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Professionals

Craft your talent and go straight to the stage with the Brent Street Professionals’ Development
Program – available in two key streams. Created for the ultra-serious and über-talented, this audition-only, full-time course is the leading Certificate IV in Performing Arts (91580 NSW) qualification focused on musical theatre and commercial dance.

Student Testimonials

Chris Tsattalios - Certificate IV in Performing Arts 2010

At the beggining of the year when I first started fulltime, I felt overwhelmed because everyone around me was so talented. The teachers were well respected in the industry for their talent & at times I felt I could not live up to their standards.To be able to get through the year I decided that my goal would be to work hard, take on board criticism and learn everything I could.

The class of 2010 Fulltime was supportive, inspiring and fun. The whole atmosphere made it easier for me to achieve my goals while at the same time enjoying myself. The time, effort, emotional support & friendship of the teachers cannot be underestimated. Their dedication pushed us to be the best we could.

Graduation was the culmination of a fantastic year for me. I have the opportunity to work in different fields of the industry such as fashion shows, film, stage, promotional launches and video clips. I have worked with incredible people such as Kelley Abbey, Ashley Evans & Antony Ginandjar from Sqaured Division, Jason Coleman, Yvette Lee, Lucas J Newland & Sally Clark.

My thanks to Brent Street, in particular Cameron Mitchell, for helping me achieve and live my dream.

Natasha Marconi - I Did the Brent Street Certificate IV in Performing Arts in 2010.

Dancing since the age of 3, I always knew I wanted pursue a career in the entertainment industry as a professional. After finishing school I wanted to complete my Certificate IV in performing arts at Brent Street. There were many choices for fulltime courses around Australia but I found Brent Street to be the place for me as it focused on every aspect of performing arts (singing, acting and dancing), had an amazing array of teachers, a world renowned name and offered the opportunities to be exposed to leading industry professionals.

Spending 2010 at Brent Street was probably the most significant and amazing year of my life to date. The valuable lessons I learnt, the amount of improvement and the experiences and hard work are irreplaceable and have had a massive impact on my performing. For 40 weeks, 5 days a week, 6 hours a day, I studied all styles of dance, (including the history behind styles such as musical theatre), took part in singing and acting classes as well nutrition and boot camp sessions. The teachers were amazing and we were taught by industry recognised professionals such as Matt Lee, Cameron Mitchell, Jason Winters, Marko Panzic, Lucas Newland and Lockhart Brownlie giving us exposure to those whom we dream of working for!

I believe the Brent Street course was exactly what I needed to take a big step into the entertainment industry. It matured me as a dancer and person, gave me new and bigger aspirations especially with the trip to the USA (which is an additional and life changing part of the course), pushed me past my limits everyday and gave me the expert knowledge needed for this industry. It also opened me up to some great opportunities such as performing at corporate events and to work alongside Jason Gilkison, Matt Lee and Jason Coleman for performances on So You Think You Can Dance which resulted from being seen by Matt Lee in class.

Brent Street gave me the greatest opportunity of being able to audition and perform as a featured soloist alongside the great Caroline O’Connor in her ‘Showgirl Within’ performance in February 2011. Since completing Certificate IV in 2010 I have worked solidly including these highlights:

  • Lead classical role in Ben Veitch’s production of Blood, Sweat & Dance;
  • regular dancer on X factor for Simon Lind;
  • ABC’s Dance Academy for Jason Winters;
  • featured contemporary dancer on Foxtels Live to Dance commercial for Lucas Newland;
  • dance at the AMWAY convention for Jason Coleman;
  • perform in film clips for artists such as Zoe Badwii, and Chris Sebastian for choreographers including The Squared Division.

I can’t imagine having not done fulltime at Brent Street I give many thanks to them for everything I have become as a performer!!

Charles Bartley – former student and current teacher.

 

I graduated from the Brent Street Certificate IV Performing Arts Course in 2008, and since then I’ve gone on to perform on ‘So you think you can Dance’, where I came runner up, as well as touring the nation with ‘So you think you can Dance’ that same year. I was able to land a job with ‘Fame The Musical’, that toured the country, and I’ve also been performing with up and coming group ‘The Next Step’ and ‘A-Live Entertainment’, so I’ve had a good run.

When I came to the Brent Street Performing Arts Course I started with a great base of ballet, jazz and tap, but throughout the year I really got to discover the little knickknacks and details of all those styles. I think that one of the most important things that the course teaches you is about style and performance and as such you grow so significantly as a dancer. I’d definitely recommend the Performing Arts Course to anyone looking to really get into the industry. The teachers there are the best of the best and I enjoyed it 400%. The friends that I met and skills I learnt, and the ability to really perform and grow as an artist is just so vital and I think you get all of that in this course.

I loved the course so much that I really want to take back all the skills and professional experience that I’ve got on the job, and teach that to the current full timers because I think they can really grow and use that just as much as I did when I did the course.

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TESTIMONIALS

  • I am a New York based producer however I am back home in Sydney working on a few projects. I had the absolute privilege of attending the 2012 Brent Street Full Time Graduation performance, and I was completely blown away by the level of talent that your school produces. I have been to my fair share of senior and final recitals, and I have to say that Brent Street, by far, is in the lead. The professionalism, dedication, hard work and joy was clearly evident on Tuesday night. You are all apart of a fantastic institution and I am so proud to know that Australia has a world-class school, especially in Sydney. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Brent Street to anyone who wished to pursue a career in the entertainment industry, as I know that they will be receiving the best level of education in the field.  I just wanted to write and congratulate each and every person at Brent Street, because on Tuesday night I was inspired, moved and reassured that the future of our industry in Australia is as strong as ever.Congratulations and thank you all so much, from the bottom of my heart. With much gratitude, George Youakim

     

  • I want to take this opportunity to thank Brent Street for nurturing Tanika’s talent as a Performer over the last few years.  I truly believe sending Tanika to Brent Street to train was the best decision we ever made.  The performing opportunities she’s received in particular during her full time performing arts course has been fantastic and not to mention the friendship she’s made with both teachers and students.   All the staff at Brent Street has been wonderful.

    Just a quick update on Tanika – she’s now officially performing live shows as Mel’s Dinettes with Universal Studio Singapore and is enjoying her stint there.  She also met ex Brent Streeters who are also performing at USS which is great. - Jen 

  • "Brent Street helped and prepared me for every audition. They gave me the confidence to perform in audition situations and also gave me ways to interpret and present the audition material in ways that helped me get noticed!”
     - Ryan Gonzales 2011 Graduate (cast of Legally Blonde 2012)

  • The class of 2010 Fulltime was supportive, inspiring and fun. The whole atmosphere made it easier for me to achieve my goals while at the same time enjoying myself.
    Read more from Chris Tsattalios
  • I can’t imagine having not done fulltime at Brent Street I give many thanks to them for everything I have become as a performer!!
    Read more from Natasha Marconi
  • I’d definitely recommend the Performing Arts Course to anyone looking to really get into the industry. The teachers there are the best of the best and I enjoyed it 400%.
    Read more from Charles Bartley