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Mr Andries Weidemann

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 9370 6018
Email: a.weidemann@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4577-8006

Andries is a Lecturer in Classical Dance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Current teaching

  • CUAPRF501 - Refine performance techniques
  • CUAPRF503 - Prepare for performances in a competitive environment
  • CUAPPR502 - Develop own sustainable professional practice
  • CUADAN507 - Refine dance partnering techniques
  • DAN2121 - Ballet 2
  • DAN3221 - Ballet 3
  • DAN3901 - Ballet 3 (International Exchange)

Background

Andries Weidemann is a South African born dancer, educator and choreographer. He has been teaching into the classical and contemporary courses at WAAPA since 2009. Andries regularly guest teaches for The West Australian Ballet, The Royal Academy of Dance, The Cecchetti Society and is an advisory consultant to the AICD, WA. In 2018/19, he served on the project working group for the PwC Skills for Australia Culture and Related Industries project.

In 2013, Andries was the recipient of the ECU Vice Chancellor’s Staff Award for Engagement, recognising excellence in enriching the WAAPA Dance course. He is currently part of a team developing research into health in the performing arts and has published research on pirouettes, leg alignment and safe dance practice. Andries also supervises Honours students and is completing a Master of Education (Research) at ECU, focusing on dance education.

As a choreographer, Andries has created, staged or choreographed for several major and independent companies in WA. Previous engagements include choreography/direction for WAAPA’s Dance and Classical Voice departments, WA Ballet, WA Opera, Freeze Frame Opera, Lark Chamber Opera and choreography for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in 2011.

Qualifications

  • Certificate IV in Training & Assessment, Edith Cowan University, 2013.
  • Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, Edith Cowan University, 2013.

Research Outputs

2018

Journal Articles

  • Hopper, L., Weidemann, A., Karin, J. (2018). The inherent movement variability underlying classical ballet technique and the expertise of a dancer. Research in Dance Education, 19(3), 229-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/14647893.2017.1420156.
  • Carter, S., Duncan, R., Weidemann, A., Hopper, L. (2018). Lower leg and foot contributions to turnout in female pre-professional dancers: A 3D kinematic analysis. Journal of Sports Sciences, 36(19), 2217-2225. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1446386.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Hopper, L., Sato, N., Weidemann, A. (2016). Single-leg squats can predict leg alignment in dancers performing ballet movements in “turnout”. Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine, 7(16 Nov. 2016), 161-166. https://doi.org/10.2147/OAJSM.S119388.

2014

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Weidemann, A. (2014). Jewels, The Sleeping Beauty, Act 3. WAAPA Dance.
  • Weidemann, A. (2014). Thesmophoriazusae (Choreographer). WAAPA.
  • Weidemann, A. (2014). Opera in Albany (Movement Director). West Australian Opera.
  • Weidemann, A. (2014). Songs, Sonnets & Shakespeare (Choreographer): Romeo and Juliet scene. WAAPA.

2013

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Weidemann, A., McCarthy, K. (2013). Coppelia Suite (Choreographer). WAAPA Dance.
  • Moshinsky, E., Weidemann, A., Colaneri, J., Dadd, C. (2013). La Traviata. West Australian Opera.
  • Weidemann, A. (2013). Adaptation of the Pas de trois from Swan Lake, Act 1. WAAPA Dance.

2012

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Weidemann, A. (2012). La Premiere Danse. WAAPA.
  • Maunder, S., Weidemann, A. (2012). Opera in the Park 'The Pearlfishers'. West Australian Opera.
  • Copley, J., Weidemann, A. (2012). Lucia de Lammermoor. West Australian Opera.
  • Weidemann, A. (2012). Giselle Act 1, Peasant Dance. WAAPA.
  • Weidemann, A. (2012). Man of Mode, Or Sir Fopling Flutter. WAAPA Acting.
  • Weidemann, A., Ehlers, J., McCarthy, K., De Vos-Beck, D., Brett, M. (2012). Les Sylphides. WAAPA Dance Department.
  • Weidemann, A. (2012). Sweet Airs that Give Delight. WAAPA.
  • Weidemann, A. (2012). 50th Anniversary of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Great Big Events via Five Levels Events.

2011

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Weidemann, A., Askill, M. (2011). Morning Song-choreography. CHOGM.
  • Weidemann, A. (2011). Rather Beastly - Choreography. Lark Chamber Opera.
  • Weidemann, A. (2011). Nyssa -Choreography. Visible Dance.
  • Weidemann, A., Hill, E. (2011). The Tales of Hoffmann - choreography. West Australian Opera.
  • Weidemann, A. (2011). Sacracuma - Choreography. WAAPA Dance.
  • Weidemann, A. (2011). Nana - Choreography. David Myles.
  • Weidemann, A., McDonald, R. (2011). The Rake's Progress-Choreography. Rachel MacDonald.
  • Lawson, E., Weidemann, A., McCarthy, K. (2011). Serenade - Workshop, rehearsals and performance. WAAPA Dance.

2010

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Weidemann, A. (2010). English eccentrics - Choreography. WAAPA.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

No data available

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Rasalila meets giselle: A journey from sensuality to spirituality
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