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All posts tagged "COVID-19"
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2.9KAustralian 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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1.6KFeaturedHit musical ‘Once’ announces Australian tour in 2021
A smash hit around the world, Once is based on the movie of the same name by John Carney and features a spell-binding score...
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2.5KFeaturedMelbourne’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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2.6KFeaturedWhich schools have won at Wakakirri 2020?
As a result of COVID-19, Wakakirri 2020, Australia’s largest performing arts festival for schools, was forced to pivot away from its regular live...
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1.8KFeaturedSydney 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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1.2KFeaturedSydney’s immersive theatre show, ‘The Power of Love’, draws on history of iconic venue
Produced by Here Today, The Power of Love is an immersive theatre and dining experience that draws on the history of Sydney’s iconic Grand Pacific...
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2.2KFeaturedDayton 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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2.5KFeaturedRowena 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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2.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsPerformance Space Live-on-the-Line: Sue Healey’s ‘Live Action Relay’
23 October 2020. Streamed online for Liveworks 2020. A musician crouched in desert plants and red-tinged dirt, the sounds he creates on various...
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2.5KDance 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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3.0KFeaturedDarlinghurst Theatre Company comes into ‘BLOOM’
As restrictions on public gatherings continue to ease in NSW, Darlinghurst Theatre Company has unveiled its month-long BLOOM Festival which will open on 29...
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2.7KInterviewsNothing 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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2.8KFeaturedWA 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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2.7KDance 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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2.9KFeaturedQueensland 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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2.2KDancer HealthAnnouncing SOUND MIND for Mental Health Month
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the Australian live entertainment industry, leaving thousands of gig-to-gig onstage and offstage professionals with unlimited unemployment....
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1.9KFeaturedDance film project ‘Everything Gone’ premieres
Everything Gone, a dance film project that is part of ongoing Australian dance series Deep End, premiered over the weekend via Film...
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2.5KFeaturedAusdance ACT appoints new Director, Dr Cathy Adamek
Ausdance ACT has appointed a new Director, Dr Cathy Adamek, from South Australia. She will be moving from Adelaide to live in...
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4.0KDance 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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1.3KFeaturedTodd 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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5.2KDance 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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3.2KDance Teacher ResourcesRAD and The Wiggles prepare children for safe return to dance
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has collaborated with Emma Watkins, best known as Emma the yellow Wiggle from iconic children’s entertainment...
