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Would you like to place your brand front and centre?
Whether you're looking to be a major partner or a Dance Market exhibitor we have a range of sponsorship options that allow you to get involved with VDF26. Our sponsors are a vital part of our community and we enjoy connecting them with our loyal, enthusiastic, committed and diverse dance community.
Contact us today to enquire about our full range of packages including Vitality Teacher Conference and/or the full festival weekend.
thank you to our VDF26 sponsors
title sponsor
Elevating Experiences Everywhere, RWS Global are the worldwide leaders in doing what can't be done.
We're known for creating and delivering exceptional experiences, no matter what. When the location seems too challenging, the timeline too short, the budget too tight—we always find a way to make magic. We pour our hearts, minds and souls into making sure of it. Because the show, the event, the experience must go on—and it must go on brilliantly.
Our global teams unlock unlimited opportunities to raise your experience worldwide—on land or at sea.
From Broadway-style shows to opening ceremonies, we produce exceptional entertainment and live moments in every corner of the globe. Our greatest success is seeing the success of our talent and team. That’s why you won’t just find one-off jobs here. You’ll find a future path, where the only way is up.
RAISE YOUR EXPERIENCE - RWSGLOBAL.COM
MEDIA PARTNER
Dance Informa is Australia’s online home for dance. As the country’s leading dance magazine, Dance Informa keeps you up-to-date with latest dance news, audition listings, events, as well as offering health and business advice for students, professionals, teachers and studio owners. Dance Informa also offers FullTimeDance.com – Australia’s guide to full time dance studies. Dance Informa is a free service for the dance industry. Sign up free at DanceInforma.com.au and DanceMagazine.com.au
diamond sponsor
Established in 1988 as a dancewear store supplying original, carefully designed basics with a mission to inspire and support dancers to perform well and live well. Energetiks was conceived by three remarkable women, mothers and dancers, and quickly became a brand that set itself apart through an unwavering commitment to creating the finest quality high performance Australian dancewear. This, along with a passion and dedication for supporting and expanding the dance community remains the cornerstone of the Energetiks brand philosophy. Energetiks are the proud title sponsors of the Victorian Dance Festival 2024. #DanceForLife www.energetiks.com.au
ignite sponsor
Studio 7 Dancewear has become a much loved and trusted label for dancers and studio owners everywhere. Operating for 16 years, Studio 7 sells a large range of dancewear and dance accessories for class, stage and everything in-between. Studio 7 products are sold direct to studios and dancers locally and internationally, and through independent dancewear retailers in Australia and New Zealand.
vitality dance teacher conference sponsor
DanceSurance - There for you every step of the way!
We offer tailored insurance products for every stage of your Dance & Performing Arts career.
Qualified brokers, personal service, industry experienced. DanceSurance.com
Capezio’s been dancing Since 1887.
Founded in 1887 by master craftsman, Salvatore Capezio, cobbler to the Metropolitan Opera. Capezio quickly gained a reputation as the finest shoe-maker for dancers and performers worldwide. His original shop became a legendary gathering place and shoe resource for storied dancers like Anna Pavlova. Capezio is the global leader in dance and a household name, widely known and cherished by dancers of all ages. With 130 years of quality craftsmanship, dedicated customer service and timeless design to its name, Capezio has been making footwear and apparel that have inspired greatness in studios, on stages and runways world-wide. It is this rich heritage of supporting dance in all its forms and celebrating movement as a means of creative expression that has made it the brand of choice.
premium sponsors
NCLH Shows & Experiences is the in-house entertainment production company for Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. We deliver A-list productions directed and choreographed by renowned professionals like Warren Carlyle, Patti Wilcox, Tiger Martina, Chase Benz, and Mark Kanemura. We offer competitive salaries, paid rehearsals, housing, travel, and professional working environments. It’s an exciting time to become a part of the Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings family!
NCLH casts singers and dancers for productions such as Burn The Floor, Choir of Man, Jersey Boys and Beetlejuice for Norwegian Cruise Line, Regent Seven Seas and Oceania Cruises.
