This year the prestigious Latin Dance Australia Ball
will be held over 2 nights at CarriageWorks
the most exciting Dance Venue of the moment!

Saturday 20th September
&
Sunday 21st September

A Latin Dance Spectacular
“A NIGHT AT THE GRAMMY’S”
All time Greatest Hits

 

What is the LDA Ball 2008?

The LDA Ball is held in honor of LDA's beloved students and is a tribute to the passion and effort they have put into both LDA and Latin culture in Sydney.
The Ball was created to showcase the many talents of our students whom we have seen grow over the years in their skill and passion for Latin dance. In response to their talent, our instructors chose to teach performance classes, its specific purpose being to make them the stars of the night.

“The 2007 LDA Ball was one of the best Latin parties ever held in Australia, with over 1,200 people applauding LDA student’s performances. I cannot describe how proud I am to see these people enjoying their lives with Latin Dance just like I did my entire life” – Marcia Pinheiro Percival (Director)

 

When and where is it?

1st night on SATURDAY 20th September

The Spectacular Show night

Tickets:
B Reserve: $45 each
A Reserve: $55 each
Dress: In accordance with such important nights, attire for the event is semi formal.

5pm - Doors open
6pm - Show time
Eleven Spectacular shows performed by the LDA students in many different types of dance such as Salsa, Bachata, Samba, Samba/Axe, Zouk/Lambada,Reggaeton, Ladies styling and and one incredible Hip-Hop performance by Kaylene Jones' students!

8pm till 12am - Party
- This will be one party you don’t want to miss! Dance all night long to some of Sydney’s best DJ’s.
- Join the Sydney Latin dance scene and all our interstate guests dancing Salsa, Bachata, Zouk and Samba, all your favorite rhythms under the one roof for you to enjoy!!

 

2nd night on SUNDAY 21st September,

Awards and professional shows night

Tickets: $25 each (Includes shows + party)
Dress: Dress to impress or semi formal.

5pm - Doors open
6pm - Show time
Spectacular shows performed by multitalented LDA Professional Team including:
- Salsa, Zouk, Samba, Capoeira and Live Drums
- LDA Ball 2008 Performer Awards for the best Student performers
- LDA Ball 2008 Professional Awards for the best achievers of the year

8pm till 12am - Party
This party will rock as all awards nominees will be watching closely to see who will be awarded as LDA’s best students of the year, plus all LDA professionals will be putting an amazing show for the audiences. For sure an "unmissable" night.

Both nights at CarriageWorks

245 Wilson Street Eveleigh NSW 2015
Corner of Codrington Street

How to Get to CarriageWorks:

MAIN ENTRANCE
245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh NSW 2015.
The pedestrian entrance is at the corner of Codrington Street and Wilson Street.

TAXI
A Taxi Phone is located at the Box Office for the convenience of our patrons. Please see a member of front of house staff to assist you.
The Taxi Rank is located in the car park.
Enter at 229 Wilson Street, corner of Queen Street.

TRAIN
Redfern Station | 8 minute walk
Macdonaldtown Station | 10 minute walk
Newtown Station | 15 minute walk

BUS
Nearest stop is at Codrington Street at City Road, approximately a 5 minute walk to CarriageWorks.
Buses: 422, 423, 426, 428, 370, 352
More info www.131500.com

HOW TO BUY TICKETS
All tickets to performances and events at CarriageWorks are available through Ticketmaster.

ONLINE
www.ticketmaster.com.au

Book your tickets securely and conveniently online.

BY PHONE
Ticketmaster 1300 723 038

IN PERSON
At all Ticketmaster outlets.

BOX OFFICE AT CARRIAGEWORKS
Located in CarriageWorks' foyer, the Box Office is open for door sales from 1 hour prior to advertised performance times.

BOOKING FEE
Please note that booking fees may apply.

 

HOW TO BE PART OF THIS EVENT?

