Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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8.7KTake 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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6.9KSpotlight 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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9.8KTired 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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7.9KAakash 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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6.3KSpeaking 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....
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4.4KHelen Herbertson: The rewards of a lifetime
Much of Helen Herbertson’s story will sound familiar to many in the dance community: a girl in dance classes dreaming big dreams...
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6.0KNoel Tovey, AM receives 2017 Australian Dance Awards Hall Of Fame citation
When Noel Tovey, AM says something like “it means a lot to me to be recognised in my own country,” he’s hinting...
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8.4KMore than stars: Ministry of Dance’s Jason Coleman
“I’m a very, very busy guy, and the truth about it is that I sometimes look at my diary and go, ‘Oh,...
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6.7KPreparing students to be professionals: Sydney College of Dance
Many a talented Australian ballet student has gone overseas in pursuit of their dreams only to have the dream unravel — after...
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6.2KJack Chambers: 12,000 litres of recognition
As they do every year, the Australian Dance Awards honour the creativity of companies and individuals across the nation, and in 2017,...
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4.7KThe law of attraction: Kyle Page and Dancenorth’s ‘Attractor’
It’s not often that we get to legitimately quote ourselves in the articles we pen, but this is one such instance because,...
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5.6KLucinda Dunn on her new role: Teaching the next generation
In 2014, Australia’s longest serving ballerina, Lucinda Dunn OAM, hung up her pointe shoes after an illustrious career with The Australian Ballet...
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9.9KTalia Fidra performs with Queensland Ballet at age 16
Sixteen-year-old Talia Fidra has a lot to be proud of at such a young age. The young dancer, who is in the...
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12.4K‘The Wizard of Oz’ new musical is coming to Aus
Get ready, Brisbane and Sydney, because “We’re off to see the wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz!” After a successful season in...
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8.9KParris Goebel is just getting started
From Jennifer Lopez to Justin Bieber, Auckland’s Parris Goebel has worked with them all. Best known for choreographing Bieber’s music video, “Sorry”, which...
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6.6KNatalie Abbott: Purpose is a latecomer
“In a way, making shows and art for me are a way to understand things that I’m questioning in life, and to...
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6.1KChatting with Queensland Ballet’s recently promoted Joel Woellner
Congratulations to Queensland Ballet’s rising star Joel Woellner on his promotion to the rank of demi-soloist! Recently nominated for the 2017 Australian...
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7.5KKiwi dancer Harrison James lights up the stage in Canada
In 2016, Harrison James was named a principal dancer at The National Ballet of Canada after only three years with the company,...
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12.1KSierra Boggess comes to Australia
Broadway and West End theatre star Sierra Boggess is coming to Australia! Described by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber as “one of the...
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8.7KJason Lam on his Australian Ballet’s Ken Crichton fellowship
Dr. Ken Crichton, who sadly passed away on November 21, 2015, was an expert in the field of dance and sports medicine,...
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4.9KKAGE’s ‘Out of Earshot’: Speak without speaking
To dance in silence is one thing, to live in it another. While most of us reflexively recoil at the notion of...
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18.5KA few minutes with ‘Dance Academy’ star Xenia Goodwin
Xenia Goodwin was just 15 when she won the part of Tara Webster in ABC’s Dance Academy. And now, at 22, she’s...
