Dance Informa Magazine
All posts tagged "Contemporary dance"
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1.7KEventsThe New Zealand Dance Company presents ‘Night Light’ this spring
An ancient sequence of nature and the space between fiction and reality are brought to life in Night Light – an evening of...
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2.0KFeaturedA unique performance experience, every single time: Australasian Dance Collective’s ‘Forgery’
The theatre darkens and the lights come up on a performance that is completely unknown – for not just the audience but...
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1.6KEventsWest Australian Ballet embarks on new contemporary season
West Australian Ballet is embarking on an ambitious new annual season of dynamic contemporary ballet opening at the State Theatre Centre of...
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1.7KEventsSydney Opera House ‘UnWrapped’
The Sydney Opera House has unveiled the latest instalment of live music, First Nations cabaret, contemporary dance and digital performance works-in-development as...
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1.4KFeaturedAustralian Dance Theatre brings together four continents in ‘Convergence’
Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) has pulled off a global coup, bringing together some of the world’s most exciting choreographers for Convergence at The Odeon,...
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3.2KDance AdviceTraining abroad: Hana Kato heads to London Contemporary Dance School
London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS) is home to a diverse student community from all over the world, bound together by their common...
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1.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsQuestions of existence: Australian Dance Theatre’s ‘Supernature’
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide.12 March 2021. The eery, shadowed stage filled with fog and imposing cocoon like sculptures overhead. We eagerly awaited...
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1.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsTransported at Adelaide Festival: Sydney Dance Company’s ‘Impermanence’
Festival Theatre, Adelaide.10 March 2021. I’m not sure we all need a reminder of how impermanent our comfortable lives are after the...
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4.1KFeaturedMarch Dance contemporary dance festival is back
March Dance, the annual month-long contemporary dance festival, is back in 2021, for its third consecutive year. The festival, running 1 – 31...
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2.5KFeaturedAustralian Dance Theatre launches season to farewell Garry Stewart
Garry Stewart, artistic director of Australian Dance Theatre (ADT), has announced that he will step down at the end of 2021. Stewart’s...
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2.4KFeaturedOn a dance journey with Juliet Burnett
Dance Informa had the privilege of catching up with the captivating Juliet Burnett, on all things dance in her world. Burnett has...
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1.8KAustralian 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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1.7KFeaturedAustralian Dance Theatre holds Youth Ensemble auditions
Australian Dance Theatre (ADT)’s Youth Ensemble is a fantastic opportunity for the next generation of contemporary dancers to be a part of...
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1.7KFeaturedJacob Boehme is inaugural First Nations Resident at Lucy Guerin Inc
A new residency program for Senior First Nations dance artists has been announced by Lucy Guerin Inc and BlakDance, with Narangga and...
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2.5KFeaturedShining the spotlight on Scimm Dance Company
Founded in 2013, Melbourne-based Scimm Dance Company has gone from strength to strength in recent years. With the aim of producing thought-provoking and...
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2.5KFeaturedLucy Guerin: From AO onwards
Sitting in the theatre in late February, watching Lucy Guerin’s Metal, with its metaphors of strength, fluidity and animal imperative, we knew it...
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9.0KDance AdviceNew release: ‘The Essential Guide to Contemporary Dance Techniques’
There is much to enjoy in The Essential Guide to Contemporary Dance Techniques for professionals and hobbyists alike. The guide, published by Crowood Press, focusses on...
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2.9KFeaturedAustralian Dance Theatre’s double announcement: 2020 program and new executive director
Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) will be celebrating its 55th year in 2020, and that’s not the company’s only news. With an ambitiously...
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3.0KFeaturedExpressions Dance Company becomes Australian Dance Collective
After 35 years as Expressions Dance Company, the Brisbane-based ensemble will now be known as Australian Dance Collective. With collaboration and artistic excellence...
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2.8KFeaturedExpressions Dance Company and Beijing Dance/LDTX: Home and away
There are many ways to make work. One is to set up tight deadlines, create challenging parameters and break people out of...
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2.4KFeaturedDirtyFeet’s The Right Foot: Everybody dance now!
For the last seven years, Sydney-based independent company DirtyFeet has been opening up the world of contemporary dance. Since 2012, its (dis)ability...
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1.9KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Token Armies’: Chunky Move’s genre defying guerilla war dance
Meat Market, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne.16 October 2019. Attending Token Armies is like being invited by a radical friend who is clued-in to...
