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West Australian Ballet's seven new 2022 corps de ballet members. Photo by Frances Andrijich.

West Australian Ballet creates seven new positions for dancers

In the shadow of the pandemic, West Australian Ballet has made a bold move to invigorate the Australian dance industry by creating...

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RAD’s Dance Fest back for SA Dancers

In a year when COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions have continued to prevent dancers from accessing their usual training activities in their own...

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OzAsia Festival reveals full line-up for new writing and ideas program ‘In Other Words’

OzAsia Festival’s new writing and ideas program, In Other Words, has revealed the full line-up of speakers and sessions at Adelaide Festival Centre’s...

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‘Suncorp Dream Big Challenge’ awards aspiring Mermaid Beach dancer

After a state-wide search, Queensland Ballet has announced the winner of its annual Suncorp Dream Big Challenge: seven-year-old Giles Nash from Mermaid Beach. Nash has won a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to...

National College of Dance and Junior Academy.

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Sydney Eisteddfod 2021 continues on screen

Sydney Eisteddfod came to a sudden halt in late June, just over a month into the 2021 Festival. Like many other events...

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Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival brings together hundreds of artists for its third year

A festival like no other, Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival will bring together over 200 artists and performers for the third annual celebration of the arts and the talented East...

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Dean Walsh’s ‘Infinite Item’ in Sydney Fringe digital season

Dean Walsh’s contemporary performance work, Infinite Item, had a final stage development and broadcast sharing of it in the middle of COVID last year...

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‘Out of Bounds’ announces 2021 artists

Inspired by the experimental New York dance-scapes of the ‘80s and ‘90s and born out of a need to bring the Victorian...

Carina Roberts for 'Coppélia'. Photo by Frances Andrijich and Wunderman Thompson.

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West Australian Ballet’s ‘Coppélia’ opens at His Majesty’s Theatre

As ballet icon George Balanchine said, “Just as Giselle is ballet’s great tragedy, so Coppélia is its great comedy.” The colourful tale of two lovers and an eccentric doctor,...

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Sydney Fringe announces ‘The Essence of Fringe’

The Sydney Fringe has announced The Essence of Fringe, a digital program that will be presented from 10 September – 1 October to...

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New Zealand Dance News – August/September 2021

Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) is excited to be touring Night Light to Tāmaki...

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Registrations are open for Dancerites, Australia’s First Nations dance competition

Registrations are now open until 6 September for the seventh annual Dancerites, Sydney Opera House’s celebrated national First Nations dance competition. This...

'The World is Looking For You'. Photo by Tim Standing.

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Adelaide Festival Centre flourishing with spring events

Adelaide Festival Centre is gearing up for an exciting spring season packed with entertaining and inspiring performances for people of all ages...

RNZB's 'The Firebird'. Photo by Ross Brown.

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Royal NZ Ballet releases ‘The Firebird’ online

A specially-filmed, multi-camera screening of the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s (RNZB) production of The Firebird by New Zealand choreographer Loughlan Prior – which, until lockdown, was...

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Dance Photography Mentorship at VDF

Renowned, award-winning dance photographer Belinda Strodder is Victorian Dance Festival‘s official photographer. At Energetiks VDF 2021 this October, Belinda has a unique...

'I New Then' being performed by Nederlands Dans Theater 2. Photo by Daisy Komen Photography.

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The Australian Ballet introduces ‘DanceX: Festival of Dance’

This September, dance companies from around Australia will gather at Arts Centre Melbourne for the inaugural event of DanceX: Festival of Dance, a two-part...

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Journey with Queensland Ballet on its first regional Supporters Tour

Queensland Ballet is opening up its Supporters Tour for a few lucky people, as its commitment to sharing ballet throughout the state...

Melissa McCabe in 'Cinderella'. Photo by Emma Fishwick.

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West Australian Ballet’s Melissa McCabe retires after a 20-year career

After an esteemed 20-year professional dance career, including 13 years at West Australian Ballet, Demi-Soloist Melissa McCabe (née Boniface) will retire from...

NZDC'S 'Night Light'. Photo by John McDermott.

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The New Zealand Dance Company presents ‘Night Light’ this spring

An ancient sequence of nature and the space between fiction and reality are brought to life in Night Light – an evening of...

Paul Slade Smith and cast in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. Photo by Brian Geach.

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‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ to open at QPAC this September

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will bring the spectacular new musical, Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to Brisbane this September. The multi-Helpmann Award...