Advanced Training

Dance Intensives

Sydney Dance Company offers a variety of advanced short courses aimed to extend the knowledge and skills of those with a comprehensive understanding of contemporary dance.

Professional Intensive 2025


Dates 27 – 31 January 2025


Ages 18+


Fee $625 (including GST)


Location Wharf 4/5, 15 Hickson Road, Dawes Point 2000


2025 Summer Professional Intensive 

Sydney Dance Company is excited to be running a Summer Professional Intensive from Monday 27 January to Friday 31 January 2025.

This five-day program is designed to extend your training, spark your creativity and challenge you as an artist, providing an opportunity for professional and early-career dance artists to learn from Sydney Dance Company’s Artistic Team and industry leading artists.

The Professional Intensive is an application-based program. Tertiary dance students, graduates and professional dancers with a high level of ballet or contemporary dance training aged 18+ are encouraged to apply for this invaluable opportunity with Australia’s leading contemporary dance company.

The five-days will include contemporary technique classes in a variety of styles and methodologies, improvisation tasks, and a creative development and the opportunity to learn Sydney Dance Company repertoire which will culminate in an informal sharing session. The aim of the program, held in the iconic Wharf studios, is to leave you feeling creatively motivated and inspired as an artist.

Both Australian and international applicants are welcome to apply. Sydney Dance Company is unable to assist international dancers with visa processes, however no study visa is required to participate in the Professional Intensive.

Successful applicants will be notified by email on the outcome of their application. Sydney Dance Company may make offers prior to the application closing date of Sunday 19 January 2025, therefore applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

If you have further questions please contact Sydney Dance Company’s Learning Manager, Justine Turner: [email protected] or 02 9258 4843.

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Youth Intensive


Dates TBC


Ages 15-18 years old


Fee $440 (including GST)


Location Wharf 4/5, 15 Hickson Road, Dawes Point 2000


Youth Intensive 

Take classes in technique, improvisation, creative development and learn Sydney Dance Company repertoire while dancing by the harbour at Sydney Dance Company’s iconic studios. Youth Intensive dancers will be encouraged to extend their technique and explore their own creativity.  

Places in the Youth Intensive are open to dancers aged 15-18 years of age who are at an intermediate to advanced level of training in ballet or contemporary dance and are by application only.

Upcoming Youth Intensive dates will be announced soon.

If you have further questions please contact Sydney Dance Company’s Learning Manager, Justine Turner: [email protected] or 02 9258 4843.

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Professional Intensive 2025


Dates 27 – 31 January 2025


Ages 18+


Fee $625 (including GST)


Location Wharf 4/5, 15 Hickson Road, Dawes Point 2000


2025 Summer Professional Intensive 

Sydney Dance Company is excited to be running a Summer Professional Intensive from Monday 27 January to Friday 31 January 2025.

This five-day program is designed to extend your training, spark your creativity and challenge you as an artist, providing an opportunity for professional and early-career dance artists to learn from Sydney Dance Company’s Artistic Team and industry leading artists.

The Professional Intensive is an application-based program. Tertiary dance students, graduates and professional dancers with a high level of ballet or contemporary dance training aged 18+ are encouraged to apply for this invaluable opportunity with Australia’s leading contemporary dance company.

The five-days will include contemporary technique classes in a variety of styles and methodologies, improvisation tasks, and a creative development and the opportunity to learn Sydney Dance Company repertoire which will culminate in an informal sharing session. The aim of the program, held in the iconic Wharf studios, is to leave you feeling creatively motivated and inspired as an artist.

Both Australian and international applicants are welcome to apply. Sydney Dance Company is unable to assist international dancers with visa processes, however no study visa is required to participate in the Professional Intensive.

Successful applicants will be notified by email on the outcome of their application. Sydney Dance Company may make offers prior to the application closing date of Sunday 19 January 2025, therefore applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

If you have further questions please contact Sydney Dance Company’s Learning Manager, Justine Turner: [email protected] or 02 9258 4843.

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Youth Intensive


Dates TBC


Ages 15-18 years old


Fee $440 (including GST)


Location Wharf 4/5, 15 Hickson Road, Dawes Point 2000


Youth Intensive 

Take classes in technique, improvisation, creative development and learn Sydney Dance Company repertoire while dancing by the harbour at Sydney Dance Company’s iconic studios. Youth Intensive dancers will be encouraged to extend their technique and explore their own creativity.  

Places in the Youth Intensive are open to dancers aged 15-18 years of age who are at an intermediate to advanced level of training in ballet or contemporary dance and are by application only.

Upcoming Youth Intensive dates will be announced soon.

If you have further questions please contact Sydney Dance Company’s Learning Manager, Justine Turner: [email protected] or 02 9258 4843.

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