Bradley Chatfield \\ REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Bradley joined Dancenorth as Rehearsal Director in 2010 after having spent over 18 years as a dancer at Sydney Dance Company. Bradley is highly acclaimed in the dance industry being a recipient of numerous awards including Best Male Dancer at the Green Room Awards 2003, Australian Dance Awards 2003 and Mo Awards 2004 and in 2009 was named in Sydney Morning Herald’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Sydney.
Born in Victoria, Bradley trained under Vivienne Dunn before going on to train at the Australian Ballet School, graduating in 1990. Bradley then joined the Hong Kong Ballet with performance highlights including roles in Paquita, Spectre de la Rose, Troy Games and Tales of Hoffmann.
In 1991 he moved across to Sydney Dance Company (SDC) under the direction of Graeme Murphy and Janet Veron, remaining with this company until 2009 and performing the full company repertoire to great acclaim.

Bradley has toured extensively with SDC, both in Australia and internationally, including tours to the United States, Europe, China, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand and South America. In 2008 Bradley was appointed to the role of Deputy Dance Director and then Dance Director in 2009.
Beyond his work with Sydney Dance Company Chatfield's credits include reproducing Graeme Murphy’s Sequenza VII for New Zealand’s School of Dance, starring as Mr Mistoffelees in Really Useful Group and Seoul & Co touring production of Cats in South Korea 2003/04, and performing in Worldwide Tour Company’s Aida, Garry Stewart’s THWACK. In early 2010, along with Brett Morgan, he also reproduced Free Radicals for the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts final graduation.
AWARDS:
Best Male Dancer  Green Room Awards 2003
Best Male Dancer  Australian Dance Awards 2003
Best Male Dancer  Mo Awards 2004

NOMINATIONS:
Best Male Dancer Australian Dance Awards 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006
Best Male Dancer Green Room Awards 1998, 2000
Best Male Dancer  The Helpmann Awards 2003, 2004, 2007 2009
Best Male Dancer  Mo Awards 2006

Contact Bradley bradley@dancenorth.com.au