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14.2KFeatured‘Tap World’: Stories of international tap dancers on film
If you thought tap dance is a dying art form, Tap World will prove you wrong. A feature-length documentary film produced by sisters and...
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8.5KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Boyz’ by Paul Malek
Transit Dance Space, Melbourne. Thursday, January 28, 2016. Prior to Boyz, it had been some time since I’d seen a work by...
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8.2KFeaturedIn conversation with Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker
As part of Sydney Festival 2016, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, a world-renowned Belgian choreographer and dancer, was in Sydney with her contemporary...
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7.9KFeaturedNZ Dance News – February
What’s happening in the New Zealand dance scene? The Royal New Zealand Ballet has announced the appointments of ballet mistress Nadia Thompson...
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6.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsStephanie Lake’s ‘Double Blind’ at Sydney Festival
Carriageworks, Sydney. Thursday, January 21, 2016. Double Blind opens with a stark, sterile, floodlit stage where two dancers immediately engage in a...
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5.5KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Vortex Temporum’ by Rosas at Carriageworks
Carriageworks, Bay 17. January 16, 2016. Austere, minimalist and quite severe, this production, combining both the marvellous dancers of dance troupe Rosas...
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7.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s ‘Fase’ at Sydney Festival
Sydney Opera House. January 10, 2016. Fase is considered a seminal work in the history of contemporary dance. First conceived and performed...
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6.3KInterviewsTranscending Desire: Simon Hoy of Melbourne Ballet Company talks 2016 season
When the Melbourne Ballet Company (MBC) declares that its 2016 season will fall under the twin banners of Intention and Desire, you...
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8.2KGiveaways21 Scholarships Still Available – Joffrey Ballet School, USA
Would you like to train with one of the world’s most prestigious dance organisations like the Joffrey Ballet School from New York...
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10.2KDance Teacher ResourcesPenny Lancaster talks Australian Dance Vision syllabus
Thirty years ago, Penny Lancaster had a vision. She dreamt of a new way of training young dancers, a system that would...
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7.6KInterviewsAuditioning in Europe: Daisy Ransom Phillips
A self-described dreamy kid who grew up in California, Daisy Ransom Phillips wanted to be a writer, an activist, an anthropologist, an...
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6.3KFeaturedSo you want to be a choreographer? Part 2: Tips and Grant Opportunities
A follow-up to Dance Informa’s Part 1 of “So you want to be a choreographer?” series, here we look at how to develop...
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6.6KFeatured10 Ways to Re-inspire for Dance this New Year
It’s the new year, so it’s time to get re-inspired! No matter how much you love dance, at some point you will...
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5.8KDance AdviceThis new year, take ‘I’m too busy’ out of your vocabulary
This new year, take “I’m too busy” out of your vocabulary for healthier body and mind, and dive with your whole self...
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7.5KInterviewsNew half-day vocational ballet course in Melbourne
While there is an ever growing number of full-time dance schools in Australia that focus on jazz, musical theatre or contemporary dance,...
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9.0KFeaturedBenedicte Bemet wins 2015 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award
Australian Ballet Coryphée Benedicte Bemet has been named the 2015 winner of the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award. The news was announced recently...
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17.6KDance Advice7 Reasons Why Dance Competitions are a Good Idea
There are two schools of thought when it comes to dance competitions. Love them or hate them. They definitely have a lot...
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7.7KTop StoriesVictorian Dance Festival announces Emerging Choreographer recipients
Two choreographers — Jack May and Donnie Dimase — have been offered highly competitive paid opportunities to teach and showcase their choreography...
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5.8KFeaturedVOX POP: Who Do You Dance For?
You are on stage, the lights are blinding, you’re sweating, you are thinking about the music, the technique, the cues, your partners,...
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5.0KFeaturedStealing beauty: Vicki van Hout talks National Theatre of Parramatta
In the context of the prevailing culture of funding cutbacks, the arrival of the grandly anointed National Theatre of Parramatta (NTofP) is...
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20.0KTop Stories15 Reasons We Love…Ballet
Ballet has been around for centuries, and all our teachers have always told us that it’s the “foundation of all other dance...
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13.4KFeaturedNZ Dance News – January
New Zealand’s prestigious ballet scholarship has been awarded to 18-year-old Georgia Powley, a second-year student at the New Zealand School of Dance...
