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Join us for the Shirley Treacy Awards online presentation on Sunday 8 September at 2pm, on Zoom.

During the presentation all the finalist recordings from each city will be screened, and adjudicator Juliet Burnett will be live at the presentation, to announce the winners and other prize recipients.

Held during August and September, in Mackay, Townsville, Cairns and Rockhampton, RAD students from these areas showcased their skills and experienced a new format of performance. Guest adjudicators Juliet Burnett and Mitch Rayner assessed all the finalist performances from all cities, and have selected the prize recipients.

We look forward to seeing you at the Online Awards Presentation.

Location

Online event access details will be provided by the event organiser

Bookings Close - 11am Sunday 8 September

Tickets and Access to the Zoom Event

To register for the Awards Presentation please click the 'Book Now' button on the right hand side of the page and complete your details.

Tickets are $10 per household. Select 1 ticket, to obtain a link to the Presentation that is valid for one household.

Once registered you will receive a link to join the online Presentation, which is valid for one household. We encourage family and friends to watch together as a group in your household on the Sunday afternoon.

All finalists will receive a complimentary discount code to attend the online Presentation for free with their family. 

Teachers and other audience members are welcome to purchase a $10 ticket through Trybooking, in order to receive the link to watch the Awards Presentation in their household.

Running Order

• The online Presentation will include a screening of all finalists performing their dance, variation, and contemporary solo and our guest adjudicator, Juliet Burnett, former dancer at The Australian Ballet, will be at the Presentation to announce the winners and other prize recipients.
• The Presentation will run for about an hour and a half, or a little longer – from 2pm to approx. 4pm
• If you can’t stay for the entire time, that’s ok.
• If you need to join a little later, part way through the Presentation, that’s ok too.
• The Grade 4 & 5 videos will be shown first, followed by the Intermediate Foundation and Intermediate videos, and then the Advanced levels.
• The prize recipients from each level, will be announced after the videos from that level are shown, before moving onto the next level.

Guest Adjudicators

Juliet Burnett

Juliet is one of Australia’s most recognised dancers after her years at The Australian Ballet (2002-2015) performing roles in classical works, as well as demonstrating her versatility in the contemporary repertoire. After 13 years she pursued a freelance career, working with contemporary choreographers such as Melanie Lane and guesting with Chunky Move, Dutch National Ballet and West Australian Ballet. In 2016 she moved to Europe to take up a role as dancer with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Belgium. In 2022 she returned to Australia as a freelance artist and is based on the Gold Coast. 

Juliet is also been trained in her grandmother’s art of Javanese classical dance, and other traditional Javanese dances and art forms including the martial art of Pencak Silat. Her work in Indonesia spans performance, master classes for local ballet students, and in 2015 founding a series of community workshops for underprivileged children in collaboration with Ballet.Id and the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. 

Mitch Rayner

Mitchell began formal dance lessons in Newcastle at the age of 13 studying classical, jazz, contemporary and character dance, before taking up full-time dance studies with Tessa Maunder OAM. He joined The Australian Ballet School in 2005 where after 3 years of study he obtained an Advanced Diploma of Dance. In 2008 Mitchell secured a contract with The Australian Ballet, where he danced for eight years. Following retirement from The Australian Ballet in 2016 he chose to share his professional experience with others through teaching and mentoring. He attained the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Professional Dancers’ Postgraduate Teaching Certificate and is a registered RAD teacher. Mitchell has taught for Sydney Dance Company, The Australian Ballet, The Royal Academy of Dance, Ballet Without Borders, Brent Street, Pymble Ladies’ College and Tanya Pearson Academy. In addition to teaching, he has also recently launched his own clothing brand, Live In The Movement.

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