The Mill in Partnership with Adelaide Festival and venue partner Dance Hub SA, present a masterclass with Sydney Dance Company.
Masterclass information:
When: March 12, 2021, 9.30am - 11.30am, arrive 15 minutes early to sign in and warm up
Where: Dance Hub SA, Lion Arts Centre, level 1, corner Morphett St and North Terrace, Kaurna Yerta
Level: Tertiary-professional level contemporary dance experience
Cost: $30 + booking fees (Dance Hub SA Member Discount $25 plus fees)
About the masterclass:
A visceral and thrilling exploration of the juxtaposition of beauty and devastation, Sydney Dance Company’s full-length work, Impermanence is Rafael Bonachela’s newest creation. This two-hour masterclass led by Company Dancer Jesse Scales will incorporate contemporary technique, an opportunity to learn repertoire from Impermanence, and exploration of the creative tasks that informed the choreographic process behind the work. Aimed at tertiary and professional-level dancers, this workshop provides insight into the contemporary dance processes used in the development of a work at Sydney Dance Company.
About the company:
Dance changes you. More than simply witnessing something beautiful, or engaging with culture, to experience dance is to be positively altered. From performances at the Joyce Theatre in New York, to the Grand in Shanghai, the Stanislavsky in Moscow and the Sydney Opera House at home, Sydney Dance Company has proved that there are no passive observers in a contemporary dance audience.
About the masterclass leader:
Born in Hobart, Jesse is from Adelaide where they trained with Terry Simpson and was awarded their RAD Solo Seal. They received full scholarships to study with Complexions Contemporary Ballet in New York and Nederlands Dans Theatre in The Hague and went on to major in classical ballet at the New Zealand School of Dance.
Since joining Sydney Dance Company in 2012, Jesse performed a feature role in the Australian premiere of William Forsythe’s Quintett for which they were awarded the 2015 Green Room Award for ‘Best Female Dancer’ and a nomination for the 2015 Helpmann Award for ‘Best Female Dancer’. Jesse made their choreographic debut in Sydney Dance Company’s 2016 New Breed season. In 2017 Jesse was named ‘Most Outstanding Dancer’ in the Dance Australia Critics’ Choice Survey.
Jesse choreographed a new work for New Breed 2020.