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5.6KFeaturedCat Santos and David McLean talk the new Linkd range
These days, it seems that everyone wants to dress like a dancer. Which is fair enough, because dancers have style! Dancewear is...
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5.7KFeatured‘Lord of the Flies’ workshops: Boys behaving brilliantly!
A warm Saturday morning in February. A rehearsal room deep in the catacombs of the Melbourne Arts Centre. A group of boys...
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10.6KDance AdviceDoes dance have a responsibility to bring us joy?
Few would argue that one of the most wonderful parts of being human is the capacity to dance, and the potential for...
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20.6KFeaturedActors who started as ballet dancers
Before they graced the red carpet and the big screen, they were doing their pliés and grand jetés just like you. Here,...
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17.3KFeaturedAnonymous dancing is a personal thing – Suguru Yamamoto’s ‘Unknown Dancer’
It is a habit of artists to focus on the particular in order to say something about the universal, and vice versa....
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8.3KFeaturesThe Australian Youth Dance Festival returns this April
The Australian Youth Dance Festival (AYDF) is back in 2017, and for the first time ever, AYDF will be held in a...
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5.2KFeaturedNicola Gunn at Dance Massive: The verbal equivalent of dance
It begins with a man, a woman and a duck. With stones being thrown. “I was just yelling abuse at a complete...
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10.9KFeaturedWest Australian Ballet’s recently promoted principals
Two of Australia’s favourite artists were promoted to principal dancers recently: Chihiro Nomura and Gakuro Matsui of the West Australian Ballet (WAB)....
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5.9KFeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – March 2017
Find out what’s happening in New Zealand Dance this month! The Auckland Arts Festival Masterclass Series supported by British Council and DANZ, provides...
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6.1KGiveawaysWin tickets to see NSW’s Austinmer Dance Theatre in Adelaide
Austinmer Dance Theatre, a part-time professional company for 17-25 year old contemporary dancers based in NSW, will bring together two choreographic forces...
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5.3KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Attractor’ at XO State: A collaboration between Lucy Guerin and Gideon Obarzanek
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. February 26, 2017. The tagline proclaims: “ecstatic music/dance ritual for non-believers”. For once, the marketing mavens may have...
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5.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsTao Dance Theater in ‘6’ and ‘8’ at Arts Centre Melbourne
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. 22 February 2017. The work of Chinese choreographer Tao Ye raises far more questions than it would ever...
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5.8KFeaturedBehind the scenes of ‘American Idiot’ with choreographer Lucas Newland
The fiery and award-winning musical American Idiot just opened in Australia on February 23rd at QPAC. Including two Tony awards and a...
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5.5KFeaturedAmanda Collins: From Australia to AMDA
Dance Informa got the chance to catch up with the lovely, talented Amanda Collins, who, in 2014, bravely made her way from...
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7.6KGiveawaysExperience The Royal Ballet’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in your cinema
Princesses, fairy godmothers and magical spells will be brought to life in a new Royal Ballet performance of The Sleeping Beauty, screening...
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5.5KFeaturedRAD’s Dance 17: A place to learn and grow
This summer, the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) once again held its renowned summer programme at AC Arts, Adelaide. Dancers came from...
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7.4KFeaturedKalman Warhaft opens Melbourne Institute of Dance
Kalman Warhaft has had an illustrious career as a dancer. He has performed with The Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Mod Dance...
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5.6KFeaturedTo Noir Knows Where: Richard Cilli in Lucy Guerin’s ‘Motion Picture’
It is 1950. A man turns up to report a murder. His own. By slow poison. From the classic American film noir...
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5.3KFeaturedMelbourne’s first Asia TOPA: The door is ajar
“Dance is a beautiful thing to program because it’s not language-based,” declares Stephen Armstrong, creative director of Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts...
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33.9KDance AdviceGet inspired: 10 of the best music videos featuring dance
Music videos are always oh so fun. And when they include some awesome dancing…even better! Here, Dance Informa lists some favourite music videos...
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52.8KDance Advice7 Great Ways to Prep for Competition
It’s never a bad time to start prepping to make your next competition season the best one yet. Here, we have compiled...
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12.8KFeaturedThe ‘I’ word: Ausdance NSW’s Innovating Dance Practice Grant
“Innovation” is a buzz word right now, thrown about by politicians and jargon junkies with such abandon that it has become very...