A student may choose to perform as much choreographies as they wish in accordance to their level and availability. All you have to do is to make the difficult choice of selecting the choreography(ies) you would like to be part of, from the list below:

Salsa Intemediate – Celia Cruz, Nadie Se Salva de La Rumba
Salsa Intermediate/Advanced – JLO
Salsa Advanced – James Brown
Samba Intermediate – Guns and Roses, Welcome to the jungle
Samba Advanced – En Vogue
Samba Axe – Ivete Sangalo
Bachata Intermediate – Bob Marley
Bachata Advanced – My all – Mariah Carey
Zouk Intermediate – Shakira
Zouk Advanced – Pussycat Dolls
Men Styling – Justin Timberlake
Ladies Styling – Madonna
Reggaeton – Daddy Yankee
Cha Cha – Micheal Buble


Each of these 'Performance classes' will run as 14 classes courses, one class a week with duration of 1 hour and 15 minutes each until the students are ready to perform. Should the Performer Program take more than the stated classes to master, $18 per class will apply thereafter for subsequent classes.

The Performer Program class requires teamwork, dedication, patience and effort from all involved. During the classes, the students will receive intense group and personal attention from the instructors to ensure that they focus on specific areas requiring improvement. Important skills will be taught in a more detailed fashion. These include:

1. Posture
2. Projection
3. Expression
4. Balance
5. Sharpness
6. Memorization

This is a great chance for you to improve your dance style and technique dramatically, whilst also learning essential performance skills, designed to make you stand out whether on the stage or on the dance-floor.

Performer program timetable:

Timetable will be as follow and all classes will have a 15 minutes break in between so you will have time to organize yourself for the next class you might be enrolled or simply to use this extra time to practice with your class mates.
If necessary further training extra classes will be announced two weeks before the Ball and it will be done at the Broadway venue.
Each performer will receive only one commemorative LDA Ball 2008 DVD even if the students are enrolled in more than one choreography.

All packages includes:
14 Classes Courses
1 DVD Lda Ball 2008 (per perfomer not per choreography)
Free entry at the 2 nights Ball parties
Certificate of participation

Payment plan:
$50 on the day of the choreography booking*
50% of the balance one week before the first day of your course
The final 50% payment until 18th July 2008.
The performer will pay a non-refundable fee of $50 to book for each choreography. This amount will be deducted from the first installment.

Costumes Cost

The investment put into the costumes will be around $100 not including dancing shoes. All the relevant information regarding costumes, colours and dress maker will be given to you from the 3rd week of the course.

Future Opportunities

On the past 8 years LDA has being producing more then 70% of the Latin Dancers, Performers and Instructors in Sydney Salsa industry.

LDA is formed by the highest caliber of Latin and Brazilian performers and instructors in Australia who are passionate about Latin American dancing and its culture.

LDA has significantly influenced the Latin and Salsa scene in Sydney and Australia with their world class teaching methods turning them into the leading authority of Latin Dance in this country. We proud ourselves to be the producer of most of the instructors and performers today in Sydney and most of them started by learning at LDA Ball since 2001 when we launch this event for the first time ever in the world.

The LDA Ball has given the students great opportunities to perform in major annual Festivals in Sydney, Australia and overseas, such as:

• L.A. Salsa Congress – USA - May
  
• Brazilian Festival – Darling Harbour - Sep
• Fiesta – Darling Harbour - Oct
  
• Rico Festival – Fairfield Showground- Nov
• World Salsa Championships classifies
• Tropicana Festival – SA – Dec
• LDA Xmas Party at LDA studios - Dec
• Brazilian Dance Congress Brisbane - March
  
• Sydney Salsa Congress at Olympic Park – Jan
• Latin Dance Congress Brisbane - June
• Brazilian Carnival at Metro Theatre – Feb
• Hong Kong Salsa Congress – Feb
  
• Lindeman Island Latin Festival - March
• South American Festival at Bondi Pavillion– Feb
  
  
  

The achievement that our students are reaching today is higher than many professionals on the industry. A good example of that was in 2005 when Jaime Jesus selected our advanced student’s team to compete at the Australian Salsa Championships amongst professional and some students teams from around Australia. Our Advanced student’s team got 1st Place getting the rights to compete this time in Las Vegas against the World Salsa Pro team’s championships and there they got placed no less than 4th. What an achievement!
We hope you will have a great time in our performer courses and be prepared to become a winner dancer!

General Information

In the event you discover you would prefer to change the choreography decision you made, we will transfer the credit of your course to another choreography that suits you best. Course fees are however non-refundable as we commit resources to the courses based on student numbers. After you have reached your decision about which choreography you would like to be involved in, we will require your full commitment until the Ball date, as we will need to organize certain show details such as: number of couples and individuals per choreography, set up positions and organize costumes. Performers do not pay entry fee on the 2 nights.