Develop Technique, Expression, and Individuality Through Contemporary Dance

Senior Contemporary is a dynamic and challenging class designed for dancers ready to deepen their technical skills, expand their creative voice, and explore contemporary dance in greater depth. Drawing on influences from ballet, modern, jazz, and current professional practice, this class encourages dancers to move with intention, power, and authenticity.

This class supports dancers to grow not only as technicians, but as confident, expressive performers and creative thinkers.

 

Who Is This Class For?

Senior Contemporary is designed for teen and senior-level dancers, typically aged 12+, who have previous dance experience.
This class is well suited to dancers who are confident with foundational technique and ready for more physically and creatively demanding contemporary work.

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What to Expect 

Senior Contemporary follows the Rambert Grades Contemporary Dance syllabus, an internationally recognised and respected contemporary training programme. Classes are structured to challenge dancers both physically and artistically, with a strong emphasis on quality of movement, musicality, and performance. Senior Contemporary encourages dancers to take ownership of their movement, develop confidence in their ideas, and work collaboratively with others.

Dancers can expect:

• Advanced floorwork and travelling sequences

• Dynamic jumps, turns, and directional changes

• Strength, stamina, and control development

• Greater use of improvisation and creative exploration

• Learning to interpret movement with clarity, intention, and emotional depth

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Rambert Grades Contemporary Dance

Each grade is structured around three integrated strands:

• Technical Strand
  Developing advanced contemporary technique, including complex floorwork, travelling phrases, and physically demanding movement performed safely and efficiently.

• Performance Strand
  Learning a solo created by a professional choreographer, with dancers encouraged to bring their own interpretation and artistic identity to the work.

• Creative Strand
  Exploring choreography and improvisation through guided creative tasks, supporting independent thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving.

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Uniform & Hair Requirements

Students in Senior Contemporary are required to wear:

• Cherry leotard

• Navy leggings

• Bare feet, socks, or appropriate contemporary dance shoes

Hair must be securely tied back.

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Structure of the Dance Year

Senior Contemporary dancers participate in:

• Annual Production – Term 2 (June), performing in a professional theatre setting

• End-of-Year Assessments – Term 4 (December), official Rambert Grades examinations

 

Class Details

• 60-minute class, once per week

• $155 per term

Please see the Timetable for current class times.

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