Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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454Karli Dinardo: A life led through dance
Under the glow of Broadway’s lights, few performers command the stage with the precision, versatility, and emotional depth of Karli Dinardo. Born...
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913Thomas Egan talks The Tap Project
There’s something mesmerising about a dancer’s feet but none more so than a tapper’s. Australian tap dancer, choreographer and creator Tommy Egan...
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998Max Simmons: From Brent Street to the USA
From the moment Max Simmons steps into a studio, you can feel it — the confidence of a dancer who has poured...
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962Christopher Horsey: Tap into the sound
It started when the wall came down. When one of the original Tap Dogs spoke with Dance Informa prior to his recent...
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672Matt Lee: Bringing nostalgia to the stage in ‘Back to the Future’
As Back to the Future: The Musical lands on Australian shores, audiences can expect a spectacle that fuses cinematic nostalgia with theatrical...
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577Azzam 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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539Differences, 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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819Victor 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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900From 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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829Leanne 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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1.1KGoM’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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1.0KNDT’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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862A 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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834Looking 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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850Because 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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1.4KCelebrating 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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332Georgina 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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1.2KWest 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...
