Dance Informa Magazine
Features
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5.4K2013 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award Nominations
$20,000 up for grabs for Australia’s emerging dance talent Six dancers are in the running to take home Australian ballet’s highest honour,...
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3.5KBallet Revolución Returns in 2013
“Their jumps are astounding, their control is as strong as steel and their free-spirited joy for dance is infectious.” – Sunday Herald Sun ...
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9.9KCelebrating Nureyev – Part 1
By Rain Francis. Rudolf Nureyev was one of the single most influential people in the history of dance. This year marks 20...
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4.1KDancing With The Light – Olaf Meyers
Is pixel management the next frontier of dance? Digital artist Olaf Meyers insists his multimedia light show for Antony Hamilton’s Black Projects...
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4.2KBach To The Beat
Eighteenth-century breakdance? Yes, it is possible; and as Yui Kawaguchi explains, even Japanese ballerinas love breaking to Bach. By Paul Ransom. Think...
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4.5KIntroducing RedBack DanceCo.
By Rebecca Martin. Jayden Hicks is arguably Melbourne’s most talented and versatile male dancer and he has now joined forces with another...
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7.7KChildren Entitled to Study Dance as a School Subject!
By Rain Francis. In 2014, all children will be entitled to study dance as a subject as part of The Australian Curriculum:...
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5.7K2013 Perth International Arts Festival
8 February – 2 March 2013 The 2013 Perth International Arts Festival program offers a feast of culture for arts lovers of...
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5.3KTwo New Principals for QLD Ballet
Queensland Ballet’s Artistic Director Li Cunxin has announced two exciting additions to the company in 2013. Matthew Lawrence, former Principal at the...
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7.0KLife as a Theme Park Dancer
By Emily Yewell Volin. Dancing at a theme park seems like a lot of fun, but what is it really like? Here...
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5.8KNZ News January
By Rain Francis. The New Zealand School of Dance class of 2012 has been successful in securing the following contracts for 2013:...
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6.7K1Benefits of Dance Study
By Emily Yewell Volin. Dance study trains more than the body, it influences every part of a person. These benefits apply to...
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6.7KPre-Performance Rituals
By Laura Di Orio. Sometimes crazy, usually superstitious and always repetitive, many of us have pre-performance rituals we engage in to help...
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6.1KKristina Chan – Dancing Free
By Linda Badger. With an enviable career, Kristina Chan is one of Australia’s foremost independent dance artists. Having worked with so many...
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5.4KAsanti Dance Theatre: Going back to move forward
With its roots in Africa and its home in Melbourne, Asanti Dance Theatre is striving to make sense of tribal tradition in...
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4.5KNZ Dance News December
By Rain Francis. From 28 January to 1 February 2013, The New Zealand Dance Company is hosting an international exchange with Chicago-based...
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5.5KStoking the fire – Bangarra Dance Theatre
Bangarra Dance Theatre goes back to country to pass on the secrets of the flame to the young. By Paul Ransom. Bangarra...
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5.3KNew Dance Film in Development – ‘Just Dance’
By Rebecca Martin. If you haven’t yet encountered Travers Ross, you are bound to at some point. Hailing from Coffs Harbour, he...
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5.5K1NZ Dance News November
By Rain Francis. Second Echo Ensemble, a Tasmanian group of 10 young actor/dancers with and without disabilities headed to New Zealand last...
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6.4KA Seismic Dance Floor
Turning the horror of a massive earthquake into a world premiere Melbourne Festival piece By Paul Ransom. “The main impact is that...
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6.1KOkareka Dance Company
Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Okareka Dance Company is founded on the Maori values of whanau (family), mana (integrity), and matataki (challenge)....
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6.4K1NZ Dance News October
By Rain Francis. In September, Darcey Bussell CBE accepted the honorary role of Ambassador for the New Zealand School of Dance supporters...
