Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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8.7KChoreography Advice Series: Sydney Dance Company’s Rafael Bonachela
While there’s no shortage of advice out there for young dancers, the same can’t be said for aspiring choreographers. For those whose...
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7.4KThe Australian Ballet’s Valerie Tereshchenko: Telstra Dancer of the Year
Congratulations to Australian Ballet Senior Artist Valerie Tereshchenko, 2017 Telstra Dancer of the Year. The talented dancer was one of six nominees...
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5.2KKristina Chan’s ‘A Faint Existence’: Environmental movement
Yes, environment. No, not merely the reductionist narrative or narrow polemic of political theatre but the broader existential relationship we are all...
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4.4KKyle Page of Dancenorth: Winning at Juggling
The winners of the prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards were announced late February, and Dancenorth has won the Group Award, worth...
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5.1KCalling young dancers who like to sing: Camp Curtain Call
Camp Curtain Call is a week-long sleepover musical theatre camp in which industry professionals teach campers aged 10-14 singing, dancing, acting and...
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44.2KShannon Holtzapffel talks The Greatest Showman
In the feature film The Greatest Showman, Shannon Holtzapffel plays Captain Constentenous, The Tattooed Man. Holtzapffel is a Dutch-born, Australian trained dancer who...
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17.8KMeet rising star Audrey Freeman
Have you seen young dancer Audrey Freeman? No, but really. Have you seen her?? If not, check her out now. With legs...
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6.6KAdam Rennie steps in to ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ and wows the crowd
Suppose it’s a Monday afternoon and you are on a winery tour in Adelaide. You get a phone call. The star of...
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8.3KAustralian dancer Fabian Mack: Dreaming Bigger
From the moment Australian dancer Fabian Mack first realised the movie Moulin Rouge was a world famous production in Paris, she dreamed...
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7.2KOmer 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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6.5KMeet 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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5.0KSpotlight 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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4.8KWhat’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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4.4K‘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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7.2KCatching 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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7.3K1‘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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5.6KChoreographer 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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6.1KIn 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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5.6KDorothy’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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6.0KQueensland 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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5.2KYvette 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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5.5KSpeaking 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...
