Dance Informa Magazine
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4.8KVictorian State Ballet: Vibrant, creative and committed to connection
The Victorian State Ballet (VSB) forged its beginnings over 15 years ago, performing in Melbourne, as well as many regional centres. Dance...
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5.3KMatthew Slattery: The long road from Cooma to Boston Ballet
At the age of 28, Matthew Slattery is about to realise a dream; but it so nearly didn’t happen. Indeed, his journey...
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8.8KTo our non-dancer friends: 10 things to know about us
When it comes to the life of a dancer, there’s a lot more to it than meets the eye. Whether it’s our...
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7.6KJoshua Taylor: The Adelaide boy who made it into one of the greatest musicals of all time
Last year, South Australian performing arts student Joshua Taylor decided to audition for West Side Story, just for the audition experience, and...
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4.7KProfessional Arts Learning Series: NSW teachers developing tools and refreshing skills at Ausdance
Ausdance NSW exists to promote opportunities for dance in NSW. The organization runs a suite of programs from supporting professional dancers and...
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3.8KScimm Dance Company is creating platforms for young dancers
Melbourne-based independent company Scimm Dance Company has announced auditions for its youth dance company’s 2019 season. Scott Pokorny, co-director of Scimm Dance,...
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3.5KKristina Chan’s ‘A Faint Existence’: Making a difference
Kristina Chan has been described as “a beguiling dancer”. When I mention this at the beginning of our interview, she is intrigued...
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4.2KJill Wolins of Star Dance Alliance to teach at VDF
Dancing leads one to travel – certainly across stages, through studios, and across cities and towns. Can it also lead one around...
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4.7KKerri Turner’s ‘The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers’
Kerri Turner is a dancer and dance teacher who, through force of circumstance has become an author. Her first book, The Last...
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5.3KDancenorth’s ‘Dust’: Between choreography and architecture
Collaboration is a central pillar of our creative process, and Dust is a true testament to inherent power of creating space in which...
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3.7KNew Zealand Dance News – January 2019
Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! Daniel Belton and Good Company Arts have been awarded the Sino...
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4.1K8 reasons why we love ballet in 2019
It’s a new year, and surely there will be some trends in the dance world – perhaps a new dance show, or...
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2.7KIconic dance spaces around the world: Strand Beach
The next instalment of Dance Informa’s series, Iconic Dance Spaces Around the World, looks at The Strand Beach, in Townsville, Far North...
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4.5KSharon Eyal’s L-E-V Dance Company: The heart of ambiguity
You can almost hear the cogs whirring in her head. There is a pause. Then: “I think in life, everything is emotional,”...
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3.2K‘The Nutcracker and I’: A dancer, a piano, several drawings and a newly cracked Nut
Question without notice: how would you stage Nutcracker with just one dancer? Answer: have Clara dance with a cartoon. Since it debuted in...
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4.3K“It’s about the joy of dancing”: Caroline O’Connor talks Silver Swans
As First World populations age and our attention focuses more and more on the issues and implications of aging, it is hardly...
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4.8KChoreographer Julio Monge on Australia’s new ‘West Side Story’ in Sydney
Opera Australia has a new version of West Side Story coming to Sydney in March. It will be staged on the open-air...
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4.2K‘Un Poyo Rojo’ at Adelaide Festival: Look what’s in the locker
There’s no need to be shy, even though the correct terminology, direct from one of the horses, is cock. A red cock,...
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2.9KThe SDC Pre-Professional Year dancers take a bow
After following Eugenie, Austin and Charlotte across their 2018 Pre-Professional Year (PPY) program, it was with much excitement that I took my...
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3.2KSydney Dance Company’s PPY Part 3: Coming to a close
Walking into the beautiful new Sydney Dance Company (SDC) studios in Ultimo is a shock to the system after our previous three...
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2.8K5 reasons why ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ is fresh – and you should see it!
The Nutcracker. It makes most think of snow falling as ballerinas scurry across the stage, Polichinelles running out from under Mother Ginger’s...
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3.8KNGA highlights the significant work of Merce Cunningham
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA)’s American Masters exhibition was shown at the gallery, running 24 August – 11 November 2018. Highlighted...
