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3.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsTranscending distance: ‘Swiss Style’ at Dancehouse
Dancehouse, Melbourne.8 November 2019. If Dancehouse’s recent Swiss Style season shows us anything, it’s that art and the impulses that drive it, like...
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3.3KFeaturedPreserving the artistry of tap: The Forge Tap Project 2020 tour
For the third year in a row, brothers Tom and Jack Egan are taking their tapping skills to cities across Australia, delivering...
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3.6KDance Teacher ResourcesWhat directors really wish their students knew about creating an atmosphere to thrive
As Beyoncé’s Dance Captain, Kimmie Gee knows what it takes to make it in the ultra competitive dance world. “I wish all...
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3.2KDance Teacher ResourcesVAL: The value of evaluations in the dance studio
If you have ever considered providing written evaluations to your dance students but felt overwhelmed with the complexity of the task, you...
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5.1KDance AdviceFor dancers seeking an edge in the industry: Global Dance Pro
Successful full time studios are no longer a rare commodity in Australia, but Anthony Ikin and Zac Brazenas have teamed up to...
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4.9KDance AdviceWhat is it like to be an independent dance artist?
“I like to think that maybe I was the dancer who took the road less travelled,” she says. “But with that, obviously,...
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3.1KFeaturedIt’s coming: Sydney Festival 2020 program announced
Just a few days ago, Sydney Festival announced its highly anticipated 2020 program, featuring an exciting array of theatre, music, visual art...
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4.2KFeaturedLucy Durack heads to fairytale land in ‘Shrek the Musical’
Shrek the Musical is part romance, part twisted fairytale and, mostly, fun for everyone. The show has been proclaimed as “true happiness” by The...
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6.6KFeatured‘SIX The Musical’ Australian tour confirmed
The critically acclaimed West End hit, SIX The Musical, will premiere at Sydney Opera House in January, with the Australian producers now thrilled to announce...
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3.6KFeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – November 2019
Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! Wellington City Council and Footnote New Zealand Dance announced this year’s...
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5.9KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Billy Elliot the Musical’: 10 years on and still strong
Sydney Lyric Theatre, Sydney.18 October 2019. From boxer to ballet dancer, a young Billy Elliot with grit, discipline and passion beats the...
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3.8KFeaturedExpressions Dance Company and Beijing Dance/LDTX: Home and away
There are many ways to make work. One is to set up tight deadlines, create challenging parameters and break people out of...
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4.1KFeaturedIBW welcomes Russian ballet stars for the ‘In the Footsteps of Vaganova’ series
International Ballet Workshops (IBW) is thrilled to be bringing not one but two international guest teachers to its Summer 2020 “In the Footsteps...
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4.4KFeaturedAwareness through movement and body: Zoee Marsh
Victorian Dance Festival (VDF) (to be held April 3-5, 2020, Batman Royale, Melbourne) is once again set to be a huge hit....
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4.2KFeaturedHow to thrive in the USA: Catching up with Amanda Collins
Dance Informa got to catch up again with Amanda Collins, who has now spent a few years working in New York, on...
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3.2KFeaturedEight new commissions for the Keir Choreographic Award
The Keir Foundation, Carriageworks, Dancehouse and the Australia Council for the Arts have announced the eight artists and collectives who have been commissioned to make...
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3.2KFeaturedDirtyFeet’s The Right Foot: Everybody dance now!
For the last seven years, Sydney-based independent company DirtyFeet has been opening up the world of contemporary dance. Since 2012, its (dis)ability...
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2.8KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Token Armies’: Chunky Move’s genre defying guerilla war dance
Meat Market, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne.16 October 2019. Attending Token Armies is like being invited by a radical friend who is clued-in to...
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4.0KFeatured‘Samsara’: Our journey to the ocean
“In the same space, there are two things working,” says Chinese dance star Hu Shenyuan. We are in a rehearsal break, sitting...
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3.8KFeaturedSydney Dance Company’s ‘ab[intra]’ part of the Paris Opera Gala
The Opening Gala evening of the Paris Opera Ballet season is a special moment in the calendar of the mystical Opéra National de...
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3.5KFeaturedAnne Nguyen’s ‘Kata’ premieres at OzAsia Festival
Kata’s Australian premiere gives Australian audiences a chance to engage with the work of leading French dance creator Anne Nguyen. Nguyen’s background...
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3.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsEastern aesthetics and philosophy in Yang Liping’s ‘Rite of Spring’
State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne.6 October 2019. The Rite of Spring was made famous first by the collaboration between Stravinsky and Diaghilev...
