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All posts tagged "Bangarra Dance Theatre"
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295FeaturedTwo dance films set to premiere
This year’s Adelaide Film Festival program, which runs 14 – 25 October, includes the premiere of dance films from two of Australia’s...
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279FeaturesA silver lining: Todd McKenney’s industry mask marketplace
Within a couple of weeks, Todd McKenney’s new project to assist others in the entertainment industry has become a roaring success. Almost...
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756FeaturedAware of the journey: Ella Havelka leaps from The Australian Ballet to Bangarra Dance Theatre and back again
Ella Havelka — dancer, Wiradjuri artist, choreographer and public speaker — is one of the most remarkable and grounded artists of her generation....
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523FeaturedDance leaders in a pandemic: Like nobody told us how
What if the virus is a blessing? An invitation? A crack that widens to allow a new way of being and making...
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636InterviewsLouisville Ballet’s Robert Curran: Dancing to southern hospitality
It’s been six years since Robert Curran took the reins of the Louisville Ballet in Kentucky. Curran sounds as enthusiastic as ever...
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2.6KFeaturedLocked up with the leadership group
Autumn 2020 in Australia has indeed been a season of shedding, as a tiny RNA virus arrived to upend the status quo....
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5.7KFeaturedBangarra Dance Theatre announces new digital streaming program Nandhu
Building on the incredible success of the recent digital streaming of the multi-award winning Bennelong, Bangarra Dance Theatre is thrilled to announce the...
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699FeaturedDance with thy neighbour: Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Dance Company
Some things are too good not to be true. That two of the country’s flagship dance companies, near neighbours geographically, should find ways to...
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1.2KDancer HealthAustralia’s leading dance and musical theatre artists share their self-care secrets
Dance Informa recently interviewed some of Australia’s favourite dance and musical theatre artists at a prestigious red carpet event in Melbourne. Lucy...
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1.4KDance AdviceWhat is it like to be an independent dance artist?
“I like to think that maybe I was the dancer who took the road less travelled,” she says. “But with that, obviously,...
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1.8KFeaturedBangarra Dance Theatre: How to make a fire
We are in Melbourne, early spring, and the house is packed once again. 30 Years Of Sixty Five Thousand is finishing its near...
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1.9KFeaturedSimonne Smiles on her new ballet, ‘Gold’
Simonne Smiles, Sydney-based dancer and emerging ballet choreographer, is creating a new Australian-themed ballet, developing it from the ground up. With a unique...
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1.4KFeaturedA farewell for Bangarra’s Elma Kris
After an extensive career as a long-standing senior member of Bangarra Dance Theatre, the highly-esteemed Elma Kris is retiring from full-time dancer,...
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2.6KDance ReviewsSchools Spectacular: The Greatest 2018
The very first Schools Spectacular was born in 1983 and was organised to test the acoustics of the brand new Entertainment Centre...
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1.8KFeaturedBangarra’s ‘Dubboo’: Blood and song (and 20 Tina Turners)
The word “family” is one of the many overused memes of marketing; but in the case of Bangarra Dance Theatre, its application...
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1.5KFeaturedOther space/Same place: NAISDA’s ‘StoryPlace’
As another year moves to a close, it’s time once more for a batch of EOY productions. For multi-award-winning dancer/choreographer (and now...
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1.5KDance AdviceJuggling a dance career with children: Daniel Riley, Bangarra Dance Theatre
To date, our series about professional dance artists juggling their career with parenting has focused on female dancers. In this month’s issue...
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1.6KDance 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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2.3KAustralian 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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2.3KFeaturedIconic 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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2.6KAustralian 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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3.8KFeaturedStephen 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...
