Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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4.7KDavid Hallberg: A pure dancer returns
When David Hallberg returns to perform with ballet luminary Natalia Osipova in Pure Dance at the Sydney Opera House, it caps a remarkable comeback. ...
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4.7KCharmene Yap steps into a new role at SDC
Sydney Dance Company (SDC) stalwart Charmene Yap will be finishing her performing career at the end of SDC’s Season 1 tour of Bonachela/Nankivel/Lane....
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3.6KADT’s ‘North/South’: Polar opposites attract
You are at a bus stop. There is a snowstorm. You are waiting. Or perhaps you are an explorer, your companions already...
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4.3K‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ Li Cunxin honoured with an Order of Australia
Li Cunxin has had a distinguished career, first as a dancer, then as a stockbroker, author and as Artistic Director of Queensland...
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3.9KNick Power: B-boy between the street and stage
Nick Power has been breaking for much of his life, and using it not just to explore the world but to also...
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2.6KProposing ways of being: Erik Kaiel’s work ‘Tetris’
Tetris is a contemporary dance work being presented at the Arts Centre Melbourne this September. Credited as a work for children, Tetris is...
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6.5KThe Monaco Maestro Jean-Christophe Maillot in his own words
On the eve of the Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s Australian premiere of LAC, Dance Informa caught up with the creative brains behind this quirky reworking of...
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6.0KKaya Weight: Big ballet break with RNZB at just 17
Every serious dance student’s dream is to land a contract, get paid to dance and fulfil their passions. For most, it is...
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4.3KRomy Vuksan and cast excited for ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’
The Production Company has announced its full cast of the Broadway smash, Thoroughly Modern Millie, which opens in Arts Centre Melbourne’s State Theatre...
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3.9KLucy Doherty’s ‘Reminiscence’ heads to Dance on Camera Festival
Reminiscence, a short film created by Australian dancer and choreographer Lucy Doherty, has been announced as part of the line up of...
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3.5K‘Just take the journey’: Richard J Hinds on ‘Come From Away’
Come From Away has flown in the talented Richard J Hinds from 16,000 km away (New York City), to bring the award-winning musical...
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2.8KCatching up with Cameron Mitchell on ‘Catch Me If You Can’
Lauren Peters (the producer who brought us Cry-Baby, High Fidelity and Rent) is thrilled to announce the stellar cast of the upcoming,...
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9.7KPioneers of Australian contemporary dance: Talking with those carrying on the legacy today
It seems strange to be writing an article about contemporary dancers and choreographers carrying a legacy from the pioneers of the artform...
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3.0KAustralian Youth Dance Festival going strong for 20 years
“Freedom, being bold and taking risks. I love that, and I love that for young people.” So says Alice Lee Holland, a...
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4.3KIBW welcomes Jane Inglis-Keen to the Winter 2019 Balanchine Series
International Ballet Workshops (IBW) is known for bringing exceptional teachers to ballet students across Australia and New Zealand, and is very pleased...
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4.2KAmy Hollingsworth leads EDC through ‘The Dinner Party’
In January 2019, Amy Hollingsworth became artistic director of the Brisbane-based Expressions Dance Company (EDC). The UK Observer described Hollingsworth as one...
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3.0KChloe and Lewis are ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ in Australia
Puttin’ on the Ritz is a song and dance spectacular, channeling old Hollywood glamour, coming to Australia for a national tour. It features acts...
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3.4KA farewell for Bangarra’s Elma Kris
After an extensive career as a long-standing senior member of Bangarra Dance Theatre, the highly-esteemed Elma Kris is retiring from full-time dancer,...
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3.4KLoughlan Prior is up and running, full steam ahead
Up-and-coming choreographer Loughlan Prior has already approached 2019 full steam ahead. A graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance, Prior is...
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3.4KIn conversation with Sydney Dance Company’s Dimitri Kleioris
Dimitri Kleioris is one of six new dancers who have recently joined Sydney Dance Company (SDC). Dance Informa had the opportunity to interview...
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3.4KTwisted Element’s Angela Hamilton: Just do it
Dance Informa caught up with Angela Hamilton, who is the artistic director of Sydney’s Twisted Element, a community-based performance company that performs an...
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3.2KEDC’s Elise May on retirement and what comes next
After 10 years with the company, dancer Elise May is retiring from Expressions Dance Company (EDC) in Brisbane. She has had a...
