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Kate 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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Head 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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All 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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NZ 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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What is Dance?

You take class, you practice hard, you learn the choreography, you stretch, you rehearse, you perform, you ice your injuries, put bandages...

Moscow Ballet La Classique's Sleeping Beauty

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Sleeping 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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Come 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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ADT’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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8 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...

National Theatre Ballet School Melbourne

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National 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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Focus 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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James 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...

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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Maddie 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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We 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,...

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Aussie dancers lead Flashdance across the US

By Stephanie Wolf of Dance Informa. Melbourne native Karli Dinardo, 20, wasn’t alive when Flashdance debuted on the big screen in 1983. However,...

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Dimity Azoury wins Telstra Ballet Dancer of the Year Award!

By Grace Gassin of Dance Informa. Canberra-born Australian Ballet coryphée Dimity Azoury beat five other finalists late last year to become Telstra...