MyMutation: an international online dance comp

Reminder: Only one week to go for your chance to fly to Sydney to perform on the Sydney Opera House stage

MyMutation: an international online dance competition

The deadline for entries to the Sydney Opera House online dance competition MyMutation close in just over a week on Monday August 10. The competition gives aspiring dancers across the globe the opportunity to perform live at Sydney Opera House and work with acclaimed choreographer, Kelley Abbey (Happy Feet & So You Think You Can Dance, Australia).
Part of Spring Dance - an inaugural dance celebration at Sydney Opera House (27 August – 27 September) - MyMutation is open to dancers at all levels from across the globe. The exciting new competition aims to create an explosion of creativity in cyberspace, exploring the way dance moves mutate as they are passed on, body to body.

Acclaimed choreographer Kelley Abbey (So You Think You Can Dance Australia) has created a dance solo performed by one of Australia’s hottest dance talents Reed Luplau. Posted on Sydney Opera House’s new YouTube channel www.youtube.com/sydneyoperahouse everyone is encouraged to reinterpret Kelley’s choreography set to music composed by CODA’s Nick Wales.
Kelley and a panel of judges will select 10 finalists to move into the elimination rounds. The public will then decide who will win the ultimate prize of working with Kelley Abbey to bring their unique performance to life at a very special club night on September 26 & 27 – MyMutation Live! in The Studio, Sydney Opera House.
Winner Prize:

Expenses paid trip to Sydney
Perform live at Sydney Opera House and work with Kelley Abbey
$2,000 cash
HD Handycam from Sony
Cyber-shot Digital Still Camera from Sony
VAIO Notebook from Sony

How to enter:
Step 1: Watch the ‘Starter Solo’ www.youtube.com/sydneyoperahouse
Step 2 : Create your own version of the Starter Solo to the beginning of the music (20 sec) and then add more of you own dance moves at the end (20 sec)
Step 3: Download our Music (click the button below)
Step 4: Film your full 40 sec Mutation piece and enter on the submit tab.

10 finalists move forward to an elimination round
Entry Closing Date: Monday 10 August

MyMutation is the first project of an exciting new agreement between YouTube and Sydney Opera House that will see a new level of engagement with the community through a dedicated online channel www.youtube.com/sydneyoperahouse.




MyMutation Live!

Saturday 26 at 9pm & Sunday 27 September at 8pm
The Studio, Sydney Opera House

For MyMutation Live at Sydney Opera House, The Studio will go into dance party mode with VJ mash-ups of the competition dance videos. Competition music track composer, Nick Wales, will lead his band CODA in a live remix of the track as the winning dancer presents an extended routine in a performance choreographed by Kelley Abbey.

Across the night a number of performances will celebrate the spirit of dance creation and improvisations across cultures.

CODA

Since forming in 1994, CODA have created a buzz among music audiences nationally and abroad. This string and keyboard four-piece are stalwarts of both the Australian classical and contemporary music scene Borrowing much of their sound from traditional folk music, CODA produce music sitting at the edge of electronica. Fusing together strings, grooves and gypsy influences, they have delighted a broad range of audiences - from the Sydney Festival to school children with Musica Viva to the Big Day Out, with their innovative compositions. CODA have also recorded soundtracks for the Bell Shakespeare Company and provided string arrangements for rock outfits, Leonardo’s Bride, Died Pretty and Big Heavy Stuff.

KELLEY ABBEY

Recently seen on So You Think You Can Dance, Australia's most outstanding dancer, actor, singer and choreographer, has a wealth of experience in both performance and behind the scenes production. From principal performer and choreographer in the Oscar winning box office smash Happy Feet, to performing the lead role in Sweet Charity on stage, starring in Aussie TV soap E-Street, and choreographing pop artists, movie stars and huge casts in musicals, Kelley Abbey has won many awards for her outstanding performances and innate understanding of dance and movement.


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