Versatility. Personality. Passion.
Our Story
Parallax officially opened its doors at the start of 2007 by Artistic Director Jordan Punsalang to a handful of students in Geelong. Presently, the studio offers a wide array of programs to enable the students to access a more well-rounded and technique-based performance-focused training and has since independently produced numerous full-length musical, dance and singing productions.
Alumni and current members of the company have landed roles in various professional...
MUSICAL THEATRE productions:
Tina The Musical
Elvis: A Musical Revolution
Mary Poppins
Frozen The Musical
Annie The Musical
Hamilton
Kinky Boots
Newsies
Cry-Baby The Musical
The Wedding Singer The Musical
Rent
Shrek The Musical
A Chorus Line
A Life Of Us
Kiss Of The Spider Woman
School Of Rock
Kinky Boots
Wizard Of Oz
West Side Story
Jersey Boys
Mamma Mia
American Idiot
Aladdin
The Bodyguard Musical
The Adventures Peter Pan and Tinkerbell
Matilda
We Will Rock You
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Les Miserables
Anything Goes
Dirty Dancing
Sweet Charity
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
OPERA:
The Magic Flute - Opera Australia
Tosca - Opera Australia
Carmen - Opera Australia
and LIVE THEATRE:
Ballroom Blitz
The Cosentino
Thursford Christmas Spectacular (U.K.)
The Wind In The Willows
Moulin Rouge (Paris, France)
Velvet
Dance Hall
Past and present members have been or are:
- cast in professional dance shows (corporate, cruise lines, film and TV)
- landed jobs as models in commercials as well as actors (online, print, television, music videos)
- passed the rigorous auditions in VCASS, WAAPA, VCA, Griffith, and Victorian Opera
- accepted in full-time dance schools
- and forged their own professional careers either as a dance teacher, a choreographer or a performer in Australia and overseas.
Parallax members have also participated in various community events - Australia Day Festival Of Sails, SplashDance Festivals, Short Circuit series and local theatre productions.
Parallax Performing Arts has cemented itself as the leading performing arts studio in the Geelong region.
Our Artistic Director
Jordan Punsalang has been professionally involved in dance for over 30 years. Trained by the best dance teachers and dance companies in the Philippines and further taught by US and European dance masters, Jordan is well-versed in performing and teaching diverse dance genres. He has also choreographed and performed in countless professional productions on stage (corporate & theatre), TV, film, fashion show, pageants, and live concerts in Asia and Europe.
Since moving to Geelong in 2007, Jordan formed Parallax Company. Since starting Parallax, he has staged over 40 full-length dance concerts to date; and has collaborated with a few dance companies in Geelong to create “Trois”, a show featuring three dance companies - celebrating Geelong’s vibrant dance scene.
Some of his musical theatre choreographic credits (overseas and local) include Pippin, Don Quixote, Oliver, Aida, Romeo & Juliet, Merchant of Venice, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Joseph & The Technicolor Dreamcoat (Cue LSGH, Philippines) Riri Ken Tiri, and La Verbena De La Paloma (UP PCCA, Philippines), Boy from Oz, West Side Story, Sweet Charity, Cats, Mary Poppins (Footlight Production) The Full Monty (GSODA Inc), Altar Boyz, and Chicago (TOTD). He has been nominated several times by both Entertainment Geelong and the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria and was the recipient of the Music Theatre Guild Of Victoria Choreography Award in 2012.
He also choreographed Angie Hilton's performance at Carols By Candlelight in Geelong (2016) and Christmas In Geelong Show (2022). In 2017 he choreographed the cabaret Cyrens - The Swinging Songbook of Cy Coleman (Adelaide and Melbourne Cabaret Festival) featuring Chelsea Gibb, Amanda Harrison, Melissa Langton and Mark Jones.
Away from dance, Jordan loves spending time and traveling with his wife Fritzie who is a professional singer and the vocal director of Parallax; and their two young children, Adam and Page who both have garnered quite a few number of professional work in the industry as performing artists.
