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RNZB in Alexander Ekman's 'Cacti'. Photo by Ross Brown.

New Zealand Dance News – April 2017

Find out what’s happening in New Zealand Dance this month! Distinguished international performer, teacher and choreographer James O’Hara has accepted a role at...

Jacqui Cornforth performing at the Lord Mayor's Party. Photo courtesy of Muggera.

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Muggera Dancers: Sharing culture with the community

In 2015, Muggera was founded by Darren Compton and Jacqui Cornforth and has since gone from strength to strength as a dance group...

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Mia Michaels on her Australian workshops

Renowned choreographer, mentor and master teacher, Mia Michaels, recently made her first trip to Australia in February. Michaels has choreographed for Broadway’s...

Lorinda Merrypor. Photo by Tania Melick.

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Ten minutes with Lorinda Merrypor of ‘American Idiot’

Lorinda Merrypor, represented by Focus Talent Management, is an indigenous Australian performer from Queensland. She has already made impressive progress since graduating from Griffith University...

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Ballet World Record to be broken in Melbourne

The Victorian Dance Festival (VDF), Australia’s premiere dance event, is set to break a World Record next Saturday, March 18, at the...

EDC's Alana Sargent and Richard Causer. Photo by Jeff Camden.

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Spotlight on Natalie Weir’s Expressions Dance Company

Expressions Dance Company (EDC) has a busy 2017 season: a new signature work, Behind Closed Doors, choreographed by EDC Artistic Director Natalie Weir,...

Energetiks' Linkd collection. Photo courtesy of Energetiks.

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Cat Santos and David McLean talk the new Linkd range

These days, it seems that everyone wants to dress like a dancer. Which is fair enough, because dancers have style! Dancewear is...

The 'Lord of the Flies' workshop. Photo by Paul Ransom.

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‘Lord of the Flies’ workshops: Boys behaving brilliantly!

A warm Saturday morning in February. A rehearsal room deep in the catacombs of the Melbourne Arts Centre. A group of boys...

'Flesh and Bone' Executive Producer Moira Walley-Beckett and Sarah Hay. Photo courtesy of Starz network.

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Actors who started as ballet dancers

Before they graced the red carpet and the big screen, they were doing their pliés and grand jetés just like you. Here,...

Dancer Wataru Kitao in Suguru Yamamoto's 'The Unknown Dancer In The Neighbourhood'.Photo by Ryuichiro Suzuki

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Anonymous dancing is a personal thing – Suguru Yamamoto’s ‘Unknown Dancer’

It is a habit of artists to focus on the particular in order to say something about the universal, and vice versa....

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Nicola Gunn at Dance Massive: The verbal equivalent of dance

It begins with a man, a woman and a duck. With stones being thrown. “I was just yelling abuse at a complete...

WAB's Gakuto Matsui and Chihiro Nomura. Photo by Frances Andrijich.

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West Australian Ballet’s recently promoted principals

Two of Australia’s favourite artists were promoted to principal dancers recently: Chihiro Nomura and Gakuro Matsui of the West Australian Ballet (WAB)....

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New Zealand Dance News – March 2017

Find out what’s happening in New Zealand Dance this month! The Auckland Arts Festival Masterclass Series supported by British Council and DANZ, provides...

American Idiot in rehearsal, with choreographer Lucas Newland. Photo courtesy of Newland.

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Behind the scenes of ‘American Idiot’ with choreographer Lucas Newland

The fiery and award-winning musical American Idiot just opened in Australia on February 23rd at QPAC. Including two Tony awards and a...

Amanda Collins (third from left). Photo courtesy of Collins.

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Amanda Collins: From Australia to AMDA

Dance Informa got the chance to catch up with the lovely, talented Amanda Collins, who, in 2014, bravely made her way from...

RAD's Dance 17 Summer Workshop. Photo courtesy of RAD.

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RAD’s Dance 17: A place to learn and grow

This summer, the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) once again held its renowned summer programme at AC Arts, Adelaide. Dancers came from...

Kalman Warhaft, director of Melbourne Institute of Dance. Photo by Jason Lam.

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Kalman Warhaft opens Melbourne Institute of Dance

Kalman Warhaft has had an illustrious career as a dancer. He has performed with The Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Mod Dance...

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To Noir Knows Where: Richard Cilli in Lucy Guerin’s ‘Motion Picture’

It is 1950. A man turns up to report a murder. His own. By slow poison. From the classic American film noir...

'Dancing With Death'. Photo by Nattapol Meechart.

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Melbourne’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...