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7.7K‘An experience I will never forget’ – 3 Aussies share Joffrey joy
In February, Australia saw Era Jouravlev, ballet master of the Joffrey Ballet School, visit Melbourne for VDF, thanks to Dance Informa. Jouravlev taught...
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13.5KMarko Panzic’s “Show | Business” hopes to create more dance entrepreneurs
Dream Dance Company, founded in 2015, by Director Marko Panzic as Australia’s first commercial dance company, launched a three-month program called Show...
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3.9KBig Talent on Show at Wakakirri’s Dance School Challenge
Wakakirri recently announced the winners of the inaugural Wakakirri Dance Schools Challenge. The challenge marks the beginning of a new venture for...
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5.3KEvolution Dance Competition continues to evolve
Evolution Dance Competition is new to the industry, but it’s rapidly evolving, as its name suggests. Starting last year with 11 cities, this...
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4.7KAustralian Performing Arts Grammar School: Empowering creativity with a performing arts rich education
Can you imagine what it would be like to go to a school where you get to spend a good chunk of...
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5.8KJuggling a dance career with children: Leanne Stojmenov, The Australian Ballet
Dance Informa continues its series, Juggling a Dance Career with Children, with Leanne Stojmenov, who shows that it’s possible to dance at an...
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5.4KSydney Dance Company’s PPY Part 2: We have contact and…lift-off
Still beaming and full of enthusiasm, our three Sydney Dance Company (SDC) Pre-Professional Year (PPY) dancers, Austin, Charlotte and Eugenie, are now...
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5.6KCan you take your students on an overseas dance tour?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the world to train and perform with your dance family? With...
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6.4KA vision, a dream and a strong mind to work: Kelly Aykers Full Time Dance
Kelly Aykers has had a long career as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. She has danced for multiple mainstage productions with David...
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3.4KCan I have a word with you? Neale Whittaker’s first full-length contemporary work
Although it sometimes seems as though we are in an age of hyper-polarised opinion, in which a click speed culture is driving...
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6.8KAussie tap dancer Brianna Taylor’s international success
Aussie tap dancer on the rise, Brianna Taylor, is living her dream as the first Australian to join Los Angeles-based Rhythmatic Tap...
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4.4KStephanie Lake’s ‘Colossus’: Stage set for big impact
Stephanie Lake has been described as “one of the most important voices in contemporary choreography”, with “gutsy physicality and kooky poetics”. With...
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3.7KChunky Move Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk steps down
After seven years at the helm of Chunky Move, Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk has announced her decision to step down. Chunky...
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3.1KNatalie Weir to hand over the reins of Expressions Dance Company
Expressions Dance Company (EDC) Artistic Director Natalie Weir has decided to step down from the role after a successful decade leading the...
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3.6KThe McDonald College joins with Sydney Dance Company for senior contemporary program
In what must surely be a first in this country, one of the nation’s premier contemporary dance companies has teamed up with...
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6.2KShould you do a Dance Teaching and Management course?
So you think you can teach dance? Well, maybe you can; but can you teach it well, and can you make it...
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5.7KCast announced for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Aspects of Love’
After much anticipation, Walk This Way Productions, in association with Hayes Theatre Co, have announced the impressive cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects...
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5.0KEight finalists announced for the Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship
Eight promising ballet students have been selected to compete in the final round of the Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship on Sunday 26...
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6.6KJuggling a dance career with children: Juliette Barton, Sydney Dance Company
A professional performing career in dance is relatively short-lived, compared to other jobs, and many dancers want to reach a certain level...
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3.8KRhiannon Newton’s plant-based work to premiere at Dancehouse
In the midst of a clickspeed culture, where high paced busyness and visible attainment is the acme of credibility and cool, what...
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4.6KSo dance doesn’t dance anymore?
There is a blackboard wall in a foyer at a specialist dance venue just north of the river in Melbourne, Australia, where...
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3.8KCatching up with Lucy Guerin on ‘Split’
Lucy Guerin’s work has been described as “poignant” and “provocative”, “contemporary dance that reaches back to the roots of ancient theatre”. Dance Informa...
