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4.5KFeaturedKristina Chan’s ‘A Faint Existence’: Making a difference
Kristina Chan has been described as “a beguiling dancer”. When I mention this at the beginning of our interview, she is intrigued...
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3.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsA reimagining of the holiday classic in ‘The Nutcracker and I’
City Recital Hall, Sydney. 19 January 2019. In The Nutcracker and I, part of the Sydney Festival, Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu reimagines Tchaikovsky’s...
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3.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsDancenorth takes risks in ‘DUST’
Carriageworks, Sydney. 9 January 2019 From using Fitballs on a Northern Queensland beach (Tectonic), to exploring environmental and political issues through...
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3.5KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Biladurang’: Joel Bray and 19 others in a motel room
QT Sydney, Sydney. 11 January 2019. One man and a maximum of 19 others in a motel room… Biladurang, as part of...
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3.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsExplosive and exciting: ‘In the Heights’ at Sydney Festival
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 16 January 2019. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical, In the Heights, once again takes to the stage in...
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12.0KDance AdviceStarting pointe this year? Here are some essentials
It’s a new school year, with so many new and exciting things to learn! Will you be starting pointe this year? When...
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8.9KDancer HealthNew Year’s movement resolutions
You are probably no stranger to the term “New Year’s resolution”. The most common are to “get healthy” or “lose weight”. I...
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5.2KFeaturedJill Wolins of Star Dance Alliance to teach at VDF
Dancing leads one to travel – certainly across stages, through studios, and across cities and towns. Can it also lead one around...
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5.8KDance Teacher ResourcesKerri Turner’s ‘The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers’
Kerri Turner is a dancer and dance teacher who, through force of circumstance has become an author. Her first book, The Last...
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6.4KFeaturedDancenorth’s ‘Dust’: Between choreography and architecture
Collaboration is a central pillar of our creative process, and Dust is a true testament to inherent power of creating space in which...
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4.7KFeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – January 2019
Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts have been awarded the Sino...
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5.2KDance Advice8 reasons why we love ballet in 2019
It’s a new year, and surely there will be some trends in the dance world – perhaps a new dance show, or...
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3.8KFeaturedIconic dance spaces around the world: Strand Beach
The next instalment of Dance Informa’s series, Iconic Dance Spaces Around the World, looks at The Strand Beach, in Townsville, Far North...
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5.9KFeaturedSharon Eyal’s L-E-V Dance Company: The heart of ambiguity
You can almost hear the cogs whirring in her head. There is a pause. Then: “I think in life, everything is emotional,”...
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4.1KFeatured‘The Nutcracker and I’: A dancer, a piano, several drawings and a newly cracked Nut
Question without notice: how would you stage Nutcracker with just one dancer? Answer: have Clara dance with a cartoon. Since it debuted in...
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5.3KDance Teacher Resources“It’s about the joy of dancing”: Caroline O’Connor talks Silver Swans
As First World populations age and our attention focuses more and more on the issues and implications of aging, it is hardly...
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5.9KFeaturedChoreographer Julio Monge on Australia’s new ‘West Side Story’ in Sydney
Opera Australia has a new version of West Side Story coming to Sydney in March. It will be staged on the open-air...
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5.0KFeatured‘Un Poyo Rojo’ at Adelaide Festival: Look what’s in the locker
There’s no need to be shy, even though the correct terminology, direct from one of the horses, is cock. A red cock,...
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3.6KFeaturedThe SDC Pre-Professional Year dancers take a bow
After following Eugenie, Austin and Charlotte across their 2018 Pre-Professional Year (PPY) program, it was with much excitement that I took my...
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3.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Forge Tap Project: ‘Swung Outta the Park’
University of NSW Studio One, Sydney. 25 November 2018. If the next generation of Aussie tap dancers from The Forge Tap Project...
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3.9KFeaturedSydney Dance Company’s PPY Part 3: Coming to a close
Walking into the beautiful new Sydney Dance Company (SDC) studios in Ultimo is a shock to the system after our previous three...
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3.6KFeatured5 reasons why ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ is fresh – and you should see it!
The Nutcracker. It makes most think of snow falling as ballerinas scurry across the stage, Polichinelles running out from under Mother Ginger’s...
