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All posts tagged "COVID-19 pandemic"
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218FeaturedSydney Festival embarks on 25 days of Australian-made masterpieces
During a period defined by uncertainty, Sydney Festival has defied the odds, marking its opening with a city-wide celebration of Australian art...
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209Australian Dance Reviews‘Frozen’: The hit Broadway musical is taking Sydney by storm
10 December 2020. Capitol Theatre, Sydney. It was seven years ago when Disney’s animated film Frozen opened in cinemas in the USA, smashing records...
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142FeaturedMedibank 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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423Australian Dance ReviewsThank God for theatre: ‘PIPPIN’ reopens Broadway in Australia
Sydney Lyric at The Star, Sydney.3 December 2020. After what seemed like an eternity, Sydney audiences are once again eagerly sitting in...
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435Dance Teacher ResourcesAn invitation for an opportunity to REFLECT
How would you reflect on your 2020 experience? The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted the lives of performing artists across Australia. As challenges...
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2.4KFeaturedAn artist’s guide to the new normal
“We’re artists,” she says. “We have to regenerate ourselves all the time. So, I have no qualms that myself and my competitors will...
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605Australian 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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723FeaturedMelbourne’s dance scene emerges from lockdown
As Victoria emerges from one of the world’s most stringent lockdown periods, a new normal begins. For Melbourne’s dance industry, the hope...
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348FeaturedSydney Dance Company announces annual program for 2021
Sydney Dance Company is pleased to announce its 2021 Annual Program, comprising of the world premiere of the eagerly anticipated collaboration between...
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642FeaturedDayton Tavares and cast offer something for everyone in ‘Magic Mike Live’
Described as “a feverish spectacle” by London’s Evening Standard, there’s no doubt that Magic Mike Live is an exciting addition to the Australian theatre...
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462Dance AdviceChoreography Days: The virtual residency you didn’t know you needed
Meet Hania (Hanna) Szymczak. From being a Fulbright Fellow in Germany (from 2016-2017) to traveling the world (she’s been to 50 countries!) to...
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539FeaturedRowena and Joel Rasmussen bring us ‘Closing Miss Rosie’s’
Rowena Rasmussen, film director and choreographer, and husband Joel Rasmussen, urban choreographer and emerging cinematographer, have created a short dance film as a...
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566Dance Teacher ResourcesReturn to dance: Managing Mirror Shock
Dancers generally use mirrors as a resource for self-evaluation and self-improvement. Due to the COVID-19 interruptions, many dancers in Victoria have been...
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426InterviewsNothing can stop the magic of The Oneill Twins
The Oneill Twins have been dancing for almost 20 years. They’ve competed on the world hip hop stage, performed with J Lo...
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454FeaturedWA Festival of Dance sees young dancers return to the stage in 2020
In a year that has seen the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) postpone almost all of its national student events programme, the...
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781FeaturedQueensland Ballet presents ‘Giselle’ at HOTA
Gold Coast’s Home of the Arts (HOTA) will light up when Queensland Ballet presents Ai-Gul Gaisina’ production of Giselle on the outdoor stage, from...
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1.2KDance AdviceVictorian studios: Help them reopen
Dance schools across Victoria are in a frustrating situation. As community sports and even school camps have been given the green light...
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248FeaturedTodd McKenney’s new online marketplace TODD+CREATES
Following the success of TODDMASKS, which has generated over $70,000 in revenue for independent stage and screen costume creatives in the first month...
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3.3KDance Teacher ResourcesSpotlight on Victoria’s studio owners: Riding the ‘Corona-Coaster’
In the midst of the most serious lockdown measures we’ve seen in Australia so far, Victorian dance studios are being hit particularly...
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506FeaturedMusical theatre performer Debora Krizak launches candle company
New, quirky and irreverent candle brand The Really Useless Candle Company, founded by musical theatre performerDebora Krizak, is setting the home décor world on fire...
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720Dance Teacher ResourcesNew report shows Victoria’s dance studios are under siege
Every week, across Victoria, thousands of children attend their local dance studio to take classes and enjoy their favourite types of dance....
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604FeaturedTony Award-winning ‘PIPPIN’ will reopen the Sydney Lyric Theatre
Producers John Frost and Suzanne Jones, along with Foundation Theatres and The Star, have announced that the Tony Award-winning hit musical PIPPIN will reopen...
