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4.2KReflecting on International Ballet Workshops Winter Series
Australian and New Zealand dancers had a very rare treat at the recent International Ballet Workshops (IBW) Winter series. IBW is known...
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3.4KDancenorth brings the Noise to North Australian Festival
Dancenorth, Townsville’s award-winning contemporary dance company continues to keep contemporary dance in the forefront of the region’s cultural imagination. Demonstrating that the...
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4.5KCharmene Yap steps into a new role at SDC
Sydney Dance Company (SDC) stalwart Charmene Yap will be finishing her performing career at the end of SDC’s Season 1 tour of Bonachela/Nankivel/Lane....
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3.6KCatching up with Sydney Dance Company’s PPY
It’s the end of Term 2 for the Pre Professional Year (PPY) students at Sydney Dance Company (SDC), and there’s a buzz...
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3.5KADT’s ‘North/South’: Polar opposites attract
You are at a bus stop. There is a snowstorm. You are waiting. Or perhaps you are an explorer, your companions already...
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4.1K‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ Li Cunxin honoured with an Order of Australia
Li Cunxin has had a distinguished career, first as a dancer, then as a stockbroker, author and as Artistic Director of Queensland...
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3.7KNick Power: B-boy between the street and stage
Nick Power has been breaking for much of his life, and using it not just to explore the world but to also...
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3.5KNew Zealand’s newest major arts festival and more…
Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! This August, the Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) will present three landmark danceworks...
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2.5KProposing ways of being: Erik Kaiel’s work ‘Tetris’
Tetris is a contemporary dance work being presented at the Arts Centre Melbourne this September. Credited as a work for children, Tetris is...
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2.3KKimberly Bartosik’s ‘I hunger for you’: Ecstasy and (Dis)connection
Hunger. It’s something we all know, whether physical, emotional or spiritual. It drives us, sometimes to genius, sometimes to madness. No wonder...
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2.9KNew Zealand Dance News – July 2019
Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! The New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) is now accepting audition registrations for...
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6.2KThe Monaco Maestro Jean-Christophe Maillot in his own words
On the eve of the Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s Australian premiere of LAC, Dance Informa caught up with the creative brains behind this quirky reworking of...
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5.8KKaya Weight: Big ballet break with RNZB at just 17
Every serious dance student’s dream is to land a contract, get paid to dance and fulfil their passions. For most, it is...
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3.5KDancenorth’s ‘Common Colours’ is named finalist in short film awards
Dancenorth’s Disability Ambassador, Chris Dyke, recently collaborated with Artistic Director Kyle Page and videographer Robert Crispe to creat Common Colours, a short...
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2.2KDancenorth announces 2019 A.R.T. residency program
Throughout 2019, Dancenorth will continue its commitment to increase support within the sector, through the Artist Residency in the Tropics (A.R.T.) program....
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4.1KRomy Vuksan and cast excited for ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’
The Production Company has announced its full cast of the Broadway smash, Thoroughly Modern Millie, which opens in Arts Centre Melbourne’s State Theatre...
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3.7KLucy Doherty’s ‘Reminiscence’ heads to Dance on Camera Festival
Reminiscence, a short film created by Australian dancer and choreographer Lucy Doherty, has been announced as part of the line up of...
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4.8KInternational students thrive at Peridance Capezio Center
Peridance Capezio Center is an integral part of New York City’s dance community. Igal Perry established the school with just two students...
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3.5KTaking the ballet body forward
Last month, we asked, “Is ballet future proof?” This month, we dig deeper, and ponder what comes next for an artform sandwiched...
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3.3K‘Just take the journey’: Richard J Hinds on ‘Come From Away’
Come From Away has flown in the talented Richard J Hinds from 16,000 km away (New York City), to bring the award-winning musical...
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6.4KBolshoi Ballet brings two classics to QPAC
The Grand Bolshoi Ballet will return to Brisbane in June and July to perform its mighty Spartacus and sparkling Jewels. This continues the...
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3.6KLes Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s ‘LAC’: A Swan Lake for darker times
The Australian Ballet will be collaborating with the Ballets de Monte-Carlo to produce the Australian premier of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s LAC. This is a...
