Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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6.4K1Jess Hesketh – Living Her Dream
By Rain Francis. A little over three years ago, household dance fans across the country sat biting their nails as they waited...
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9.1KParris Goebel to choreograph JLO tour
By Rain Francis. If Parris Goebel has been making waves in the international hip hop scene for the past few years, she’s...
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8.5KChloe Thiel on playing Annie
By Belinda Adams. Chloe Thiel is an 11 year old girl who for the past 10 weeks has been on the ride...
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5.7KAussie Stephanie Williams Joins American Ballet Theatre
By Rebecca Martin. Australian dancer Stephanie Williams has gone from strength to strength since leaving The Australian Ballet in 2011 and joining...
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27.9K1Dance Academy’s Alicia Banit & Tom Green
By Deborah Searle. As dancers across the country are enjoying season two of ABC3’s hit dance drama, Dance Academy, Dance Informa spoke...
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5.4KLa Traviata: Opera Meets Dance
By Kristy Johnson. Renowned Australian choreographer Stephen Baynes, most notably recognised for his work with The Australian Ballet, is lending his hand...
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7.3KBehind the Curtain of A Chorus Line
By Rebecca Martin. Photos and video by Ashley Weidner. The day before A Chorus Line’s Melbourne premiere, Dance Informa caught up with...
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3.3KDebbie Allen coming to Brisbane Festival
US dance icon Debbie Allen is one of the most respected talents in the entertainment industry. With 3 Emmy Awards for choreography,...
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14.3KAngelina Ballerina’s ‘Big Audition’ tours Australia
Our favourite mouse, Angelina Ballerina has returned to Australia by popular demand. Performed by the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Angelina Ballerina’s Big...
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13.1KNZ’s Java Dance on the curious world of contemporary
By Rain Francis Contemporary dance often has an aura of mystery about it. It’s not ballet, it’s not hip hop, and it...
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3.9KNew Artistic Director for Dancehouse
By Rebecca Martin Dancehouse, Melbourne’s centre for independent contemporary dance, has appointed Angela Conquet as its new artistic director and chief executive...
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4.2K1Making the Leap: Dancer to Choreographer
By Laura Di Orio When a dancer steps down from the stage and “hangs up his or her shoes”, it doesn’t always...
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14.3K1Queensland Ballet’s Three New Principals
By Kristy Johnson. Keian Langdon, Hao Bin and Meng Ningning will join fellow Queensland Ballet dancers Rachael Walsh, Clare Morehen and Christian...
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16.9K1Chloe Arnold – Tapping into her Magic
By Winston Morrison of MelbourneTapDance.com. Renowned tap fanatic Chloe Arnold is a co-director of the LA Tap Festival and DC Tap Festival. ...
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5.0KMuch more than movement
Dance needs to get beyond the physical, argues well-travelled Australian choreographer Tim Podesta. By Paul Ransom. Australian choreographer Tim Podesta is one...
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5.0KDance Duality
By Regina Green Melbourne’s Fringe Festival is now underway, and as always we are spoilt for choice. In the final week of...
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6.7KAustralian Ballet Student joins the Paris Opera Ballet
By Kristy Johnson Acceptance into the Paris Opera Ballet is a dancer’s dream come true, yet for Australian student Hannah O’Neill it...
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6.1K1Kenny Ortega on Dirty Dancing Remake
By Deborah Searle. Dancers and film lovers alike are buzzing about the announcement of a Dirty Dancing remake. The 1987 musical romance...
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5.6KAde Suharto – Embracing Heritage Through Dance
By Grace Edwards. Indonesian-Australian dancer Ade Suharto hopes to take us with her on a journey of self-discovery in her latest work,...
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13.3KPaul Lightfoot Enlightens
By Rain Francis. Born in Kingsley, England, Paul Lightfoot trained at the Royal Ballet School before joining Nederlands Dans Theater in 1985....
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6.5KTalia Fowler in line for successful overseas career
By Kristy Johnson She was our favourite ballerina on the hit series So You Think You Can Dance, and now Talia is...
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5.5KZap Code Zeitlin
LA based dance/fitness advocate Michelle Zeitlin is ready to reach out to the world with her unique brand of passion and pragmatism....
