How To Become A Professional Dancer: The Roadmap To Success

CHRIS VAN DOREN (Dance Coach) Hailing from Queensland’s Gold Coast, Chris Van Doren has been arguably one of Australia’s most in-demand dancers in over the past decade. Chris has experience in all aspects of stage and screen since breaking into the Sydney scene in 2010 and has worked with the best of the best in the industry since. Chris’ stage and screen credits include Taylor Swift, Rita Ora, Jason Derulo, Kelly Rowland, Kylie Minogue, Ke$ha, and has regularly performed on The X-Factor, The Voice, Australia’s Got Talent & The Masked Singer Australia as well as appearing in numerous music video clips and television advertising campaigns. Chris was thrilled to bring his talents to the theatre for his musical theatre debut in The Bodyguard in 2017, and was later casted a featured role in Saturday Night Fever in 2019. Since then he has furthered his career onto working alongside industry international stars like Kelly Abbey in Carmen at the Opera, The Squared Division, Baz Lurman in the making of Elvis and Hollywood A-list celebrity Channing Tatum for his international hit stage production of Magic Mike Live, casted as one of Australia’s original Magic Mike Live dancer. His new passion finds him in the role as a tech startup found with The Movement Org - to impart his experience onto the next generation of dancers as a coach to help them find their dance success in the industry.