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AMPA contemporary students. Photo by Satsuki Minoda.

What’s a degree like from Academy of Music and Performing Arts?

If you’re thinking of taking your dance qualifications to the next level, you might want to consider auditioning for the Academy of...

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South Australia’s very own dance festival

When Kim Grant-Taylor, Sharon Macrow and Pep Rigano of the Australian Company of Performing Arts (ACPA) went to the Australian Dance Festival...

Stephen Page (left). Photo courtesy of Bangarra Dance Theatre.

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Stephen Page on his Australia Council Award and new work ‘Bennelong’

If we’re being honest, art is nigh impossible to extricate from politics, from notions of what kind of society we are and...

Dance students of The McDonald College, Sydney Australia

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The McDonald College: Not cutting cookies

The dream of becoming a performer is not uncommon. After all, we live in a celebrity obsessed culture. At some point, almost...

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CONNECT: A dance event for boys

Ever had an idea that whispers in your ear? Gently at first but then starts to turn into a roar, so loud...

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Happy Birthday, Capezio: Celebrating 130 Years!

This year the iconic dancewear brand, Capezio, is celebrating its 130th anniversary! Festivities began on April 13, which was founder Salvatore Capezio’s...

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Andy Howitt: A statistic somewhere

Having emerged from behind the desk, former Ausdance Victoria chief Andy Howitt has gone back to his roots. However, far from simply...

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Is pain a necessary evil for dancing en pointe? Or is there another way?

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of dancing en pointe. For many aspiring young dancers, and even for adults who start dance...

David McAllister. The Australian Ballet. By Justin Ridler

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Behind the scenes with The Australian Ballet Artistic Director David McAllister

There is a line somewhere, a point of balance, where mystery and magic meets engagement and accessibility. For a high-profile company working...

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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WAAPA dancers rise to the challenge

In Rise, the talented student dancers of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) reach new artistic heights in neo-classical and...

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Can we work together to maximise the performance of both dancers and athletes?

Improving performance fitness and stamina, preventing injury and decreasing recovery time is something professional athletes and dancers have in common. Co3, a...

KAGE's 'Out of Earshot'. Photo by Jeff Busby.

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KAGE’s ‘Out of Earshot’: Speak without speaking

To dance in silence is one thing, to live in it another. While most of us reflexively recoil at the notion of...

'Beautiful The Carole King Musical', with Chilina Kennedy as Carole King in the Broadway cast. Photo by Joan Marcus.

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Cast announced for Australian production of ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’

The full cast has been announced for the Australian production of Broadway hit Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, which opens at a...

Sharon Saunders with her 2016 Ballet Kids class. Photo by Andy Banks Photography.

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Sharon Saunders Dancers celebrates 25 years

Sharon Saunders started her school in the small town of Marong, on the edge of Bendigo, after she had her first child....

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A few minutes with ‘Dance Academy’ star Xenia Goodwin

Xenia Goodwin was just 15 when she won the part of Tara Webster in ABC’s Dance Academy. And now, at 22, she’s...

Serena Graham and Joseph Romancewicz in Graeme Murphy AO's 'Almost'. Photo by Sergey Konstantinov.

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Australian Ballet School heads to Assemblée Internationale 2017

Every four years, Canada’s National Ballet School hosts the Assemblée Internationale (AI), an international dance festival for some of the world’s most...