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Seventeen-year-old with a unique voice earns World-class awards and recording of 3 original songs in Los Angeles

From Adversity to Stardom: Junior New System from the Philippines Soar to New Heights!

MICHAEL DAMESKI, 2007 WCOPA junior world dance multi-medalist from Australia, continues to enjoy tremendous success.

by Rico Aguirre

"...When he was 6 years old he entered in his first dance competition the Australian Dance Idol, making the top 10 without any formal training. After that he started training at Glenda Yee School of Dance where he stayed until the decision to move over to Brent Street Studios where he was given the opportunity to represent Australia in the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Los Angeles, and received gold in each category he entered and overall Junior World Dancer. After WCOPA in 2013 he won the prestigious Australian Dancer of the Year title at the Showcase Australian Dance Championships."

The show was produced by Australian Peter Oxford (founder) which had him go on to win the US dance title Rainbow Dance in Las Vegas. Dameski was a guest at the Zlatno Slavejce (Golden Nightingale) children's singing festival in Macedonia, at which he recorded a song written especially for him entitled 'One Dance'."

Since then He has won numerous awards, appeared in various TV series and films. He was the lead in "Billy Elliot the Musical" in Australia, on Broadway and the national tour. In February 2014, Michael appeared on the Australian version of "So You Think You Can Dance" and on 1 May 2014 won the competition, crowned Australia's Favorite Dancer for 2014.

Currently, Michael is travelling with the first national tour of Newsies as Scab and a Citizen of New York.

Paula Abdul attended a performance of Disney's Newsies at The Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. Abdul manages Michael (to her right), winner of "So You Think You Can Dance" Australia in 2014

He now resides in Los Angeles where he continues to perform and instruct further expanding his career and success .

WCOPA is proud of you Michael!

For more information on how to become part of this great experience go to: http://wcopa.com/contestants/how-to-be-a-contestant

Email: info@wcopa.com

2014  Winning Performance in Australia's "So You Think You Can Dance"

Credits:
http://www.broadwayworld.com

http://www.onstageblog.com

Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dameski

https://www.facebook.com/SYTYCDAU

https://www.facebook.com/michael.dameski