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Meryl 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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Bangarra’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...

The Australian Ballet's Kevin Jackson, Ty King-Wall and Robyn Hendricks in 'Spartacus'. Photo Justin Ridler.

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The 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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Blake 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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103-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...

Li Cunxin. Photo courtesy of Queensland Ballet.

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Stockbroker 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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Lex 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...

Lilian Steiner in 'Memoir for Rivers and the Dictator'. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

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Lilian 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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Michael 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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The 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...

Nominees of the 2018 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award. Photo by Alexandra at Jam On Your Collar.

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Meet 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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For 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...

Brianna Taylor. Photo by Mark Fitzgerald.

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Aussie 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...

Stephanie Lake's 'Colossus'. Photo by Pippa Samaya.

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Stephanie 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...

Lucy Guerin Inc. in 'Split'. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

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Catching 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...

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Ahoy! Could you have an on-sea dance adventure?

Two Aussies sit having coffee in the elegant Observation Deck on board the new Norwegian Bliss cruise liner. They’re on its inaugural...

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The Australian Ballet’s Mason Lovegrove receives Walter Bourke Award

Mason Lovegrove, a talented corps de ballet member of The Australian Ballet, has recently been honoured with the Walter Bourke Award. This...

Axis Dance Company Dancers (L to R) Lani Dickinson, Liv Schaffer, James Bowen, Carina Ho, Julie Crothers. Photo by David DeSilva

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Marc Brew, artistic director of Axis Dance, on being and dancing

Marc Brew “feels a need to make dance”, and that need has taken him all around the world. He first studied as...

La Scala Ballet. Photo courtesy of QPAC.

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Italy’s famed La Scala Ballet to perform in Australia for the first time

In 1971, the journalist Lorenzo Arruga wrote, “This old Giselle has sent me home happy to have breathed ‘dance’.” Arruga had been to a performance of...