For more information, please refer to www.adrianmedina.com.au

As above

Education Bachelor in Modern and Contemporary Dance 1995-1997
Narciso Medina Dance School Havana, Cuba

Bachelor in Popular and Folkloric (Afro-Cuban) Dance 1995-1997
Narciso Medina Dance School Havana, Cuba

Bachelor in Musical and Dance Show Performance 1997-1998
Tropicana Musical and Dance Show School Havana, Cuba


Experience: Narciso Medina Dance Company Havana, Cuba
“Narciso Medina is one of the most relevant dancer-choreographer in the Contemporary Dance in Cuba; his work is so intense and internationally acclaims that have earned him many Dance Grand Prix Awards as dancer/choreographer. Narciso Medina has a big name in the contemporary dance scene round the world. He is well known in countries like USA, Japan, Italy, France, Russia, etc.
He has recently been called to choreograph a new contemporary version of “The Phantom of the Opera” in Italy.

Dancer/Actor in award film”Zafiros locura Azul”.
International Festival of Youth and Students Havana, Cuba
Masterly dance demonstration in popular dance/afro-Cuban dance
“Cuban Experience” dance show (Palace of Versailles), Paris 1998-1999 with one of the most multi-awarded contemporary choreography in the world “Metamorphosis”.

Tropicana Dance Company Havana, Cuba

“Tropicana it is one of the most traditional and famous cabaret-shows in the world and it is the number one musical and variety show in Cuba. Its international caliber and quality it is compared with cabaret shows as famous as Moulin Rouge and Lido in Paris. Tropicana has more than 70 Years of international recognition and its company has performed in more than 25 countries worldwide, including Las Vegas, US”.

Dancer film “Un Paraiso bajo las estrellas”,”A Paradise under the stars”
Special performance with Spanish famous actor/singer Norma Duval.
Special performance top models Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss.
Fashion /show designer Yunko Koshino
Performance Royal Albert Hall, London 1998
Performance Monaco 1998

Havana Night Musical and Dance Show Company Havana, Cuba

“Havana Night’s became in 2000 in one of the top five Musical and Dance Shows touring the world, performing full houses and receiving overwhelming response to our performances, this company has worked with Artist like Maurice Haynes ex-Michael Jackson choreographer (Remember the Time) as well an artistic director in many shows in Las Vegas” .Havana Night is nowadays the number one Latin-American musical show in the world and the second biggest show in Las Vegas after Cirque de Soleil.

World Tours with the company
Germany, Japan Poland, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Australia, etc

My work with the company

One of the four mains Principal Dancer.
Instructor of American Jazz
Choreographer
African Footprints Dance Company (South Africa), 2003
Africa Footprints it is one of the top contemporary companies in South Africa.
They are the only company in the country sponsored by the Nelson Mandela Association

Teaching Master dance classes for the company while performing in
Australia.

Los Angeles Performing Art School, 2007
Teaching Master classes for the performing arts students (afro-Cuban dance)

Work in Australia

Opera Australia
-Dancer / Actor
Operas performed
Carmen, Masked Ball, Pearl Fishers, Billy Budd

Centre of Performing Arts Adelaide (AIT ARTS SA) 4 years
Bachelor Degrees in
- American Jazz
- Modern/ Contemporary
- Pas-deux technique (with Sally Collard Gentle)
- Latin Jazz

Australia Dance Council
-Latin style, funk, Hip-Hop, American jazz

Sheila Lang Dance Academy ( Dance College)
- Modern/Contemporary
- American Jazz
- African Style
- Latin