The Australian Dance Festival is proud to work in conjunction with NRG Australia to present Australia's most exciting Choreography competition. 6 Contenders have been chosen to present their choreography at the 2020 Australian Dance Festival on Saturday 26th September at Sydney Olympic Park. The winner will win (compliments of NRG Australia):
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A $5,000 grant to further their development as Choreographers
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Mentoring by Marko Panzic, Rustin Matthew and Angela Lau on how to make the best use of the grant, and how the Australian Dance Festival, NRG Australia & The Dream Dance Co can help to achieve their dance dreams.
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2019 Contenders
Paris Cavanagh
Paris CavanaghMatthew Gode
Matthew GodeBec Condino
Bec CondinoLauren Elton
Lauren EltonNathan Isaac
Nathan IsaacMaikolo Fekitoa
Maikolo Fekitoa2018 Winner, Neven Connolly
The quality of shows presented by the 2018 contenders was extremely high, and our judge had great difficulty in choosing a winner. In the end, Neven Connolly won the award for his outstanding "out of the box" choreography which involved huge intricacies.
Alex Miedzinski was chosen as a runner up.
Neven's Choreography @ The 2018 Australian Dance Festival
"1-2-3" Neven's Video produced by NRG Australia
Alex's Choreography @ The 2018 Australian Dance Festival
Get to Know Alex
2018 Contenders
Alex Miedzinski
Cassandra Merwood
Cassie Bartho
Eden Petrovski
Jordan Grant
Neven Connolly
Shannon Hanrahan
Sophie Holloway
2017 Contenders
Click on each of the images to watch the choreography they produced for the 2017 Australian Dance Festival