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5.0KMelbourne’s first Asia TOPA: The door is ajar
“Dance is a beautiful thing to program because it’s not language-based,” declares Stephen Armstrong, creative director of Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts...
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32.4KGet inspired: 10 of the best music videos featuring dance
Music videos are always oh so fun. And when they include some awesome dancing…even better! Here, Dance Informa lists some favourite music videos...
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52.1K7 Great Ways to Prep for Competition
It’s never a bad time to start prepping to make your next competition season the best one yet. Here, we have compiled...
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12.5KThe ‘I’ word: Ausdance NSW’s Innovating Dance Practice Grant
“Innovation” is a buzz word right now, thrown about by politicians and jargon junkies with such abandon that it has become very...
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4.1KSix emerging Sydney artists’ debut season – ArtsLab: Treats
Since 2007, Shopfront’s ArtsLab program has provided an artist-in-residence program for upcoming and emerging artists at the beginning of their career. The...
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7.5KChair of The Australian Ballet School joins the Order of Australia
Leigh Johns, Chairman of The Australian Ballet School, was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Australia Day Awards...
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5.7K2016 Genée gold medal winners Joshua Price and Maeve Nolan
Competing in prestigious international competitions is an important step for many young dancers heading for a career in ballet. One of the...
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7.2K15 minutes with teacher Denzil Bailey
London’s Denzil Bailey was out journeying to New Zealand this past January to teach at the Dance Masters International seminars, held in Auckland...
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9.0KKelley Abbey on choreographing ‘Cabaret’
For over three decades, Kelley Abbey has performed, danced, choreographed and directed for theatre, film and television. Kelley is certainly a “bucket list” artist...
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6.1KNew Zealand Dance News – February 2017
Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance this month! Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) dancers Mayu Tanigaito and Joseph Skelton recently performed as...
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7.0K‘Dance challenges me’ – Kathryn McCormick returns to VDF
So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) and Step Up Revolution star Kathryn McCormick is returning to Victorian Dance Festival (VDF) this March, sponsored...
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5.7K‘Oh My Josh’: New digital series from Josh Horner
Australian Josh Horner has done it all – from stage work in ballet and Broadway, to choreographing for Disney Performing Arts program,...
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4.5KQueensland Ballet’s Alexander Idaszak promoted to demi-soloist
Just before Christmas 2016 and on the final performance of Queensland Ballet’s seasonal run of The Nutcracker, company dancer Alexander Idaszak was...
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3.9KStudent performance companies: Spotlight on The Dance Collective
It is becoming increasingly more popular for dance studios to create their own student “companies” or agencies for their students to perform...
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14.5KTate McRae bound for Australia
Thirteen-year-old Canadian dancer Tate McRae has been taking the stage by storm, recently starring in So You Think You Can Dance Next...
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9.5KKathryn McCormick & Tate McRae at VDF this March!
Victorian Dance Festival has just announced that US and Canadian dance stars Kathryn McCormick and Tate McRae will both be appearing at...
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5.0KDancers’ New Year’s resolutions for 2017
It’s that time of year – when goals, hopes and dreams for the coming months begin to stir and inspire. Here, Dance...
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15.6KAustralians headed to the 2017 Prix de Lausanne
The Prix de Lausanne is widely regarded as one of the most elite ballet competitions in the world. Taking place at the...
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6.7KNew Zealand Dance News – January 2017
Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance this month! As part of the Auckland Arts Festival in March, local dancers will be...
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6.5KJason Gilkison: (Not so) Strictly Ballroom
Jason Gilkison thinks of Burn The Floor like this: “It’s like finding a beautiful piece of your grandparent’s jewellery, taking out the...
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4.5KThe quiet room: Lilian Steiner’s ‘Noise Quartet Meditation’
There is a space, right in the heart of scrawling chaos, which is quiet and calm. And in the wall of noise,...
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5.4KTao Dance Theater: The body of desire
On a cool winter day in Beijing, choreographer and philosopher Tao Ye is taking time out from rehearsals to tease apart the...
