Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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132Azzam Mohamed and Critical Path: The thrill of the unexpected
To mark Critical Path’s 20th anniversary, choreographer and curator Azzam Mohamed opened the festival Every Wild Idea with a bold experiment in...
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140Differences, yet a deep sense of understanding: 4 choreographers reflect on ‘MSTM’
Bringing together four choreographers from different generations and distinct movement lineages, MSTM, presented by Campbelltown Arts Centre this past November, is a...
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196Victor Zarallo and Mia Thompson: Nurturing the next generation at BTQ
The appointment of husband and wife Victor Zarallo as Director of Training, alongside Mia Thompson as Training Coordinator, marks an exciting new...
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174From ballet to law and back to ballet: Zara Lim makes a name for herself as an adult ballet teacher
When Zara Lim was a young ballet student, she lived and breathed ballet. She trained at the Victorian College of the Arts...
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520Leanne Stojmenov returns home to lead West Australian Ballet
When Leanne Stojmenov steps into the role of Artistic Director of West Australian Ballet in January, it will be the realisation of...
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677GoM’s ‘Ten Thousand Hours’: Mastery comes with mistakes and fun
Fresh from a triumphant season at the Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths (GoM) is bringing its critically...
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695NDT’s Genevieve O’Keefe on being reinvented by experience
Genevieve O’Keefe graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She danced with the West Australian Ballet for two years before...
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535A celebration of a moment of pause: Tra Mi Dinh’s ‘Somewhere between ten and fourteen’
In just a few short years, choreographer Tra Mi Dinh has carved an unmistakable path through Australia’s contemporary dance landscape. From the...
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499Looking for new forms of circus with Na Djinang
A season of Of The Land on Which We Meet at Arts Centre Melbourne continues critical and audience interest in emerging circus...
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521Because change is inevitable: Spectrum Global Arts offers new Elite Performance course
Nothing stands still. Not in dance and, therefore, not in dance training. Even established names, with decades in the industry, know that...
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1.0KCelebrating Yvette Lee as she steps down as Artistic Director of VDF
After seven brilliant years, Choreographer and Director Yvette Lee has announced that she will depart from her role as Artistic Director of...
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45Georgina Hopson Takes Center Stage in ‘Anastasia’ Musical
Producers have confirmed that rising star of stage and screen Georgina Hopson (Titanique, The Phantom of the Opera) will lead the cast...
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909West Australian Ballet appoints Leanne Stojmenov as Artistic Director
West Australian Ballet has announced the appointment of Leanne Stojmenov as the company’s next Artistic Director, following a competitive international search. Stojmenov’s...
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1.0KVictorian State Schools Spectacular Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary
The 2025 Victorian State Schools Spectacular (VSSS) returns for its annual extravaganza for two shows on Saturday 13 September 2025 at 1pm and 6:30pm at John...
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1.1KArtist Incubator: Inside Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year
For young dancers with professional aspirations, the successful leap from student to artist is all about self-discovery – uncovering who you are...
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1.2KMarie Walton-Mahon: Taking Progressing Ballet Technique to new heights
In the 1980s, Marie Walton-Mahon, OAM, began laying the foundations of what she would later call Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT). In 2005,...
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1.1KMelanie Lane’s latest ‘Phantasm’: A mythic…something
It could be the question of the year. What, if anything, is real? Blinded by the blizzard of the now – AI,...
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961Dance musical ‘All Fired Up’ heads to Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The cast and creatives of Australian dance show All Fired Up: An 80’s Mixtape Musical are gearing up for their first international...
