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2.3KFeaturedVictorian State Ballet is heading to Sydney with ‘Little Mermaid’
Victorian State Ballet is returning to Sydney’s The Concourse in April, to perform its much loved underwater fairytale, Little Mermaid. Little Mermaid is a...
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3.3KFeaturedSydney Choreographic Centre to open in March
Sydney has secured a new unique centre for choreographers, to be titled the Sydney Choreographic Centre, opening in March this year. Co-founded by...
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2.0KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Spirit’ at Sydney Festival: The Bangarra retrospective 2021
The Headland Barangaroo Reserve, Sydney.22 January 2021. After 10 months in hibernation, Bangarra Dance Theatre has returned to the stage with a...
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1.9KFeaturedMedibank and Sydney Dance Company create ‘World’s Fittest Dance’
Medibank has announced the launch of the World’s Fittest Dance as part of its Live Better program, collaborating with Australia’s leading contemporary dance company, Sydney Dance...
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3.0KAustralian 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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2.7KFeaturedChunky 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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3.0KDance 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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5.1KFeaturedWin 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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4.2KAustralian 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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2.2KAustralian 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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2.5KAustralian 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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2.4KAustralian 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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3.0KAustralian 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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2.0KAustralian 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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3.1KAustralian 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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6.7KFeaturedVictorian 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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4.4KDance 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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3.9KFeaturedYang 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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2.3KAustralian 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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3.5KFeaturedADT’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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2.6KAustralian 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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3.5KFeaturedTaking 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...
