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3.0KFeaturedYellow Wheel’s dance offerings for young artists
Yellow Wheel, established in Melbourne, in 2012, is an Australian pre-professional contemporary dance company specialising in working with young people and emerging...
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3.8KFeaturedThe Australian Ballet’s ‘Spartacus’ reimagined: A conversation with choreographer Lucas Jervies
Spartacus tells the story of a gladiator who leads a slave rebellion against the Roman Empire, not in the quest for power but...
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11.2KFeaturedBlake John Wood: Melbourne-bound for VDF 2019
Blake John Wood is one of Australia’s newest creative visionaries to hit the entertainment scene. With access to the country’s hottest dancers,...
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4.4KDance AdviceWhy you should consider a dance degree, and how AMPA can help
Tucked away in an office at an inner urban tertiary campus in Sydney sits a woman with a 50-year track record in...
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4.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Tap Pack at Sydney Opera House: Tap dancing at its finest
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 17 October 2018. “Tonight is smooth and delicious like a cocktail,” says a member of The Tap Pack...
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2.9KFeaturedOther space/Same place: NAISDA’s ‘StoryPlace’
As another year moves to a close, it’s time once more for a batch of EOY productions. For multi-award-winning dancer/choreographer (and now...
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2.8KFeaturedWhat was your favourite highlight of 2018?
Can you believe that the end of another year is quickly approaching? Time can go so fast, and rather than let it...
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3.3KFeaturedMaking ‘North’ with Ina Christel Johannessen
In a land far, far away, full of ice and whiteness… There was a young Norwegian rhythmic gymnast who was far more...
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6.6KDance AdviceJuggling a dance career with children: Daniel Riley, Bangarra Dance Theatre
To date, our series about professional dance artists juggling their career with parenting has focused on female dancers. In this month’s issue...
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3.1KDance Teacher ResourcesAre your students overripe bananas or delicious mangoes?
Today, we’re asking a very important question: Are your students overripe bananas or mangoes? Now, before you think I’ve totally lost it, let...
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2.8KDance Teacher ResourcesStudio Owners: Share Your Vision!
Over the years of coaching studio owners and talking to countless others at conferences and seminars, I have heard that one of...
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5.8KFeaturedAudition for ‘CATS’ with Melbourne City Ballet’s Youth Theatre Program
Melbourne City Ballet (MCB) has launched a Youth Theatre program (MCYT), and will produce its first musical this year. The company is...
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8.2KFeatured103-year-old dancer Eileen Kramer launches her first book
Eileen Kramer may well be the longest working dancer and choreographer in Australia, if not the world. The 103-year-old continues to create...
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5.3KInterviewsStockbroker to dreamer: Queensland Ballet’s Li Cunxin
The Queensland Ballet (QB) is heading off to China this month. Nothing unusual about that, except that the Artistic Director is Li...
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4.1KGiveawaysWin a Mesh Back Leotard from Eurotard!
Eurotard Dancewear, a trusted and beloved dancewear leader in America, is offering Dance Informa’s Australian readership the chance to win its classic...
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4.4KFeaturedThe WAAPA experience: Nurturing the artist you want to be
West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) is a thriving university arts conservatory in urban Perth, Western Australia. It’s well known for...
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3.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsGideon Obarzanek’s ‘One Infinity’: Askew symmetry
Malthouse, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne. 18 October 2018. Perhaps without consciously intending to do so, the east/west creative team behind One...
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4.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsTwo contrasting works in Sydney Dance Company’s ‘Forever & Ever’
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney. 17 October 2018. The latest double bill from Sydney Dance Company, Forever & Ever, featured two very contrasting...
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4.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsWilliam Forsythe’s ‘A Quiet Evening of Dance’ is simply the body in motion
Arts Centre, Melbourne. 17 October 2018. There are few, if any, other people in dance as bold and electrifying as American-born choreographer...
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2.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsMark Morris’ ‘Layla and Majnun’ at Melbourne International Arts Festival
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. 10 October 2018. One of the core challenges for scribes tasked with “doing reviews” for the edification of...
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2.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsStephanie Lake’s ‘Colossus’ is grand and beautiful
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. 27 September 2018. Colossus is the realisation of a dream for Stephanie Lake, who has always been fascinated by the...
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2.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsDirtyFeet’s double bill is exciting and inspiring
Shopfront Theatre, Carlton, Sydney. 22 September 2018. This was a most exciting challenging double bill of new works in development from the...
