7th Outside Change CUP 2024

SATURDAY JUNE 8, 2024

Press Release 

7th Outside Change Cup & Freedom To Dance Ball 2024 

Wow, what a fantastic event we had in 2023 for the 6th Outside Change Cup & Freedom To Dance Ball. 

The 2024 Outside Change Cup & Freedom To Dance Ball will be held on Saturday June 8, once again at the magnificent Plaza Ballroom in Melbourne, please put this date in your diary.   As the OC Cup will be held on the Saturday in 2024, this means our annual Workshop/Lecture series by some of our visiting international guest will be held on Sunday June 9, with private lessons being held on both Sunday June 9 and Monday June 10.  These will take place once again at The Space Dance & Arts Centre in Prahran.

Literature is now available and entries are open, you can find all information here Event Literature & Entries

We just want to say a huge thank you to each and every one of you for your wonderful support these past 6 years, it really does mean so very much to us here at Outside Change.  We look forward to presenting another fabulous first-class event in 2024 and we are looking forward to seeing you all again very soon.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us on either of the email addresses below.

Jason Beaman & Brent Olifent

Organisers  –  Outside Change Cup & Freedom To Dance Ball

For Ticketing, Master Classes, Private Lessons and all other enquiries,  please do not hesitate to email Jason and Brent on either of the following emails, jason@outsidechange.com or info@outsidechange.com 

Please see some of the wonderful memories from 6th Outside Change Cup & Freedom To Dance Ball.

Massimo Arcolin & Laura Zmajkovicova (Italy) Honours Dance from 2023 after being crowned the 6th Outside Change Cup Professional Latin Champions. Video courtesy of the Brown Family.
Stanislav Zelianin & Irina Cherepanova (Singapore) Honours Dance from 2023 after being crowned the 6th Outside Change Cup Professional Ballroom Champions. Video courtesy of the Brown Family.

The magnificent Plaza Ballroom

The winners of the Dennis Foley Career Development Grant of a whopping $10,000, Andrew Nolo & Sarlote Jakse, with organiser’s Jason & Brent on each end, and Gail McGeachy & Verity Mills of DanceSurance and Anna Longmore.
The DanceSurance Outside Change Cup recipients for 2023 were Cameron Rennie & Rochelle Murdoch (WA). with Brent Olifent, Gail McGeachy, Verity Mills & Jason Beaman.
The Amateur Latin winners for 2023, Daniel Ryan & Maria Gabriela Maglahus performing their Honours Dance after receiving an amazing $5,000 from the wonderful sponsors of the Amateur Latin, Regina Wong & Pao Na Na of Singapore.
6th Outside Change Cup Adjudicators from Left to Right – Graham Thomas (WA), Brad Dawes (NSW), Donna Shingler (NSW), Wayne Douglas (VIC), Nami Shoji (Japan), Kym Smith (VIC), Anna Longmore (VIC), Julie Patchett (WA), Katusha Volgina (VIC), Jason Beaman, Dr Adele Hyland AM (NSW), Brent Olifent, Kerry Clarke (VIC), Leeanne Bampton (NSW), Madeleine Zoanetti (SA), Maria Pople (VIC), Meagen Alderton (VIC), Karen Hardy (UK), Michael Baker (WA), Nguyen Giang Chau (Vietnam), Viktoria Morgan (New Zealand), Wendy Johnson (USA), Ray Rivers (USA) & Laurie Peterson (QLD).