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9.0KFirst ever Live Streaming of the Genée
For the first time in its 84-year history, the prestigious Genée International Ballet Competition Final will be streamed online live, allowing the...
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5.9KBillie Casey-Jabore: Breaking moulds
When we think of dancers, we often think of toned, beautiful bodies that are flexible and have a uniform look. Misty Copeland’s...
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9.3KFULL TIME DANCE & AUDITIONS GUIDE
The 2016 Full Time Dance and Auditions Guide is out now! Learn more about the dance courses on offer for Australian and...
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7.6KForceful Imperatives: Tim Harbour on ‘Filigree & Shadow’
At first glance it’s hard to imagine how the Australian Ballet and the London based indie record label 4AD might ever be...
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6.3K10 Reasons We Love Australian Dance Theatre
One of our favourite Aussie companies celebrates 50 years in 2015. Here are just 10 reasons why we love Australian Dance Theatre....
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11.8KCarnival returns to Australia to hold auditions
After two years, the cruise line is back looking for dancers and singers! Is it your dream to perform in Broadway-calibre shows?...
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8.8KFrom Cuba to Queensland: Yanela Pinera and Camilo Ramos join Queensland Ballet
During a visit to Cuba in 2014, Queensland Ballet’s Artistic Director Li Cunxin was moved by the work of two dancers, Yanela...
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7.8KKate Champion directs NIDA production
With an alumni list including A-listers like Cate Blanchett, Mel Gibson and Baz Luhrmann, NIDA is recognised as Australia’s premier finishing school...
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4.7KHead Spins: Sarah-Vyne Vassallo talks Murmuration Dance Theatre
Sarah-Vyne Vassallo says it simply, “There’s not a lot of inclusivity in the dance world because its history is based in a...
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8.0KAll Aboard! Caroline O’Connor talks ‘Anything Goes’
When the SS America first sailed from New York to London in 1934, Caroline O’Connor was not on the passenger list. Indeed,...
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4.8KNZ Dance Company presents ‘Rotunda’ in NZ & Aus
When he was 18 years old, officially too young to enlist, Martin Raymond Butler begged his parents to let him sign up...
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18.0K1What is Dance?
You take class, you practice hard, you learn the choreography, you stretch, you rehearse, you perform, you ice your injuries, put bandages...
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8.2KSleeping Beauty Tour: No Sleep Till Moscow!
Ballet is renowned for being hard work. All that grace and athleticism comes at a price; but there are some companies that...
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6.5KCome up to the lab: Rocky Horror choreographer Nathan M Wright
When the Rocky Horror Show opened upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre in June 1973 its creator Richard O’Brien and original producer/director,...
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5.4KADT’s Garry Stewart wins Australia Council Award
Special to Dance Informa. In early March, the Australia Council announced the 10 artists who were chosen as recipients for the 2015...
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37.2K8 Ballet Dancer Habits Your Non-Dance Friends Think Are Weird
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. #1. Cracking your hips, back, neck, toes… OK, absolutely any joint you can crack We’ve all...
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9.4KNational Theatre Ballet School Celebrates 75 Years
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. On the Southside of Melbourne, a few blocks from the iconic boardwalks of St. Kilda Beach,...
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5.7KFocus On This: Chunky Move’s ‘Depth of Field’
By Paul Ransom of Dance Informa. 2014 Helpmann Award Best Male Dancer James Vu Anh Pham throws off the shackles and dons...
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4.1KJames Welsby talks ‘Dreamlogic’
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. Disappearing and reappearing bodies, the sound of footsteps and breath…is there a dancer on stage, or...
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Ashi Ross – dancer to scented fashion designer?
By Deborah Searle of Dance Informa. Ashleigh Ross, better known as “Ashi”, is a 15-year-old dance prodigy. She has appeared in television...
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6.2KMaddie Peat’s Dream Role
By Kristy Johnson of Dance Informa. The international hit musical Dirty Dancing is currently playing in Australia for the 10th Anniversary tour....
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5.5K1We Are The Shadow People: Angela Conquet on Curating Dance
By Tamara Searle of Dance Informa. Curation is most often understood in terms of visual art. The demand created by arts festivals,...
