Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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7.1KOmer Backley-Astrachan: In the liminal space between us
Civilisation has bestowed many things on humanity, not the least of which is a way of living and being together that would...
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6.4KMeet Model Search Winner Portia Talib
Young Perth-based dancer Portia Talib is the new face of Energetiks and Victorian Dance Festival (VDF)! After winning the Dance Informa and...
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4.8KSpotlight on Melbourne Ballet Company’s Masha Peker
Ukrainian Masha Peker, now a dancer with Melbourne Ballet Company (MBC), says she never imagined she would be living in Australia. Her...
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4.7KWhat’s next for Stephanie Lake after Australia Council Fellowship?
Every year, the Commonwealth Government’s peak arts funding body, The Australia Council, announces a number of Fellowships, whereby it awards practising artists...
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4.3K‘The Unbelievables’: Finding room for tiny details
The challenge of variety is making things fit. How, for instance, can you weave the intimacy and small details of ballroom dancing...
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7.0KCatching up with 2016 Genée gold medallist Maeve Nolan
2016 Genée gold medallist and Energetiks Ambassador Maeve Nolan is already making her mark in London. After winning gold at the Genée...
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7.1K1‘Murphy’: The Australian Ballet’s tribute to an Australian icon
If you’ve followed contemporary dance or ballet in Australia at any stage since the 1970s, you will have heard of Graeme Murphy....
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5.4KChoreographer Nathan M. Wright talks ‘The Rocky Horror Show’, The Commonwealth Games and more
Juggling choreography for three professional productions is not an easy task, especially when they are staged at the same time on two...
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5.9KIn conversation with Narelle Benjamin: Sydney Festival and ‘Cella’
Collaborating and dancing with Paul White in their own creation, Cella, at Sydney Festival 2018, Narelle Benjamin shared with Dance Informa details about...
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5.4KDorothy’s ruby slippers sparkle on Samantha Leigh Dodemaide in ‘The Wizard of Oz’
With a passion for musical theatre and a dedication to her craft, Samantha Leigh Dodemaide is a testament that dreams do come...
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5.8KQueensland Ballet’s Mia Heathcote is officially a soloist!
Melbourne-born dancer Mia Heathcote, who joined Queensland Ballet in January 2014, was surprised at a curtain call of Peter Pan, during which...
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5.0KYvette Lee to take the reigns as Artistic Director of VDF
The Energetiks Victorian Dance Festival has announced its new Artistic Director – commercial dance choreographer and adored VDF instructor Yvette Lee! This artistic powerhouse...
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5.3KSpeaking with the pros: Dancer-choreographer Mitchell Woodcock
Mitchell Woodcock has done it all: commercial dance, musical theatre, back-up dancing and television work. He can quickly change his hat from...
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4.8KQueensland Ballet’s Lucy Green and Camilo Ramos promoted to principal
An opening night is exciting enough. And at the recent opening of Queensland Ballet’s (QB) Peter Pan, there was even more of...
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4.3KKate Champion directs National Institute of Circus Arts in ‘Please Hold’
If there’s anything we can safely ascertain from Kate Champion’s CV, it’s that she does not like to be restricted to artform...
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5.2KAwake to the challenge! Chanel Cahill talks Dream Dance Company
Sometimes the obvious pun is just too hard to resist, so let’s get it out of the way right now. Twenty-year-old dancer...
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4.6KWild Hearts youth company aims to foster the next generation of professional dancers
Angela Hamilton, director and founder of Sydney-based independent dance company Twisted Element, has made the exciting announcement of the commencement of Wild...
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8.6KTake a chance on me: Maggie McKenna in ‘Muriel’s Wedding’
Most of us love a good wedding, even if the melodrama of the occasion can sometimes get a bit ridiculous and the...
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6.8KSpotlight on Expressions Dance Company’s Alana Sargent
Meet Alana Sargent. Sargent loves it when a dancer can make you “move in your seat while you are watching them”. She...
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9.7KTired of being the only male dancer in a sea of pink?
For many boys and young men, their role models are those who excel in traditionally male-dominated fields like sporting heroes, rock stars...
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7.7KAakash Odedra Company’s ‘Rising’ at OzAsia in Adelaide
OzAsia is Australia’s premier festival with a focus on Asia, running from 21 September to 8 October in Adelaide. One of the...
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6.1KSpeaking with the pros: Musical theatre’s Daniel Assetta
In 2013, musical theatre performer Daniel Assetta received a phone call from his agent that he had booked his first musical, Wicked....
