Acting for Dancers with Kat Hoyos

Details

  •  24 November 2025
     6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
MEAA Sydney Office
Conference Room, 245 Chalmers Street, Redfern, New South Wales, 2016, Australia

Applications Open 10 November 2025 8:00 am
Applications Close 24 November 2025 10:00 am
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Synopsis

  •  24 November 2025
     6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

How do you bring authentic character, emotional depth, and confidence to every performance? In this 90-minute in-person Sydney session, Kat Hoyos – performer and acting coach – will guide dancers with beginner to intermediate acting experience through the essentials of acting for stage and screen. Participants will be moving throughout the session and are required to learn short scenes from memory.

Through practical exercises and demonstrations, Kat will help dancers integrate acting with movement, work effectively for the camera, and perform confidently in auditions. The session covers emotional expression, given circumstances, and scene work, giving dancers the tools to elevate their craft and deliver compelling performances both on stage and on screen.

Please note this is for trained dancers – either from a full time course or similar.

Please also note that given this is an in house workshop numbers will – by necessity – be limited to 16 attendees. Please note: This in-person Sydney event will take place from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (SYD time) at MEAA Sydney Office (Conference Room, 245 Chalmers Street, Redfern, New South Wales, 2016, Australia)

MEAA Sydney Office
Conference Room, 245 Chalmers Street, Redfern, New South Wales, 2016, Australia

Host(s)

  • Kat Hoyos

    Kat Hoyos is an accomplished Australian actor with recent starring roles in two major screen projects: Amazon MGM Studios’ Play Dirty, directed by Shane Black and starring Mark Wahlberg, and Stan/Helium Pictures’ The Killings at Parrish Station, which will have its world premiere at the 2026 Sydney Film Festival. Audiences first embraced Kat in her breakout role as Layla Habib on Channel 9’s Here Come the Habibs, a performance that earned the series nominations for Best Comedy at the TV WEEK Logie Awards and international recognition at the Golden Nymph and Rose d’Or Awards. She went on to star as midwife Sasha Lorente in the acclaimed drama Amazing Grace, opposite Sigrid Thornton and Kate Jenkinson, with additional film credits including Chasing Comets, A Suburban Love Story alongside Luke Ford, and the festival-winning The Road Home.A multi-talented performer, Kat is also an accomplished singer and dancer with extensive stage credits including the Australian and New Zealand tours of Jersey Boys the Musical and Hairspray the Musical, as well as Xanadu, They’re Playing Our Song, and The Man of No Importance at The Hayes Theatre. She regularly performs with Improv Theatre Sydney, including appearances for the Sydney Comedy Festival, and has also performed at major events including the MTV Awards, the ARIAs, the Australian Open Tennis Final, Dancing With The Stars, and Channel 9’s Carols by Candlelight.Beyond performance, Kat works across screen and stage as a creative collaborator in development, contributing to writing rooms and the shaping of performance, movement, and new work.She is an educator and mentor with Improv Theatre Sydney and NIDA. She holds a Bachelor of Performance (Music and Theatre) from the University of Wollongong and a Certificate IV in Dance from Brent Street, and has trained in Los Angeles at The Groundlings, Ivana Chubbuck Studio, and Margie Haber Studio.Kat is the creator of The Artists Hustle, a career development platform helping performing artists develop business skills, mindset, and strategy to build sustainable, long-term careers in the entertainment industry. She is a proud member of MEAA.@kathoyos @theartistshustle
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