Featured Archives - Page 41 of 61 - Dance Informa Magazine

Melbourne City Youth Theatre. Photo by National Photography.

Audition for ‘CATS’ with Melbourne City Ballet’s Youth Theatre Program

Melbourne City Ballet (MCB) has launched a Youth Theatre program (MCYT), and will produce its first musical this year. The company is...

7.6K

103-year-old dancer Eileen Kramer launches her first book

Eileen Kramer may well be the longest working dancer and choreographer in Australia, if not the world. The 103-year-old continues to create...

4.1K

The WAAPA experience: Nurturing the artist you want to be

West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) is a thriving university arts conservatory in urban Perth, Western Australia. It’s well known for...

3.5K

Lex Ishimoto on coming Down Under: ‘The Aussie dance scene excites me’

Lex Ishimoto, winner of So You Think You Can Dance USA, Season 14, is coming to Australia this month! His trip is part...

4.4K

VDF: The Biggest Event of 2019

It’s an early Saturday morning, and hundreds of young people are smiling, chatting and waving as their friends join them in waiting...

4.6K

2018 Model Search Open

Could you be Australia’s next top dance model, thanks to Energetiks and Dance Informa? The 2018 Cover Model Search is now open,...

Mark Morris' 'Layla and Majnun'. Photo by Beowulf Sheehan.

3.1K

Mark Morris’ ‘Layla and Majnun’: Love will tear us apart

The template is well known: doomed young lovers are cruelly kept apart, staring down death rather than yielding the truth and beauty...

Christopher Hill in 'D'accord'. Photo by Sergey Pevnev.

4.3K

Christopher Hill retires from WAB: ‘Happiest creating my own work’

“Progressing the artform is probably what interests me the most about making dance,” says Christopher Hill, who started dancing in Melbourne, and...

4.2K

How can you be successful in applying for funding?

After years of pretty ordinary monthly newsletters, things have definitely changed in the Ausdance NSW ranks. The newsletters are professional and up-to-date...

Yolande Brown with son Xavier. Photo courtesy of Brown.

3.4K

Juggling a dance career with children: Yolande Brown, Bangarra Dance Theatre

Dance Informa continues its series, Juggling a Dance Career with Children, with Yolande Brown, who shows that motherhood can lead to unexpected...

3.0K

Anton Lorimer and Omar Z Robles’ ‘Pointe of Focus’

A career in the performing arts is certainly not a choice for the faint of heart, but for those with the requisite...

5.7K

Michael Dameski: Making waves from Australia to the U.S.

No matter the age you begin to dance, there is no way of knowing just how much of an impact it will...

Students at The McDonald College. Photo by Winkipop Media.

3.7K

The McDonald College: The all-round performance model

Since 1984, The McDonald College has been filling a niche in the Australian education landscape. From its co-ed, non-denominational campus in Sydney’s...

4.2K

The Tap Pack to take the stage at Sydney Opera House

After a triumphant season on London’s West End, The Tap Pack is back in its hometown, preparing for its debut at the...

Nominees of the 2018 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award. Photo by Alexandra at Jam On Your Collar.

3.7K

Meet the 2018 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award nominees

Six dancers with The Australian Ballet have been announced as nominees for the prestigious Telstra Ballet Dancer Award 2018. Now in its...

4.2K

For Todd Patrick, the future is creative

It is stating the obvious to say that the world is changing at an ever increasing pace. Technology, globalisation, climate change, the...

4.0K

Gideon Obarzanek’s ‘One Infinity’: The mandala of infinite participation

At some point, most of us find ourselves yearning to be part of something bigger. This desire frequently manifests in either the...

Bianca Hyslop in Atamira Dance Company's 'Kotahi I'. Photo by Charles Howells.

2.7K

New Zealand Dance News – October 2018

Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! DanceSurance can offer tailored insurance products for every stage of your dance...

5.1K

Les Ballets Eloelle’s ‘Men in Pink Tights’: Who said ballet was a drag?

Ballet is hilarious, right? Tutus, tights, fairy princesses and all that. Cracks you up every time, doesn’t it? Okay, maybe not …...

5.4K

Lex Ishimoto and Matthew Prescott to tour Australia for Joffrey Ballet School

Breaking news: Dance Informa is excited to announce that dazzling dance star Lex Ishimoto, winner of So You Think You Can Dance USA, Season...

Telea Jensen with Expressions Dance Company Youth Ensemble dancers Indigo Blue Macrokanis, Ashleigh Brant and Zoe Davidson-Wall. Photo courtesy of EDC.

3.4K

Expressions Dance Company launches pilot Youth Ensemble

Expressions Dance Company (EDC), one of Queensland’s leading contemporary dance companies, has launched a pilot project to establish a Youth Ensemble with...