Cirque du Soleil Archives - Dance Informa Magazine

'Malevo' at Sydney Opera House. Photo by Jordan Munns.

‘Malevo’: A South American spectacle of rhythm and tradition

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.17 January 2024. The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall witnessed an explosion of raw energy and cultural...

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Australian Dance Reviews

‘Blanc de Blanc Encore’: The 2023 Season at The Grand Electric

The Grand Electric, Sydney. 9 June 2023. Blanc de Blanc Encore, the sell out show at the Sydney Opera House in 2019, returned to...

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‘Blanc de Blanc Encore’ returns to Sydney

The delightfully decadent world of Blanc de Blanc Encore has been wowing audiences since it opened in January, in the beautifully refurbished venue The Grand Electric, Surry...

Shontaya Smedley, Callum Mooney, Ashley Goh, Maikolo Fekitoa, Felicia Stav and Jervis Livelo in 'Leap'. Photo by Grant Leslie Photography.

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Australian Dance Reviews

Amy Campbell’s ‘Leap’: Where dance dreams come true

Riverside Theatres, Sydney.22 April 2022. Leap exploded onto the stage this week with its world premiere at the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. Amy Campbell’s concept for...

Rick Tjia teaching at Steps on Broadway. Photo courtesy of Steps.

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Dance Advice

New Diploma in Choreography program available in AUS and NZ

Canada’s Choreography Online, in collaboration with the United Kingdom’s International Performing Arts and Theatre (I-PATH), opens an online accredited Diploma in Choreography Program for...

'The Little Prince'. Photo by Prudence Upton.

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Australian Dance Reviews

‘The Little Prince’: A timeless, other-worldly journey

Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 27 May 2021. Direct from Paris, The Little Prince has finally made it to Australian Shores after a cancelled 2020 mid-COVID season, and it...

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Dance Advice

Ev & Bow: Innovation, passion and outstanding results

Audition season is upon us, and the next generation of students are beginning to consider their future training options. After a challenging...

Neven Connolly. Photo by Marc Andre Goulet.

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Dance Advice

Neven Connolly: How to get your sea legs

From somewhere in the middle of the Mediterranean, a 25-year-old Sydneysider tells me, “I consider it quite a privileged life. The fact...

Cirque Stratosphere at Sydney Opera House.

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Countdown to ‘Cirque Stratosphere’ at Sydney Opera House

On the eve of the Sydney Opera House’s upgrade of the Concert Hall, the final performance prior to its two-year closure will...

Cirque du Soleil's 'Kurios'. Photo by Martin Girard shootstudio.ca.

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Australian Dance Reviews

Cirque du Soleil’s ‘KURIOS’: A return to circus’ more innocent times

As the Cirque du Soleil international juggernaut continues on its merry way, its return to Australian audiences with KURIOS: Cabinet of Curiosities is a...

Cirque du Soleil's 'KURIOS'. Photo by Martin Girard.

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Cirque du Soleil: ‘KURIOS’ under the big top

Cirque du Soleil, the internationally renowned practitioners of the Big Top travelling circus, returns to Australia in October. The company is bringing...

À Ố Làng Phố workshop. Photo by Elizabeth Ashley.

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À Ố Làng Phố workshop with SOH and Arts Unit NSW Education

Dance Informa had the opportunity to talk to Olivia Ansell, Head of Theatre, Dance and Circus at the Sydney Opera House prior...

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Interviews

Mitchell Wynter is on the rise

If you are one of Mitchell Wynter’s 43,300 followers on Instagram, then you already know that he is one of Australia’s most...

Ballet Preljocaj’s 'Snow White' premieres at the Sydney Opera House.

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Ballet Preljocaj’s ‘Snow White’ premieres at the Sydney Opera House

The French dance company Ballet Preljocaj will be performing its world-acclaimed work, Snow White, at the Sydney Opera House from 6 – 10 June...

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Australian Dance Reviews

The Devdan Show gives audiences an epic tour of Indonesia

Bali Nusa Dua Theatre, Indonesia. 11 May 2018. It’s rare that this writer is lost for words. The biggest part of my...

NICA student Elizabeth Jackson. Photo by Aaron Walker Photography.

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Kate Champion directs National Institute of Circus Arts in ‘Please Hold’

If there’s anything we can safely ascertain from Kate Champion’s CV, it’s that she does not like to be restricted to artform...

NICA's 'Precipice'. Photo by Aaron Walker.

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Australian Dance Reviews

National Institute for Circus Arts’s ‘Precipice’: Proves NICA is worth a view

NICA, Prahran, Melbourne. 23 September 2017. The National Institute for Circus Arts (NICA) is Australia’s training ground for contemporary circus arts. It...

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Mia Michaels on her Australian workshops

Renowned choreographer, mentor and master teacher, Mia Michaels, recently made her first trip to Australia in February. Michaels has choreographed for Broadway’s...