Alana

Alana graduated from the New Zealand School of Dance in 2010 and was awarded the ‘New Zealand Dancer’ scholarship in her second year of training. Toward the end of her graduating year, Alana attended an Australian secondment with Sydney Dance Company, and was thus invited to attend their auditions. As a result, Alana was offered a contract with the company, sponsored by FOXTEL, who chronicled her experience as a dancer in a documentary.

Alana then worked with Sydney Dance Company for four years from 2012 – 2015. She has performed in Rafael Bonachela’s Project Rameau, 2 One Another, Emergence, 2 in D Minor, Scattered Rhymes, Frame of Mind, New Breed and Triptych. Frame of Mind won the 2015 Helpmann Award for ‘Best Choreography in a Dance Work’ and also ‘Best Dance Work’.

Throughout her time at Sydney Dance Company Alana has worked with guest choreographers Emanuel Gat, Stephanie Lake, Alexander Ekman, Jacopo Godani (Director of the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company), Gideon Obarzanek, Andonis Foniadakis, Gabrielle Nankivell’s and Daniel Riley.

Alana toured internationally with Sydney Dance Company to China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Germany, she also toured North America, South America and Russia with the acclaimed 2 One Another, winner of the ‘Best Ensemble’ Award in the 2012 Green Room Awards and the 2013 Australian Dance Award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Choreography’ and ‘Outstanding Performance by a Company’.

Alana is now currently a member of Expressions Dance Company. Alana joined EDC in 2016 for their China tour and since then has both danced and designed costumes for Propel and performed in Natalie Weir’s Behind Closed Doors as well as Opera Australia’s Aida which featured the EDC dancers. Alana was also costume stylist for EDC’s 2018 photoshoots, again offering the company her expertise and understanding of the human form in movement.