Andries Weidemann is a South African born dancer, educator and choreographer.
He has been teaching classical and contemporary courses at WAAPA since 2009 and regularly guest teaches for The West Australian Ballet, The Royal Academy of Dance, The Cecchetti Society. As a choreographer, Mr Weidemann has created, staged or choreographed for several major and independent companies in Western Australia. Previous engagements include choreography/direction for WAAPA’s Dance and Classical Voice departments, WA Ballet, WA Opera, Freeze Frame Opera, Lark Chamber Opera and choreography for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2011.
In 2013, Mr Weidemann was the recipient of the ECU Vice Chancellor’s Staff Award for Engagement, recognising excellence in enriching the WAAPA Dance course.
Mr Weidemann is an advisory consultant to the Australian Institute of Company Directors WA. In 2018/2019, he served on the project working group for the PwC Skills for Australia Culture and Related Industries project.
He is part of a team developing research into health in the performing arts and has published research on pirouettes, leg alignment and safe dance practice. He also supervises Honours students and is completing a Master of Education (Research) at ECU, focusing on dance education.
