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3.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsRenae Shadler and Mirjam Sögner’s double bill: Single body, similar spirit
Dancehouse, Melbourne. May 11, 2018. The trouble with double bills is that they can often seem like two parts lumped together in...
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5.7KFeaturedIntroducing street dancer Penelope Shum
When it comes to looking for suitable advocates for dance, there are many qualified candidates who might fit the bill. Some boxes...
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5.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsCLOC Musical Theatre’s ‘Strictly Ballroom the Musical’ brings characters to life
The National Theatre, Melbourne. 11 May 2018. Back in the era of VHS, mixtapes and handheld video cameras, Baz Lurhmann gifted the...
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5.5KFeaturedSA Dance Festival: A festival to bring the dance community together
Collaboration over competition. That’s the ethos behind the South Australian (SA) Dance Festival, which will be held over the June long weekend...
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3.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsBallet Revolucion sweeps through Sydney
State Theatre, Sydney. May 12, 2018. It’s been a long time between drinks for Australian audiences and Cuba’s Ballet Revolucion; it’s been five years since the...
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5.3KFeaturedABT’s Stella Abrera goes back to her roots for fundraising gala
Stella Abrera, the first Filipino-American principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, recently visited her birth land (Manila, Philippines) for a fundraising performance...
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6.7KInterviewsTravis Wall: It’s finally happening
Dancers all across Australia are anticipating the tour of contemporary dance idol Travis Wall, thanks to Dance Informa and Energetiks. Wall is...
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5.8KDancer HealthCaring for your dancing hands and wrists this Winter
As dancers, our hands and wrists help us to execute choreography, express ourselves in movement, propel us through floorwork, and more. Yet...
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8.3KDance Teacher ResourcesAdvanced Teaching Methods for Posture and Pirouettes
Posture and Pirouettes: Cueing the dancer is one of a series of workshops run by biomechanics educators Bea Glendenning and Sophie Louise...
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4.0KFeaturedRobyn Simpson: Navigating traffic hazards
Some things sound so simple and yet, when put into practise, can have a huge impact. Thus, when Robyn Simpson declares that...
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14.6KFeaturedThe iconic Moulin Rouge seeks dancers to enchant
Established in 1889, the Moulin Rouge has since become one of the world’s most legendary cabarets. This July-August, Australian dancers will have...
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8.4KFeaturedPanpapanpalya: Sharing dance with the world
Adelaide is in for a treat this July when the second Joint Dance Congress, Panpapanpalya, comes to town. Panpapanpalya (which you can...
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6.0KFeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – May 2018
Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news this month! New Zealand-born choreographer Parris Goebel is the official ambassador for WORLD...
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6.1KDance AdviceChoreography Advice Series: Melbourne’s Stephanie Lake
In this second instalment of our Choreography Advice Series (you can find our first interview with Sydney Dance Company’s Rafael Bonachela here),...
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4.8KDance AdviceMinding the gap: onPointe Consulting builds a bridge between student and professional dancing life
Stepping out from behind the doors of your ballet school, and into the world of fierce job competition in a bid to...
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8.8KFeaturedAustralian Classical Youth Ballet: Opening up classical ballet for young South Australians
For a young, aspiring ballet dancer, there is nothing quite like the opportunity to work in a professional context, to be part...
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6.6KDance Teacher ResourcesDance Studio Owner Wellbeing: Dealing with failure
In our Dance Studio Owner Wellbeing series, Dance Informa offers strategies to manage positive wellbeing whilst also navigating the demands of running a dance...
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6.5KFeaturedGideon Obarzanek: Like father, (not) like son!
That Gideon Obarzanek is weaved into the very fabric of contemporary dance in this country is pretty well beyond question. Multiple Helpmann...
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5.9KFeaturedAngus Little: Aussie on tour with ‘STOMP’
Performing in a highly successful show and doing what you love in front of sell-out audiences around the world is the dream...
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6.9KFeaturedNational College of Dance: An alternative path to pursuing your dance dreams
Any dancer contemplating turning their passion into a career will find it hard to avoid the traditional dream that says you must...
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8.2KFeaturedAsian Grand Prix Finals held in Sydney for the first time
The Asian Grand Prix is an opportunity for young ballet dancers aged seven to 19 in Asia Pacific to showcase their talent,...
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8.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Australian Ballet’s tribute to an iconic dancemaker: ‘Murphy’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 6 April 2018. An iconic Australian figure for over 50 years, Tasmanian boy Graeme Murphy OA carved out a...
