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6.0KInterviewsLucinda Dunn to teach at 2017 Victorian Dance Festival
Ballet dancers around Victoria are in for a very special treat this March. Australia’s longest-serving ballerina, Lucinda Dunn, will be holding a...
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17.0KFeaturedAustralians headed to the 2017 Prix de Lausanne
The Prix de Lausanne is widely regarded as one of the most elite ballet competitions in the world. Taking place at the...
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11.1KDance Teacher ResourcesStudio owners and teachers: How to focus for the 2017 school year
Dance students aren’t the only ones who have to focus for this new school year ahead. Dance studio owners, directors and teachers,...
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7.4KFeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – January 2017
Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance this month! As part of the Auckland Arts Festival in March, local dancers will be...
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7.9KFeaturedJason Gilkison: (Not so) Strictly Ballroom
Jason Gilkison thinks of Burn The Floor like this: “It’s like finding a beautiful piece of your grandparent’s jewellery, taking out the...
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5.5KFeaturedThe quiet room: Lilian Steiner’s ‘Noise Quartet Meditation’
There is a space, right in the heart of scrawling chaos, which is quiet and calm. And in the wall of noise,...
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6.6KFeaturedTao Dance Theater: The body of desire
On a cool winter day in Beijing, choreographer and philosopher Tao Ye is taking time out from rehearsals to tease apart the...
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10.5KFeaturedCirque du Soleil’s ‘KOOZA’: An even bigger box of tricks
Cirque du Soleil’s eighth big top show to tour Australia, KOOZA, has been packing houses and racking up plaudits since its Sydney...
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9.0KFeaturedBaylie Carson on taking ‘Dusty’ to Adelaide
Is it “Son of a Preacher Man”, “I Only Want to Be with You”, or maybe “Wishin’ and Hopin'”? What’s the first...
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10.5KDance Teacher ResourcesThinking about teaching: Why teach young people choreography?
When programing classes for your school in 2017, consider opportunities for teaching choreography. Choreography empowers students to think of themselves as a...
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7.2KFeaturesDancenorth celebrates a phenomenal year
Dancenorth has experienced phenomenal success in 2016, and the company is not slowing down, with a focus on festivals and touring taking...
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5.4KSpotlightUnderbelly Arts Festival has a new director with big plans
Underbelly Arts has a new director at the helm for its 2017 biennial Lab and Festival. Roslyn Helper, a former participating Underbelly...
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11.4KGiveawaysWatch the Paris Opera Ballet perform ‘Swan Lake’ in your cinema
Rudolf Nureyev’s masterful version of Swan Lake will be screened in Australian cinemas this February 17-22, direct from the stage of Paris’...
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6.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsAustralian Ballet School delights with fairytale ‘The Snow Queen’
Playhouse Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. 9 December 2016. A delightful alternative to The Nutcracker, The Snow Queen feels well-suited to the...
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5.3KAustralian Dance Reviews‘From Sand to Stage’ honors 40th anniversary of NAISDA
Carriageworks, Sydney. November 19, 2016. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA), From Sand to Stage also examined...
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4.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsMatthew Day’s ‘Assemblage #1’: A private ritual
Dancehouse, Melbourne. November 27, 2016. The notion of durational performance is one packed with ironies. Indeed, we could very well argue that...
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5.7KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year shows great potential
Carriageworks, Sydney. December 7, 2016. Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year (PPY) 2016 Season showcased some very exciting performances and great talents of the...
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7.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsAustralian Ballet School brings end-of-year showcase to Sydney
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney. December 4, 2016. After a gap of a decade, the Australian Ballet School brought its...
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5.2KFeaturedNew Royal Academy of Dance Artistic Director begins in January
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is regarded as one of the world’s most influential dance education organisations. Its exams set standards...
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10.3KSpotlightRoyal Caribbean Auditions for Dancers and Singers
Royal Caribbean Productions are visiting Australia this month in search of contemporary, hip hop and commercial dancers. They are also on the...
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6.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company features new works in ‘New Breed’ 2016
Carriageworks, Sydney. November 29, 2016. The current season of New Breed by Sydney Dance Company (SDC) features four exciting, challenging works showcasing...
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6.5KFeatured‘Champions’: A female football festival frenzy
It was the late Dutch maestro Johan Cruyff who once said that “dancers are the cleverest with their feet [and] next are...
