For over 30 years, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts has been
helping students realise their dreams of successful careers in the performing arts and entertainment industries.
Contact us
ECU Mount Lawley Campus
2 Bradford Street Mount Lawley
Perth, Western Australia
Phone: 134 328
Our world-class teaching staff and specialist tutors share the knowledge and skills gained from professional experience on stage and behind the scenes.
Taught by WAAPA’s staff and industry professionals, our weekend and holiday workshops offer practical tuition in areas such as acting, singing, music, dance and music theatre.
WAAPA is excited to offer a brand new Corporate Training program. Comprised of leading artists, practitioners and educators with real world experience of translating professional performing arts training and advanced techniques into tangible skills for individuals and organisations.
WAAPA would not be the thriving performance institution and community
it is today without the generous help and support of our donors, sponsors, Friends and alumni.
WAAPA postgraduate students and staff are involved in research and collaboration across the broadest spectrum of performing arts disciplines – ranging from music (classical, jazz, contemporary, opera, composition) to music theatre, acting, performance, dance, production and design, arts management, and more.
WAAPA fosters cross-cultural exchange through global partnerships, projects, and performances, welcoming international
students and engaging in mobility experiences, enhancing its reputation as a leading institution for performing arts education.
Dancing (Hip Hop, Jazz, Jazz Funk Hip Hop, Bollywood, Latin, Musical Theatre, Lyrical & Modern Contemporary)
Choreographing
Performer/Devisor
Acting (Stage & Screen)
Accents
Australian
American
Filipino English
Awards and recognition
2022
PICA Contemporary Performance Award
Bachelor of Performing Arts Graduate (Performance Making)
2021
International Songwriting Competition Semi-Finalist
Youth Off The Street Scholar (Sponsor: The Sony Foundation)
2020
Youth Off The Street Scholar (Sponsor: The Sony Foundation)
Variety Heart Scholar
2019
Excellence in the Creative & Performing Arts
Gold Awardee Honour Roll
RSL Sub-Branch Award
Variety Heart Scholar
Youth Off The Street Scholar (Sponsor: The Sony Foundation)
2018
Excellence in the Creative & Performing Arts
RSL Sub-Branch Award
Variety Heart Scholar
Young Australian Citizen of the Year
2017
Excellence in the Creative & Performing Arts
NSW Science and Engineering Challenge Finalist
RSL Sub-Branch Award
2016
NSW Fire and Rescue Citizenship Awardee
RSL Sub-Branch Award
Additional training/skills
Ableton Live 101 (With Pataphysics aka Patrick Marks)
Sampling Found Sounds (With Olympia Henshaw feat. Rainbow Chan and Mookhi)
How to use DAWs in Live Performance (With Elise Reitze-Swensen and Alice Ivy)
Mixing Your Music (With Ben Murphy and Becki Whitton aka Aphir)
Crossing from Stage to Screen (With: Fiona Choi, Milo Martill & Tony Coombs)
How to Stand Out (With Amy Mete)
Acting for Camera (With Melissa David)
The Loungeroom project (Western Australian Youth Theatre Company)
Performances
High School representation – International
2016:
NSW West of the Divide European Tour- Elite Choir Member
Salzburg, Vienna (Austria), Budapest (Hungary), Bratislava (Slovakia), Hodonin, Prague & Chlumec (Czech Republic), Munich (Germany)
High School school representation – State (NSW)
2019:
School Spectacular (The Arts Unit) - Featured Solo Vocalist Finalist and Featured Dancer Finalist.
L-E-V (a joint project with The Arts Unit and the Sydney Opera House)
Workshop at the Academy of Music & Performing Arts Studio, Alexandria NSW. State Dance Representative - 1 of 19 state dancers who gained a place in Sharon Eyal’s workshop.
2018:
School Spectacular (The Arts Unit) - Featured HipHop Dancer
School Spectacular (The Arts Unit) - Featured Vocalist (2nd audition round)
School Spectacular (The Arts Unit) - Musical Theatre Dancer (Callback)
Reimagined: Romeo & Juliet - GIHS Dance Representative. 1 of 2 rural students featured in a film documentary in cooperation with The Arts Unit and the London Symphony Orchestra (1 of 13 dance ensemble). Rehearsals were held at the Academy of Music & Performing Arts Studio. The performance was held at The Conservatorium of Music Sydney. Televised over ABC ME in September 2018.
State Solo Vocal Camp - Selection through video audition
Schools Spectacular - Qudos Bank Area, Sydney Olympic Park. Televised over Channel 7 Performance Events: 23 – 24 November
State Dance Festival - Sydney Seymour Centre Performances: 11 – 14 September
Michael Clarke Dance Company - A joint project with The Arts Unit and the Sydney Opera House, February 2018. Workshop at the Academy of Music & Performing Arts Studio, Alexandria NSW
The Arts Unit - The Concourse, Chatswood – Culmination Concert. Workshop Camp at Eleonora Conference Centre
2017:
State Dance Ensemble
School Spectacular (The Arts Unit) - Featured Vocalist (2nd audition round)
Schools Spectacular - Qudos Bank Area, Sydney Olympic Park. Televised over Channel 7 Performance Events: 24 – 25 November
State Drama Ensemble - Sydney Seymour Centre Performances: 26 – 27 October
State Dance Festival - Ensemble Sydney Seymour Centre Performances: 12 – 14 September
State Solo Vocal Camp - Selection through Video audition. The Arts Unit. The Concourse, Chatswood – Culmination Concert. Workshop Camp, Eleonora Conference Centre, 6 – 10 March
School representation – Regional NSW West of the Divide
2017:
Creative Arts in Public Education Schools Spectacular- Featured Solo Vocalist & Featured Solo Dancer
Tamworth Recreation Entertainment Conference Centre
2016:
Regional Dance Festival - Ensemble
2015:
Creative Arts in Public Education Schools Spectacular- Featured Solo Vocalist & Ensemble Dancer
Tamworth Recreation Entertainment Conference Centre