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106.2KFeaturedSharing the big umbrella: Jo Lloyd and Stephanie Lake at Melbourne Festival
This year’s Melbourne International Arts Festival has already made news. Not only is it Jonathan Holloway’s final year as Artistic Director, but...
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17.3KDance Teacher ResourcesStudio Owners: How To Deal With Difficult People!
All businesses have customers. Many have staff and business associates that you will have to work with. Sooner or later you will...
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10.0KFeatured2019 Australian Tap Dance Festival shuffles in this spring
The eighth annual Australian Tap Dance Festival will shuffle into Melbourne this spring, 28 September – 5 October, featuring a world class...
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8.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsAn intimate view of Natalia Osipova: ‘Pure Dance’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney.27 August 2019. A superstar ballerina. Six virtuosic works. Pure Dance is ballet luminary Natalia Osipova’s latest creative project...
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8.2KFeaturedVictorian State Schools Spectacular presents ‘Made of Stars’
The 2019 Victorian State Schools Spectacular (VSSS) is fast approaching and as always promises to be an incredible show. This year’s production, Made...
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4.6KFeaturedMeet Out of the Studio choreographers Emma Harrison and Callum Mooney
In a city that seemingly presents many barriers for emerging independent choreographers, DirtyFeet’s Out of the Studio season continues to be the...
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5.8KFeaturedSimonne Smiles on her new ballet, ‘Gold’
Simonne Smiles, Sydney-based dancer and emerging ballet choreographer, is creating a new Australian-themed ballet, developing it from the ground up. With a unique...
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4.4KFeaturedAusdance National: The sign says CLOSED
Change is frequently difficult. A deeply ingrained ‘status quo bias’ makes business as usual a much easier option than anything which disrupts...
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4.0KFeaturedThe McDonald College introduces Senior Contemporary Dance Program
Imagine the opportunity to immerse yourself in dance with the guidance of one of Australia’s most loved contemporary companies, while finishing your...
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3.9KFeaturedAngelique Cassimatis in ‘Hair’: The more things change, the more they stay the same
If time is the ultimate distance, how far is 50 years? Amidst a slew of recent high profile golden jubilees (moon landing,...
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5.6KDance AdviceDance as living material: Kate Flatt’s new book on choreography
Aspiring choreographers have a new resource: an introductory handbook on choreography by Kate Flatt. Flatt is a choreographer, movement director and teacher. She...
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5.2KFeaturedYang Liping’s ‘Rite of Spring’: The universal ritual
For choreographers, The Rite Of Spring is as close to a rite of passage as it gets. Made famous by the scandalous Ballets...
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5.4KFeaturedDavid Hallberg: A pure dancer returns
When David Hallberg returns to perform with ballet luminary Natalia Osipova in Pure Dance at the Sydney Opera House, it caps a remarkable comeback. ...
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5.1KFeaturedReflecting on International Ballet Workshops Winter Series
Australian and New Zealand dancers had a very rare treat at the recent International Ballet Workshops (IBW) Winter series. IBW is known...
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4.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe ballistic brilliance of the Bolshoi
Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane.27 June 2019. QPAC’S decision to return the Bolshoi Ballet as part of its International Series is a masterstroke,...
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2.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsArtists By Any Other Name brings ‘Elements Of’ to Sydney
The Concourse, Chatswood, Sydney.20 July 2019. The production of Elements Of sounded most exciting on paper but was perhaps disappointing in the final...
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5.6KDance Teacher ResourcesStudio Owners: Learn your music licence rights from OneMusic
If you run a dance studio, it’s likely you will have subscriptions and memberships galore. Naturally, there are costs in running a...
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6.6KDance Advice5 reasons why dancers should take an acting class
Have you ever acted? If you think you haven’t, might you have acted within a particular dance role — building a character...
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4.2KFeaturedDancenorth brings the Noise to North Australian Festival
Dancenorth, Townsville’s award-winning contemporary dance company continues to keep contemporary dance in the forefront of the region’s cultural imagination. Demonstrating that the...
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5.5KFeaturedCharmene Yap steps into a new role at SDC
Sydney Dance Company (SDC) stalwart Charmene Yap will be finishing her performing career at the end of SDC’s Season 1 tour of Bonachela/Nankivel/Lane....
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4.3KFeaturedCatching up with Sydney Dance Company’s PPY
It’s the end of Term 2 for the Pre Professional Year (PPY) students at Sydney Dance Company (SDC), and there’s a buzz...
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4.2KFeaturedADT’s ‘North/South’: Polar opposites attract
You are at a bus stop. There is a snowstorm. You are waiting. Or perhaps you are an explorer, your companions already...
