Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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1.2KFilm director Stéphane Carrel: The making of ‘A Resilient Man,’ featuring Steven McRae
For the past 15 years, Stéphane Carrel has captivated audiences as a documentary writer and director. His films reflect his deep passion...
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862The homecoming of Australian-born dancer Alison McWhinney
In a significant move since assuming the role of Artistic Director at Queensland Ballet, Leanne Benjamin has announced the homecoming of Australian-born...
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1.1KMegan Connelly at The Australian Ballet School: Moving people, not just bodies
You have probably heard a story like this before. “I danced around at home all the time when I was very, very...
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1.2KL.A. Dance Project dancers talk Benjamin Millepied’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’
Benjamin Millepied, choreographer of the Academy Award-winning Black Swan, will be presenting a daring reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s timeless classic, Romeo & Juliet this coming...
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1.2KGoing gangbusters: Kimberley Hodgson in ‘West Side Story’
West Side Story? Harbourside story? How about both? From mid-March, the now annual Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour will once again bring...
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1.1KChunky Move: Permission to be beautiful
How easy it is to be distracted by ugliness. The daily doomscroll clicks buttons in our brains that tempt us into declinist and dystopian thinking. Yet,...
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1.1K‘GATSBY at The Green Light’: The ultimate summer soirée at Sydney Opera House
Embark upon a journey through the revered pages of the 1925 classic, The Great Gatsby, penned by the maestro of American literature,...
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1.9KNatalie Weir: Passion, process and trust in more than 30 years of choreography
Natalie Weir is perhaps one of Australia’s most lauded choreographers. In demand with companies both domestically and internationally, this Queenslander has created works of...
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1.3KComing from a heart space: Mia Heathcote heads to The Australian Ballet
Mia Heathcote is a shining star of the Australian ballet scene. A graduate of The Australian Ballet School and Principal Artist of...
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2.0KLisa Pavane: Leaving with her head held high
Lisa Pavane’s journey with The Australian Ballet School (“the School”) commenced in 1978, when she was accepted as a student, relocating from...
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1.7KMoving away from all that exists: Benjamin Curé talks about his Lion Heart for dance
Graeme Murphy, Christopher Wheeldon, Andy Blankenbuehler, Wayne McGregor, Christopher Gattelli, Stephen Page and Benjamin Curé. We spoke to the Director of Lion...
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1.2KTy King-Wall: Finding form, accepting flow
As a teenager, he left his home in Tuaranga on New Zealand’s north island and flew ‘across the ditch’ to attend The...
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1.6KDancers from around the world: 3 dance journeys
Dancers, no matter where they come from, have many things in common. They’re passionate, hard workers and, however their dance journey has...
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1.3KTim Podesta Creative announces audition for latest work at VDF24
Choreographer Tim Podesta is coming to Energetiks VDF this year to audition for his latest work, appearing in Melbourne this July. Tim...
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1.1K2024 Auckland Arts Festival celebrates the arts with over 60 events
Auckland’s annual celebration of the arts returns to the heart of Tāmaki Makaurau this summer as Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland...
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1.2KWorking with kids and animals: Loughlan Prior on ‘Possum Magic’
“I never thought I would create a ballet with animals in it,” declares Loughlan Prior after another day of rehearsal, “if only...
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1.3KGhenoa Gela at Sydney Festival: What if the village was ours?
How would you feel if your home was being erased? Inundated. For most, this is a rhetorical question; yet, for the people...
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1.3KMeet the New Breed 2023 choreographers
Sydney Dance Company’s much anticipated annual season of emerging choreographic talent, New Breed, will hit the Carriageworks space this December. The line-up this year is an...
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1.6KFosse’s ‘Chicago’ legacy continues in Gary Chryst
In a rehearsal studio, a lean man with white hair stands, feet apart, arms at his sides, relaxed but poised, ready for...
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1.5KSydney Festival 2024 promises to be bolder than ever
The mainstay of Sydney’s high summer season, Sydney Festival, sails back this January with a first class line-up of world premieres, extraordinary...
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1.4KStefan Lagoulis: Ready for the big no-brainer
We rarely see it, even though we know it’s there. The hours, the rejections, the sticky tape that holds the facade in...
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1.1KLi Cunxin AO: A victim of his own success and a rare unicorn?
When we think of Li Cunxin AO and Queensland Ballet, it’s hard not to think of the successful and savvy businessman/artist who...
