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All posts tagged "Bangarra Dance Theatre"
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418Dance AdviceJuggling a dance career with children: Yolande Brown, Bangarra Dance Theatre
Dance Informa continues its series, Juggling a Dance Career with Children, with Yolande Brown, who shows that motherhood can lead to unexpected...
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608Australian Dance ReviewsVicki Van Hout navigates cultural issues in ‘plenty serious TALK TALK’
plenty serious TALK TALK is a new work by acclaimed Indigenous dancer and choreographer Vicki Van Hout that premiered at Riverside Theatres Parramatta for a...
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749FeaturedIconic dance spaces around the world: Sydney Opera House
The next instalment of Dance Informa’s series, Iconic Dance Spaces Around the World, looks at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. One of...
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1.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre brings Aboriginal history to life in ‘Dark Emu’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 14 June 2018. Bangarra Dance Theatre’s latest work, Dark Emu, is visually stunning and superbly choreographed and danced. More abstract...
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1.6KFeaturedStephen Page’s ‘Dark Emu’: The animation of negative space
That a recently published book which examines pre-colonial land management amongst Australia’s First Nation peoples should directly inspire a dance work isn’t...
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1.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre’s powerful ‘ONES COUNTRY: the spine of our stories’
Carriageworks, Sydney. 24 November 2017. A most exciting triple bill by Bangarra Dance Theatre, three world premieres combined under the umbrella title...
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1.2KFeaturedDance Awards winners share their delight
The Australian Dance Awards were a star-studded night of all that’s great about Australian dance -creativity, diversity and collaboration. Held at the...
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2.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre’s ‘Bennelong’: Of loss and longing
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. July 4, 2017. Another visually stunning, sensationally danced work from marvellous Bangarra Dance Theatre, Steven Page’s Bennelong is also...
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2.0KFeaturedStephen 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...
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3.5KInterviewsJason Lam on his Australian Ballet’s Ken Crichton fellowship
Dr. Ken Crichton, who sadly passed away on November 21, 2015, was an expert in the field of dance and sports medicine,...
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13.3KDance AdviceHow to best prepare for your ballet exam
Unlike an end-of-year showcase or performance, ballet exams can add extra pressure on a dancer regardless of how much they love ballet....
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1.7KAustralian Dance Reviews‘From Sand to Stage’ honors 40th anniversary of NAISDA
Carriageworks, Sydney. November 19, 2016. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA), From Sand to Stage also examined...
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Australian Dance Reviews
‘From Sand to Stage’ pays tribute to NAISDA and Aboriginal activism
Carriageworks, Sydney. 19 November 2016. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) Dance College, the Circle of Cultures season at...
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2.4KFeaturedBangarra Dance Theatre welcomes 2017 with new works
After a challenging 2016, including the sad death of the company’s Music Director David Page, Bangarra Dance Theatre is kicking off the...
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2.8KFeaturedIndigenous dance knowledge protected under new law
The era of instant global communication, like most mass consumption cultural phenomena, has its benefits, its costs and its sometimes surprising fall...
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1.9KFeatured2016 Australian Dance Awards Winners
The 2016 Australian Dance Awards were presented to a packed and enthusiastic audience in the Heath Ledger Theatre of the State Theatre...
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2.7KFeaturedBangarra Dance Theatre tours ‘OUR land people stories’
Bangarra Dance Theatre will soon tour its brand new OUR land people stories program nationally. It’s currently performing at Sydney Opera House...
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2.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre’s ‘OUR land people stories’
Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney. Thursday, June 16, 2016. This most impressive triple bill, OUR land people stories, fuses visual arts, history, family and...
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2.1KFeaturedCelebrating Bangarra’s David Page
This week, the art world lost a treasured ally. Celebrated musician and composer David Page passed away on April 28. David was...
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1.7KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra performs in Western Sydney for first time in six years
Riverside Parramatta, Sydney. Friday, March 4, 2016. First performed in 2012, this presentation of Terrain is a thrilling, visually stunning revival of Frances Rings’...
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2.1KFeaturedStealing beauty: Vicki van Hout talks National Theatre of Parramatta
In the context of the prevailing culture of funding cutbacks, the arrival of the grandly anointed National Theatre of Parramatta (NTofP) is...
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2.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company presents ‘New Breed’ 2015
Carriageworks, Sydney. December 8, 2015. Sydney’s Carriageworks is the ideal performance space for some of Sydney’s new breed of emerging choreographers. In...