Bio.
Liam 'Bugsy' Wilson grew up in the small town of Mansfield, in country Victoria. Liam began teaching himself freestyle dance inspired by Michael Jackson in his home garage, he was soon closely mentored by Maddison & Ellie Kay of M.A.D studios from the age of 10.
Liam has recently completed 3 years of training in Melbourne at Transit Dance, where he successfully obtained his Diploma & Advanced Diploma of Elite Dance, in Performing Arts and a Cert IV in Dance Teaching & Management. He also holds a Cert III in Sound & Light Technology.
While training in Melbourne Liam trained under the direction of Paul Malek, Kim Adam & Chris Curran and was exposed to a variety of styles including Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, Tap, Ballroom, Commercial, Acting & singing, as well as a large variety of fitness and conditioning components. Liam had the opportunity to perform with Transit Dance in over 25 shows choreographed by some of Australia’s finest choreographers and mentors during this time as well as performing them in a variety of venues & show styles.
Since 2015, ‘Bugsy’ has been travelling to Long Beach, California to compete and train in The World Championships of Performing Arts. As well as participating and successfully winning an Industry award, Overall Champion Dance of the World (Jazz) award twice and various other Gold, Silver and Bronze awards he has also been apart of the live internet broadcast of the Grand Finale showcase three times.
Other professional credits that Liam has include:
Winning the national talent showcase FastTrack (2015)
Performing for Top Class 2015, VCE Self-Penned Solo Drama Piece 'The Cyclist' (Playhouse Theatre, Melbourne) 2015
Being awarded the Georgy Awards Emerging Young Artist Of The Year Scholarship (2015)
Performing as a support act on Jimmy Kimmel Show in (2016)
Guest performing in the final show aboard the Voyager Of The Seas (2016)
Performing solo works at Melbourne's UNDRGRND in (2017 & 2018)
Liam has a strong passion and interest in spreading the joy that dance brings to him with others, he is looking forward to further performance workshops, busking, curating new live performances and a clothing apparel line. Another passion of Liam’s is charity work, his vision for the future is to have a foundation run through Urban Class Dance to assist children and those less fortunate through dance. Liam is a firm believer in dreaming your future to life and can’t wait for his ultimate dream of hosting a charity show that will be broadcasted worldwide from New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Liam has recently completed 3 years of training in Melbourne at Transit Dance, where he successfully obtained his Diploma & Advanced Diploma of Elite Dance, in Performing Arts and a Cert IV in Dance Teaching & Management. He also holds a Cert III in Sound & Light Technology.
While training in Melbourne Liam trained under the direction of Paul Malek, Kim Adam & Chris Curran and was exposed to a variety of styles including Ballet, Jazz, Contemporary, Lyrical, Tap, Ballroom, Commercial, Acting & singing, as well as a large variety of fitness and conditioning components. Liam had the opportunity to perform with Transit Dance in over 25 shows choreographed by some of Australia’s finest choreographers and mentors during this time as well as performing them in a variety of venues & show styles.
Since 2015, ‘Bugsy’ has been travelling to Long Beach, California to compete and train in The World Championships of Performing Arts. As well as participating and successfully winning an Industry award, Overall Champion Dance of the World (Jazz) award twice and various other Gold, Silver and Bronze awards he has also been apart of the live internet broadcast of the Grand Finale showcase three times.
Other professional credits that Liam has include:
Winning the national talent showcase FastTrack (2015)
Performing for Top Class 2015, VCE Self-Penned Solo Drama Piece 'The Cyclist' (Playhouse Theatre, Melbourne) 2015
Being awarded the Georgy Awards Emerging Young Artist Of The Year Scholarship (2015)
Performing as a support act on Jimmy Kimmel Show in (2016)
Guest performing in the final show aboard the Voyager Of The Seas (2016)
Performing solo works at Melbourne's UNDRGRND in (2017 & 2018)
Liam has a strong passion and interest in spreading the joy that dance brings to him with others, he is looking forward to further performance workshops, busking, curating new live performances and a clothing apparel line. Another passion of Liam’s is charity work, his vision for the future is to have a foundation run through Urban Class Dance to assist children and those less fortunate through dance. Liam is a firm believer in dreaming your future to life and can’t wait for his ultimate dream of hosting a charity show that will be broadcasted worldwide from New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Captured By P. Malek, 2019.