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24.2KAttention dancers: Please do this now!
Dance Informa asked 10 of the world’s most active dance medicine and science experts to name one thing they really, really wish...
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15.1KNew Zealand Dance News – August 2018
Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news this month! Auckland’s Atamira Dance Company, which creates and presents Maori contemporary dance...
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4.7KWest Australian Ballet’s new collaboration is so on pointe
“Where I am coming from, we are not really making such a difference between classically trained dancers and contemporary dancers,” declares Aurélien...
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6.8KLucy Ellis and Kylie Norris present the Elite Training Extension Program
If you’re a dancer in Australia or an avid reader of Dance Informa, the name Lucy Ellis will certainly not be foreign...
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4.3K‘No limitations’ in full time training at The Space
The Space is a versatile performing arts school in the heart of Prahran, Melbourne. The Space has a Diploma course which offers something...
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6.1KAhoy! Could you have an on-sea dance adventure?
Two Aussies sit having coffee in the elegant Observation Deck on board the new Norwegian Bliss cruise liner. They’re on its inaugural...
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5.5KIconic dance spaces around the world: Sydney Opera House
The next instalment of Dance Informa’s series, Iconic Dance Spaces Around the World, looks at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. One of...
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5.2KKelly Devine and ‘Come From Away’: A community of strangers
That Kelly Devine has travelled a long way to get here – here being a rehearsal room on a winter’s day in...
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3.2KMonica Bill Barnes and ‘The Gallery Workout’: The art of sweating
The notion of getting outside the black box is common enough in dance, and the “site-specific thing” is no longer a novelty....
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3.3KWhat’s happening in NZ?
Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news this month! Auckland-based dancer Emma Cosgrave was the 2018 delegate for the Ausdance...
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4.7KThe Australian Ballet’s Mason Lovegrove receives Walter Bourke Award
Mason Lovegrove, a talented corps de ballet member of The Australian Ballet, has recently been honoured with the Walter Bourke Award. This...
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7.4KMarc Brew, artistic director of Axis Dance, on being and dancing
Marc Brew “feels a need to make dance”, and that need has taken him all around the world. He first studied as...
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6.9KItaly’s famed La Scala Ballet to perform in Australia for the first time
In 1971, the journalist Lorenzo Arruga wrote, “This old Giselle has sent me home happy to have breathed ‘dance’.” Arruga had been to a performance of...
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4.8KSpeaking with Lydia Pedrana: Using our dance training in other fantastic careers
Lydia Pedrana began dancing at two-and-a-half years old at Dubbo Ballet Studio. Dancing became more than a hobby when she accepted a...
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6.4K‘Grease the Arena Experience’ announces brand-new Danny & Sandy
In the 40th anniversary year of Grease hitting the movie screens, the production Grease The Arena Experience has been touring Australia to sell-out arena...
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5.1KThe Australian Ballet’s Alice Topp goes from corps to choreographer in ‘Verve’
Exclusively to Melbourne this month, The Australian Ballet is presenting Verve, a triple bill of high-octane contemporary ballets created by past and...
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6.7KBallet Preljocaj’s ‘Snow White’ premieres at the Sydney Opera House
The French dance company Ballet Preljocaj will be performing its world-acclaimed work, Snow White, at the Sydney Opera House from 6 – 10 June...
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12.2KChoreographer Amy Campbell makes her VDF debut
She has worked in all aspects of the industry – as a dancer, a teacher, a choreographer. Her credits include TV and...
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6.3KNew junior youth company Ballet de Jeune twirls into Tasmania
Commencing in March this year, Un Tour de Jeune Masterclass Series brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Tasmania and Victoria through monthly...
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5.8KStephen Page’s ‘Dark Emu’: The animation of negative space
That a recently published book which examines pre-colonial land management amongst Australia’s First Nation peoples should directly inspire a dance work isn’t...
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5.0KMichael Ralph on choreographing ‘Bring It On: The Musical’
Bring It On: The Musical is inspired by the hit movie released in 2000. A classic outsider makes good story, Bring It On is coming...
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5.1KA Kaleidoscope of Energy: Ella McMillan shows us Energetiks’ new collection
Dancewear brand Energetiks has unveiled its new limited edition collection, Kaleidoscope, full of colourful and fun patterns that will bring a “splash”...
