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3.0KFeaturedInside Joey McKneely’s ‘West Side Story’ in Australia
2018 marked a century since the birth of artistic geniuses and collaborators Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, the creators of the iconic...
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2.7KFeaturedKatrina Lazaroff: A light on The Mill
Dance, like sport, can be a short dated pursuit. Come 30, the injuries are piling up, and younger, prettier, more energetic competitors...
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3.0KFeaturedAnna Griffiths and ‘Ay Pachanga’: The people’s republic of salsa
Some think it sauce, others know it as dance. Indeed, there remains some contention about where the name and the purpose of...
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2.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsLate Night Library Talking Bodies: Julie-Anne Long
Surry Hills Library, Sydney. 7 March 2019. The first of these exciting “talks” (lecture/demonstrations/part-performance) as part of March Dance was by dance...
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3.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsMarch Dance brings an intriguing double dance bill
East Sydney Community and Arts Centre, Sydney. 15 March 2019. This was an intriguing double bill of cutting edge contemporary dance as...
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5.4KGiveawaysWin Booties from Capezio Australia!
It’s that time in Australia when the weather is starting to cool and colourful leaves are slowly starting to peek out. With...
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2.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsA cast of 400 tennis balls and more: Atlanta Eke’s ‘The Tennis Piece’
Collingwood Town Hall, Melbourne. 19 March 2019. As much as a tennis match is a contest, it is also a collusion, a...
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3.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsAlison Currie’s ‘Concrete Impermanence’ is a slow burn
Dancehouse, Melbourne. 17 March 2019. Sometimes, despite our impatience for spectacle and gratification, we are made to wait. Such is the case...
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4.7KGiveawaysWin The Chance To Shoot With Dance Photographer Jacqueline Clarke Mitchell!
Dance Informa recently interviewed talented photographer and former dancer Jacqueline Clarke Mitchell, who shared what it was like to give up performing...
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2.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe architecture of Lucy Guerin’s ‘Make Your Own World’
Arts House, Melbourne. 12 March 2019. Dance Massive 2019’s first night saw the gallery near capacity as one of Australia’s favourite contemporary...
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2.6KFeaturedFrom the rehearsal studio: Chunky Move’s ‘Common Ground’
It’s snowing and early morning in Berlin when I contact Anouk van Dijk, while in Sydney it’s evening in the midst of...
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6.3KFeaturedIntroducing Joel Burke, Model Search Winner
Just before Christmas, 19-year-old Joel Burke of Queensland was named the new Energetiks Cover Model Winner. Joel was one of hundreds of entrants...
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6.5KDance Teacher ResourcesStudio owners: Enhance your dance in 2019
Directing and creating performances year after year can be an artistic challenge! Themes or stories must be chosen, music selected, costumes considered....
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3.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsTwisted Element’s ‘RITUAL’: A multi-sensory experience
107 Projects, Sydney. 23 February 2019. RITUAL is a work-in-progress by independent choreographer and dance maker Angela Hamilton and her company, Twisted Element....
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2.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe connection between movement and sound in Gideon Obarzanek’s ‘Recital’
Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Sydney. 28 February 2019. Recital is a duet performed by APRA Award-winning percussionist Claire Edwardes and former Sydney Dance...
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5.0KFeaturedThe hottest and most anticipated dance events of the year
Just a couple months in, 2019 has already proven to be a busy and creative year for Australia’s legion of dancers, dance...
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4.3KFeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – March 2019
Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) has announced its first national tour of...
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2.6KFeaturedAtlanta Eke’s ‘The Tennis Piece’: In the court of public movement
What if there was a dance work that referenced both politics and sport and featured a 408-member ensemble performing Renaissance dance routines...
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5.7KDance AdviceDancing one final song of the body: Retiring from the stage
“A dancer, more than any other human being, dies two deaths: the first, the physical when the powerfully trained body will no...
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5.4KFeaturedA day of dance fun for your little one
Victorian Dance Festival (VDF) has been a staple on the Australian dance calendar for seven years, and in 2019, under the helm...
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4.3KNeed to KnowStephen Tannos choreographs for WE.ARE Dance Project
WE.ARE Dance Project, a not-for-profit commercial dance company “by dancers, for dancers”, is on a mission to create exciting new works and...
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5.9KFeaturedBallet Brothers: Bringing male ballet dancers together
It takes enormous physical strength and stamina to be a male ballet dancer, but it also takes incredible mental and emotional strength....
