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Patric was raised in the beautiful coastal town of Yeppoon, all jokes aside. Early in his career he was employed as a model, dance teacher and choreographer, achieving praise and awards in dance competitions, stage shows, and productions. Patric moved to Brisbane at the age for seventeen to pursue studies in International Business and later added Creative Industries at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
Soon after commencing his studies he began to emerge in Brisbane, performing and modeling for Canterbury clothing’s new season marketing launch and a dancer for choreographers Nerida Matthaei and Skye Sewell. The next year, 2008, he was a chosen dancer for five performances, as well as choreographing and performing a solo piece and collective work through QUT’s choreographic studies program.
Patric was prized with the QUT Business School Scholarship to move to the United Kingdom to continue his studies at the University of Leeds. While residing in the UK he was an actor and principle dancer in the Ravenrock company performance of Alice in Wonderland. After returning from the UK he performed in two works in the QUT New Moves season in 2009. Patric was also involved in the Dancing Across Queensland: A Dance Project tour to Central Queensland performing and facilitating creative workshops at primary and secondary schools.
Through all this Patric was inspired to create The Jazz Hand Project in 2010. Using both his business skills and knowledge of the dance industry he set out on a mission to produce arts’ projects in Brisbane. Soon after he was awarded a twelve months residency in Visible Ink’s Social Inkubator program. Patric then received a bursary through QUT Creative Enterprises to attend the inaugural Creative3 International Forum for creative enterprises. Where he was the only representative of the dance industry. He was then granted funding from Brisbane City Council to produce Tether.
Patric was a professional entertainer specialising in distraction therapy for seriously ill children with the Starlight Children’s Foundation. This position involved television programming and presenting, as well as filming, acting and editing. Additionally, he enjoyed the initiatives created through The Jazz Hand Project; Creative Producer of Tether, Assistant Producer of the Dance Photographer Exhibition, and Producer of The Change. Patric is a graduate of QUT with a Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Creative Industries majoring in International Business and Dance.
After graduating and before embarking on his USA adventure, Patric was a guest Ballet instructor at Dance Infusion, Yeppoon and choreographer of two body building routines for competitors in the ANB Asia Pacific International 2011. He continued his work with children through the Boy Scouts of America working as a Den Chief at the Akela Summer Camp 2011 in Minnesota, where he lead programs in performing Arts, as well as taking on other leadership positions typical to scouting. Patric recently finished his studies at the New York Film Academy in New York City to advance his acting.
Contact: patric@thejhproject.com.au
Check out his performance resume – here.
View clips on YouTube – here.
View showreels – here.
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