Sydney Dance Company
Lou Oppenheim is an experienced arts and operations professional, currently serving as the Executive Director of Sydney Dance Company since February 2022. Additionally, Lou holds positions as a Board Member and Treasurer at Theatre Network Australia, and as a Board Member and Deputy Chair at Elision Ensemble, both since 2016 and 2015 respectively. Previous roles include Director of Production and Events at Sydney Opera House, Senior Manager at Create NSW, and General Manager at Circus Oz. Lou also has extensive experience in orchestral management as the Director of Operations at Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and as a Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group. Lou Oppenheim earned a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Engineering and German Linguistics from the University of Melbourne between 1995 and 1999.
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Sydney Dance Company
Dance changes you. More than simply witnessing something beautiful, or engaging with culture, to experience dance is to be positively altered. From performances at the Joyce Theatre in New York, to the Grand in Shanghai, the Stanislavsky in Moscow and the Sydney Opera House at home, Sydney Dance Company has proven that there are no passive observers in a contemporary dance audience. The reward of truly moving audiences, and the raw pride of sharing Australian art with the world has driven our ensemble of 16 dancers, led by Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela, to become one of the world’s strongest forces in contemporary dance. Alongside Bonachela’s original works, our programs have featured guest choreographers like Jacopo Godani, Alexander Ekman, Gideon Obarzanek and Cheng Tsung-Lung as well as collaborations with the Sydney Festival, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, David Jones and composers Bryce Dessner, Nick Wales, 48nord and Ezio Bosso. Sydney Dance Company has a broad community beyond the practice and performance of our lead dancers. We believe in the universality of dance, and with the largest public dance class program in Australia, we help over 80,000 people a year connect with the grace, strength and creativity that lives within all of us. Our nation-wide education program offers a strategic curriculum targeting primary and secondary students through to career focused study for pre-professional dancers and university graduates.