Fast+Fresh Dance is a youth dance festival that cultivates choreographic talent and performance by choreographers and dancers aged 21 and under. The festival inspires and educates young performers to strive for their own artistic excellence and encourages active participation in dance at all levels.

This year’s festival received more than 80 entries from all over Greater Sydney; that’s twice as many as last year’s inaugural season and their choreographic styles range from ballet, hiphop, jazz, contemporary, tap, krumping, parkour, physical theatre and lyrical.

The works selected cover an extraordinary range of subjects – an eye-opener to the way our youth are thinking: urban street culture, paper planes, seven deadly sins, 911 terrorist attack, falling in love, escaping to the circus, medieval tragedies, working in a cabaret kit kat club, the anguish of miscarriage for women, tribal African dance, and a very modern abstract take on the famous romantic ballet Giselle!!

The festival runs from 17-21 November at Riverside Theatres Parramatta. Three heats, showcasing the talents of over 40 choreographers and 120 dancers overall, have been scheduled for Tuesday 17th through to Thursday 19th November. The most accomplished performances from each heat, which are selected by a panel of dance industry judges, will proceed to the final on Saturday 21st November, where each group will battle it out for sponsored awards such as Best Male Dancer, Best Female Dancer, Most Outstanding Choreography, Best New Talent and the Audience Choice Award.

For more information regarding the program visit www.wsda.org.au