Ballet ● Jazz & Contemporary ● Hip-Hop ● Tap ● Modern Dance ● Open Dance classes and many more!
The Joffrey Ballet School is the only ballet school in New York City that offers a well-rounded dance curriculum that includes serious training in both classical ballet (technique, pointe, variations, adagio, men’s classes) and contemporary ballet (technique, improvisation, partnering), as well as modern, character, choreography, dance history, music, pilates and yoga. Special workshops are taught by guest faculty to augment the curriculum. All dance classes have live piano accompaniment, and live cello and percussion accompaniment is used in some contemporary and modern classes.
At VDF 2025, Joffrey Ballet School will offer scholarships to train in New York to talented dancers who join in the Joffrey Ballet School classes. You just have to be working hard in class and be spotted to be offered 2 week's tuition in America at one of Joffrey's prestigious summer intensives!
gold sponsors
Dance Around The World Dance Tours are Australia’s leading Dance Tour Company. Over 30,000 students, teachers and families have travelled with Dance Around the World and our fabulous Tour Directors to the USA, Asia, Europe, Australia and Cruising on successful tours. Amazing performance opportunities around the globe. Workshops available at some of the world’s leading Studios: Millennium Dance Complex, Debbie Allen, Nicholas Dance, Alvin Ailey, Broadway Dance Centre, Joffrey Ballet, Steps, Pineapple Studios and Cheerleading in the USA. Together we will design your itinerary, hold an information meeting for your families, Workshop registration and a Pre-departure meeting. Contact us for further information
Tel: 02 9618 6600,
groups@dancearoundtheworld.com.auor visit our website, Facebook
Performance Medicine
At Performance Medicine, we get it. We know that every performer is an amazing and complex mechanism, where every problem is different and every solution is a thing of bespoke attention and care. From stage to backstage to behind the backstage, from professional dancers and singers, to amateur dramatics, we see the bigger picture to performance.
We distinguish ourselves by understanding and treating the full spectrum of today’s performer, from body conditioning, muscle matter, to mind. And our holistic, three-sixty approach is re-shaping performance culture nationally and internationally.
The Cecchetti Principles of grace, balance and line form the basis of a sound training syllabus that has been developed to meet the needs of today’s modern child - teaching co-ordination, poise, confidence, rhythmical sense and musicality while ensuring that the process in still fun!
The fully qualified, carefully trained and registered teachers of Cecchetti Ballet Australia are committed to providing a stable and secure foundation for each student’s training – whether for purely recreational enjoyment or as the beginnings of a career in dance. The Cecchetti teacher training courses prepare them to teach with a safe and secure technical base, sound knowledge of anatomy and basic physical faults, good teaching practices and the historical background of the art of classical ballet.
comdance
Comdance - Home of CSTD. Over 85 years of dance delivery. The COMDANCE global community consists of teachers and studios around the world who work as a global family. Joining Comdance is a great launching pad for a journey in dance. At Comdance we provide strong technique and expression along with experiencing enjoyment in an encouraging and empowering environment.
COMDANCE teachers are fully accredited and with our fantastic range of syllabi can help students prepare for exams and competitions.
Comdance gives you the structure and syllabi to engage and encourage your students. Our internationally-recognised syllabi and qualifications cover all major dance genres including Classical Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop Ballroom and Latin. They give you an excellent structure and framework on which to base your classes and keep your students motivated.
Our history testifies to our ability to deliver! Start your journey now.
Become a Completely Awesome Teacher of Dance. www.comdance.org
The Royal Academy of Dance is a world leader in dance education and training.
We’ve been teaching the world to dance for over 100 years and believe passionately in its power to transform lives. Through an international network of dance teachers, we support and connect a global community of more than 400,000 students, and dancers of all ages and abilities, in more than 80 countries.
RAD Australia offers training, professional development, student activities, exams, and membership to choreograph a future in dance for every body.
Our mission is to inspire the world to dance!
We are delighted to have Applause Dance Tours as our official VDF Tours partner. Find out how they can help you bring your group of students or teachers to VDF25 here.