All posts tagged "Contemporary dance"

‘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...

Matthew Prescott of Joffrey Ballet School at VDF. Photo by Belinda Strodder.

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Joffrey Ballet School, NY returns to Australia for VDF24

The Joffrey Ballet School (JBS), New York will return to Australia this April with its popular masterclass audition series at Energetiks VDF24....

Eliza Cooper's 'Revenge Tales and Romance'. Photo by Pedro Greig.

Sydney Dance Company’s New Breed: A treat for the senses

Carriageworks, Sydney.6 December 2023 Sydney Dance Company is celebrating a decade of New Breed this December, an annual season of works by...

Australasian Dance Collective in Amy Hollingsworth's 'Lucie In the Sky'. Photo by David Kelly.

ADC’s Artistic Director Amy Hollingsworth: Pushing interdisciplinary boundaries with intelligence and empathy

To say 2023 was a successful year for Australasian Dance Collective (ADC) is an understatement. Led by Artistic Director Amy Hollingsworth, the...

Co3's Storm Helmore entering Paradise in 'ARCHITECT OF THE INVISIBLE' (2023) by Raewyn Hill. Photo by Emma Fishwick.

Dancers reflect on 2023 and look ahead to a new year

Another year has (so quickly) passed, and 2024 is right around the corner. It’s a great time to reflect on the past...

Sydney Dance Company in Rafael Bonachela's 'Somos'. Photo by Pedro Greig.

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Sydney Dance Company in Rafael Bonachela’s intimate ‘Somos’

Neilson Studio, Sydney Dance Company.1 November 2023. Sydney Dance Company debuted Rafael Bonachela’s new work Somos in the Neilson Studio Theatre at...

GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. Photo by Lennart Sjöberg.

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Sydney Festival 2024 promises to be bolder than ever

The mainstay of Sydney’s high summer season, Sydney Festival, sails back this January with a first class line-up of world premieres, extraordinary...

Up close and personal: Sydney Dance Company in ‘Somos’

Neilson Studio at Sydney Dance Company, Sydney.1 November 2023. The world premiere and opening night of Somos – which translates to “we are” in...

Paulina Quinteros' 'Water Mirror'. Photo by Jaime Plaza.

Feeling the rhythm in Paulina Quinteros’ ‘Water Mirror’

Neilson Studio, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney.15 September 2023. After a short but successful run in 2022, Paulina Quinteros’ Water Mirror made a...

Co3 in 'Architect of the Invisible'. Photo by Stefan Gosatti.

Organisational muscle: Hilary McKenna becomes executive director of Co3

Social, folk or theatrical; dance activity often coalesces around groups and organisations (associations, troupes, companies, etc.). What this entails is a level...

Ty King-Wall in 'Giselle'. Photo by Lynette Wills.

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New Zealand Dance News – October/November 2023

Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news! The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) has anounced the appointment of its new...

'Message In A Bottle'. Photo by Lynn Theisen.

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‘We want to show we are as one’: Lizzie Gough working on ‘Message In a Bottle’

Lizzie Gough is working as assistant choreographer to Kate Prince on Message In a Bottle, coming to the Sydney Opera House this...

Scimm. Dance Company presents 'Mechorstra'. Photo by TStudios.

Scimm. Dance Company’s ‘Mechorstra’ to premiere as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival

Scimm. Dance Company is thrilled to announce its groundbreaking performance, Mechorstra, is set to captivate audiences at the 2023 Melbourne Fringe Festival....

Courtney Monsma and Sheridan Adams in 'WICKED'. Photo by Jeff Busby.

The depth and beauty of ‘WICKED’ in its Australian tour

Lyric Theatre, Sydney.7 September 2023. Twenty years on from its Broadway premiere, WICKED has flown its way down-under once again, to delight...

Mitch Tambo with Lily Cornish, Julian Caillon, Lyu Masuda and Jorja Freeman of 'Burn the Floor'. Photo by Tim Carrafa.

‘Walanbaa Yulu-Gi’ Burn the Floor: An electric celebration of dance

The Concourse, Chatswood, Sydney.13 August 2023. Sunday, 13th August 2023, was the final show for the tour of Burn the Floor (Walanbaa...

Caroline Bowditch teaching Creative Movers by Rambert Grades at Victorian Dance Festival 2023. Photo by Belinda Strodder.

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Caroline Bowditch: Movement in the making

“How can you work with dance to explore what bodies are capable of?” With this question, Caroline Bowditch (dancer, choreographer and CEO...

Stephanie Lake's 'Manifesto'. Photo by Roy Van Der Vegt.

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Stephanie Lake’s dance sensation ‘Manifesto’ returns to Melbourne

Stephanie Lake’s explosive Manifesto is coming to Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse from 25 – 28 October much to the delight of Melbourne audiences who may missed out on the...

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Meet the choreographers of Sydney Dance Company’s ‘INDance’

Over two weekends in August, Sydney Dance Company and the Neilson Foundation will be supporting INDance, an independent dance program held in...

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Antony Hamilton’s ‘4/4’: Doing the math

4/4. It sounds like the simplest tempo. But what if there was a deeper dive? From his early days in the street scene to his present...

Sydney Dance Company New Breed 2023. Photo by Pedro Greig.

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