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Australia ready to Burn the Floor for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings

Nearly 35% of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ global on-board talent will be sourced from Australia, with auditions commencing Tuesday in Sydney.

Helen Hutcheon, Australasia correspondent

October 31, 2016

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NCLH is looking for performers to fill hundreds of roles across its portfolio of cabaret, circus and Broadway productions, including After Midnight, Rock of Ages, Cirque Dreams and Australia’s Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Burn the Floor.

 

Auditions will continue in Adelaide (November 5), Brisbane (November 7-8) and Melbourne (November 9-10).

 

‘Australia is always a core country for recruiting cruise ship entertainers because of the sheer amount of talent we witness every time we come here,’ director of entertainment production for Norwegian Creative Studios, Robert Hertenstein, said.

 

‘Australia’s performers have outstanding technique and are experienced across all forms of dance which is why we regard our talent from Down Under as the jewels in our crown,’ Hertenstein said.

 

Steve Odell, svp and md Asia Pacific, said the dedicated production division is now responsible for the entertainment offering across NCLH’s entire 25-strong fleet encompassing the vessels of Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.

 

‘This means that at any one time more than 450 performers are working across our ships, supported by many more hundreds of production and backstage crew,’ Odell said.

 

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About the Author

Helen Hutcheon

Australasia correspondent

Helen Hutcheon did her cadetship on a shipping magazine and worked in P&O’s Sydney office for seven years as a public relations journalist.

For 19 years she was deputy editor of Travel Week, which was Australia’s leading trade newspaper that covered major local and international industry events.

In 2008 the late legendary Rama Rebbapragada presented her with an award from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd ‘in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cruising industry.’

In 2010 she won the Neil Frazer Award for ‘outstanding contribution to the cruise industry,’ elevating her to CLIA Australasia’s hall of fame.

She has been the Australasia correspondent for Seatrade Cruise Review since 1997 and for Seatrade Insider (now Seatrade Cruise News) since its launch in 2000.

 

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