Dale has been a leading light in the Australian and international theatre, spanning the past three decades. He has performed extensively throughout the world in some of the biggest shows in musical theatre history. And he started his dance training in Central Queensland at Gladstone's Danzenergy studio.

Dale Pengelly

His career started brilliantly, with the young Dale being accepted to the prestigious Australian Ballet School in Melbourne.  Having studied with such Australian greats as Steven Heathcote, Paul Mercurio and David Macallister, Dale went on to the Queensland Ballet where he became, not only a featured soloist, but partnered with Rosetta Cook, one of the most celebrated, and enduring partnerships the Australian Ballet has ever seen.  Dale was also Senior Soloist at New Zealand Royal Ballet in Wellington. Upon returning to Australia he took Sydney Dance Company by storm, led by Graeme Murphy and working with such artistic genius as Garth Welch, Ohad Naharin, Roger Woodward and Bradley Chatfield.

Dale's passion for theatre is not just restricted to dance. He then stepped into musical theatre in the biggest way Australia had ever seen in the phenomenon that was Hot Shoe Shuffle, a production that took him all the way to London's West End, the birthplace of musical theatre. As the World Goes Round, was Dale's choreographic debut, with Todd McKenney, Maria Mercedes and Jodie Gillies, performed at the Sydney Opera House.

Then followed Crazy For You, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweet Charity, Boy From Oz, and Chicago in their original Australian and South Asian productions.  Runaway successes like Saturday Night Fever saw him featured as the audience favorite DJ Monty.  The David Atkins produced and directed Singing in the Rain showcased Dale's myriad of talents as no other role could, as the charming Don Lockwood, a character synonymous with Gene Kelly.

Most recently, Dale has performed the role of Enoch Snow in Rogers and Hammerstein's Carousel, the lead role of Johnny O'Keefe in Shout!, stepped back into The Boy from Oz, this time as Peter Allen, and performed as Don Lockwood in Singing In the Rain.