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All posts tagged "choreography"
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2.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company’s ‘New Breed’ 2020: Performing under the new normal
Carriageworks, Sydney.26 November 2020. As large swathes of the globe were undergoing renewed COVID second wave lockdowns, Sydney Dance Company was tentatively...
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2.4KFeaturedChunky Move celebrates 25 years
A quarter of a century after being established, Chunky Move, Australia’s acclaimed contemporary dance company, celebrates its storied history with a new...
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2.7KDance AdviceAuditions in the time of COVID: ‘PIPPIN’ at Sydney Lyric
Looking at the girls who had been in the callback for PIPPIN, patiently waiting on the outdoor balcony of The Star, they were...
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4.9KFeaturedWin a Show Works Tap Step and be crowned Virtual Tap Off Champion with Luke Alleva
Dance Informa, the Victorian Dance Festival, tap star Luke Alleva and Show Works have teamed up to bring dancers the opportunity to...
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3.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsHu Shenyuan and Aakash Odedra’s ‘Saṃsāra’: In it, a gem resides
Arts Centre, Melbourne. 5 March 2020. Back in September, when Dance Informa first spoke to Hu Shenyuan about Saṃsāra, he said (of the Sanskrit word) that one possible Mandarin...
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2.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsCross-pollination: Akira Kasai’s ‘Pollen Revolution’
Dancehouse, Melbourne. 20 February 2020. How does the world enter the soul? Can a nation reside in the body of an individual citizen?...
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2.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsRaw presence in Ruri Mito’s ‘Matou’
Dancehouse, Melbourne.14 February 2020. We think of dance as being centred in the body, but what if that body were not human?...
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2.2KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Colossus’ at Sydney Festival 2020: Stephanie Lake’s big work got bigger and better
Carriageworks, Sydney.16 January 2020. Stephanie Lake’s literally colossal production of Colossus has just hit Sydney Festival with a bang. From its premiere in Melbourne,...
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2.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsYang Liping’s epic re-imagining: ‘Rite of Spring’
Arts Centre, Melbourne.3 October 2019. Extraordinary! Spectacular! Lavish, colourful! All the superlatives apply. Yang Liping’s re-imagined Rite Of Spring is an exquisitely detailed,...
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1.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsDirtyFeet’s Out of the Studio: A place for creative exploration
East Sydney Community Centre, Sydney. 27 September 2019. Sydney-based independent dance entity DirtyFeet, presented its much-anticipated annual emerging choreographer program, ‘Out of the...
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2.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsLion Heart Dance Company’s ‘Clash’: Narrative and technique
Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne.6 September 2019. Even the strongest dance fan is in danger of moments of switching off during a dance...
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6.3KFeaturedVictorian State Schools Spectacular presents ‘Made of Stars’
The 2019 Victorian State Schools Spectacular (VSSS) is fast approaching and as always promises to be an incredible show. This year’s production, Made...
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4.1KDance AdviceDance as living material: Kate Flatt’s new book on choreography
Aspiring choreographers have a new resource: an introductory handbook on choreography by Kate Flatt. Flatt is a choreographer, movement director and teacher. She...
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3.5KFeaturedYang Liping’s ‘Rite of Spring’: The universal ritual
For choreographers, The Rite Of Spring is as close to a rite of passage as it gets. Made famous by the scandalous Ballets...
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2.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsArtists By Any Other Name brings ‘Elements Of’ to Sydney
The Concourse, Chatswood, Sydney.20 July 2019. The production of Elements Of sounded most exciting on paper but was perhaps disappointing in the final...
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3.3KFeaturedADT’s ‘North/South’: Polar opposites attract
You are at a bus stop. There is a snowstorm. You are waiting. Or perhaps you are an explorer, your companions already...
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2.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsNick Power’s ‘Between Tiny Cities’: The power of two
Sydney Opera House, Sydney.5 July 2019. Between Tiny Cities is the second full length production by ex b-boy and now choreographer Nick...
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3.3KFeaturedTaking the ballet body forward
Last month, we asked, “Is ballet future proof?” This month, we dig deeper, and ponder what comes next for an artform sandwiched...
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3.1KFeatured‘Just take the journey’: Richard J Hinds on ‘Come From Away’
Come From Away has flown in the talented Richard J Hinds from 16,000 km away (New York City), to bring the award-winning musical...
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3.3KDance Teacher ResourcesDance teachers: Expanding your choreographic horizons
In writing this article, I was motivated by the fact that as I travel around the U.S. judging competitions and doing master...
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6.0KDance Advice5 tips for learning choreography quickly
When I was a young dancer, one of my biggest frustrations was not being able to pick up choreography quickly, but I...
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2.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsEliza Cooper builds her voice in ‘Old Life/Dead Life’
The Old 505 Theatre, Sydney. 24 May 2019. Old Life/Dead Life is the first full-length work by emerging choreographer Eliza Cooper. After...
