 2021
See below for details.
For information about our special 2021 Dance Event, see below.
DANCE EVENT
competition & class
24th – 25th July 2021
Hamilton Performing Arts Centre
Join the Hamilton Eisteddfod for a special 2-day dance event in July 2021.
Competitors will attend a classical ballet Open Class in the morning of their competition, before performing two adjudicated solos on the same day.
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Meet our Special Guests from the Australian Ballet
We are delighted to introduce two special guests for this event, both from the Australian Ballet.
Amy Harris
Principal Artist, The Australian Ballet
Amy was born in Ararat, Victoria and began jazz and tap classes at her local ballet school at the age of three. From the age of ten, Amy trained in the Cecchetti method with Carole Oliver School of Ballet in Ballarat, and as a Cecchetti scholar won bronze and silver medals.
In 1999, aged 15, Amy successfully auditioned for The Australian Ballet School. She joined The Australian Ballet in 2002 and was promoted to coryphée in 2007, soloist in 2011 and senior artist in 2012.
In 2018 she was promoted to principal artist on stage after her performance in Tertulla in the world premiere of Lucas Jervies’ Spartacus.
Amy will facilitate the Open Classes at our event, and also adjudicate the Classical Dance sections.
Jarryd Madden
Principal Artist, The Australian Ballet
Encouraged by his dance-teacher mother, Jarryd Madden started dancing at the age of three at his local dance school in Wauchope, New South Wales. He remained there until 2005 when, aged 16, he joined Melbourne’s National Theatre Ballet School.
After a guest stint with The Australian Ballet during the 2007 season of Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker, Jarryd officially joined the company at the beginning of 2008. He was promoted to coryphée in 2011, to soloist in 2015 and to senior artist in 2017.
A versatile artist, Jarryd has performed in every Bodytorque season since joining the company.
Jarryd will adjudicate the Contemporary/Lyrical Dance sections at this event.
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