Description

NCD offers an Advanced Diploma of Professional Dance (Elite Performance) program. This program is designed for students who are looking to audition and head directly into and junior or professional company. It is also a perfect program for students who have completed a Diploma of Dance and have been overseas and looking to re-focus their career and continue to audition for professional companies. As well as the course material this program consists of the following: High technical classes in all genres Audition video preparation for audition into companies Experience to perform with National Youth Ballet Company Graduates of the Diploma will perform more complex movement in a range of dance skills far wider than the Diploma of Professional Dance. They perform complex technical routines across a wide range of dance genres. A typical weekly schedule consists of daily classical ballet class at an elite technical level, body conditioning, contemporary in contrasting styles, established pieces of work in classical and contemporary repertoire. There is also choreography, jazz, pas de deux classes in both classical and contemporary, solo work for both classical and contemporary and participation in fully choreographed classical ballet and contemporary works. The Artistic Staff at the National College of Dance consists of professional teachers and choreographers who have produced many works in Australia and overseas on leading professional companies and have experience training dancers and placing them in prestigious international and national companies.