Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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7.6KJoshua Taylor: The Adelaide boy who made it into one of the greatest musicals of all time
Last year, South Australian performing arts student Joshua Taylor decided to audition for West Side Story, just for the audition experience, and...
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3.8KScimm Dance Company is creating platforms for young dancers
Melbourne-based independent company Scimm Dance Company has announced auditions for its youth dance company’s 2019 season. Scott Pokorny, co-director of Scimm Dance,...
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3.4KKristina Chan’s ‘A Faint Existence’: Making a difference
Kristina Chan has been described as “a beguiling dancer”. When I mention this at the beginning of our interview, she is intrigued...
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4.2KJill Wolins of Star Dance Alliance to teach at VDF
Dancing leads one to travel – certainly across stages, through studios, and across cities and towns. Can it also lead one around...
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5.3KDancenorth’s ‘Dust’: Between choreography and architecture
Collaboration is a central pillar of our creative process, and Dust is a true testament to inherent power of creating space in which...
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4.5KSharon Eyal’s L-E-V Dance Company: The heart of ambiguity
You can almost hear the cogs whirring in her head. There is a pause. Then: “I think in life, everything is emotional,”...
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3.8KSydney City Youth Ballet: Paving the way for the next generation
“Ballet is unique: It has no written texts or standardised notation. It is a storytelling art passed on from teacher to student.”...
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5.3KMeryl Tankard’s ‘Two Feet’: To fly and to fall
Ballet loves its beautiful lines and its graceful symmetries. It also loves a skinny ballerina; and for every dying swan, there is...
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3.6KBangarra’s ‘Dubboo’: Blood and song (and 20 Tina Turners)
The word “family” is one of the many overused memes of marketing; but in the case of Bangarra Dance Theatre, its application...
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3.5KThe Australian Ballet’s ‘Spartacus’ reimagined: A conversation with choreographer Lucas Jervies
Spartacus tells the story of a gladiator who leads a slave rebellion against the Roman Empire, not in the quest for power but...
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11.0KBlake John Wood: Melbourne-bound for VDF 2019
Blake John Wood is one of Australia’s newest creative visionaries to hit the entertainment scene. With access to the country’s hottest dancers,...
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7.7K103-year-old dancer Eileen Kramer launches her first book
Eileen Kramer may well be the longest working dancer and choreographer in Australia, if not the world. The 103-year-old continues to create...
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5.1KStockbroker to dreamer: Queensland Ballet’s Li Cunxin
The Queensland Ballet (QB) is heading off to China this month. Nothing unusual about that, except that the Artistic Director is Li...
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3.5KLex Ishimoto on coming Down Under: ‘The Aussie dance scene excites me’
Lex Ishimoto, winner of So You Think You Can Dance USA, Season 14, is coming to Australia this month! His trip is part...
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4.9KLilian Steiner on living a life full of dance
Dance Informa had the opportunity to chat with freelance dancer/choreographer Lilian Steiner, fresh off the back of the Sydney leg of the...
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5.8KMichael Dameski: Making waves from Australia to the U.S.
No matter the age you begin to dance, there is no way of knowing just how much of an impact it will...
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4.2KThe Tap Pack to take the stage at Sydney Opera House
After a triumphant season on London’s West End, The Tap Pack is back in its hometown, preparing for its debut at the...
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3.8KMeet the 2018 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award nominees
Six dancers with The Australian Ballet have been announced as nominees for the prestigious Telstra Ballet Dancer Award 2018. Now in its...
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4.3KFor Todd Patrick, the future is creative
It is stating the obvious to say that the world is changing at an ever increasing pace. Technology, globalisation, climate change, the...
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6.8KAussie tap dancer Brianna Taylor’s international success
Aussie tap dancer on the rise, Brianna Taylor, is living her dream as the first Australian to join Los Angeles-based Rhythmatic Tap...
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4.5KStephanie Lake’s ‘Colossus’: Stage set for big impact
Stephanie Lake has been described as “one of the most important voices in contemporary choreography”, with “gutsy physicality and kooky poetics”. With...
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3.9KCatching up with Lucy Guerin on ‘Split’
Lucy Guerin’s work has been described as “poignant” and “provocative”, “contemporary dance that reaches back to the roots of ancient theatre”. Dance Informa...
