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Chunky Move's 'U>N>I>T>E>D.' Photo by Gianna Rizzo.

Asia TOPA returns after five-year hiatus

The full performance program for Asia TOPA (Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts) has been unveiled. Returning after a five-year hiatus and taking place from 20...

'C A R C A Ç A' by Marco da Silva Ferreira. Photo by José Caldeira.

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Perth Festival unveils 2025 program under new Director Anna Reece

Perth Festival has announced its full 2025 program, with new Artistic Director Anna Reece, inviting Perth audiences and visitors to taste the salty...

Footnote New Zealand Dance in Kota Yamazaki's 'Thin Paper, Autonomous Synapses, Noamds, Toyko(ing).' Photo by Stephen A'Court.

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New Zealand Dance News – October/November 2024

Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news! Footnote New Zealand Dance is proud to present the international premiere of Thin Paper,...

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Kris Nelson named Festival Director for Sydney Festival 2026-2029

Kris Nelson will assume the role of Festival Director for Sydney Festival from 2026 to 2029, leading the festival into its milestone...

Australasian Dance Collective in 'Assembly Vol. 1'. Photo courtesy of Brisbane Festival 2024.

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Brisbane Festival 2024 reveals world-class program of global premiers

Brisbane Festival weaves a rich tapestry of culture, celebration and community throughout the city when the leading arts and cultural event returns from 30...

(L) Stephanie Lake Company in 'Colossus'. Photo by Mark Gambino. (R) Stephanie Lake Company mass choreographic event 'Multiply'. Photo by Daybreak Films.

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Join the Adelaide Festival 2025 mass dance celebration

The 2025 Adelaide Festival will be held 28 February – 16 March 2025. The Festival’s opening weekend will include a mass dance...

Chunky Move's 'You, Beauty'. Photo by Eva Otsing.

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Chunky Move: Permission to be beautiful

How easy it is to be distracted by ugliness. The daily doomscroll clicks buttons in our brains that tempt us into declinist and dystopian thinking. Yet,...

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RISING announces epic 2024 program of new music, art and performance

RISING, Melbourne’s premiere festival of new music, art and performance, has unleashed its sweeping 2024 program, featuring 105 events, more than 480...

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Adelaide Festival announces 2024 program

The 39th Adelaide Festival, the first of the next three Festivals curated by Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie CBE and Chief Executive Kath...

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...

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Iconic Sydney Eisteddfod celebrates its 90th year

The Sydney Eisteddfod is thrilled to be opening for its 90th year of showcasing young talent in the arts. The beloved performing...

Sally Chance Dance's 'The Thing That Matters'.

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Sally Chance Dance’s ‘The Thing That Matters’ is theatre for early years

DreamBIG Children’s Festival, the world’s first and longest running children’s festival, will return to Adelaide Festival Centre this May 17-27. More than...

Renée Sigouin, Cindy Salgado, Rena Narumi, Tiffany Tregarthen, Matthew Peacock, Jermaine Spivey, David Raymond and Doug Letheren in 'Revisor'. Photo by Michael Slobodian.

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Exciting dance happenings at Adelaide Festival 2023

Adelaide Festival 2023 is kicking off this week, and you won’t want to miss some of the exciting dance events happening at...

Lux Eterna's 'The 8th Day'. Photo by Lux Eterna.

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March Dance 2023: Sydney’s independent dance scene takes over

Supported by the City of Sydney, from 1 – 31 March, the March Dance festival includes over 100 artists, 10 companies, 11...

Australian Dance Theatre in Daniel Riley's 'Tracker'.

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Australian Dance Theatre presents ‘Tracker’ at Adelaide Festival 2023

Daniel Riley’s major new work, Tracker, will be one of the centrepieces of the upcoming 2023 Adelaide Festival. Using the extraordinary story of Riley’s...

Performance artists taking part in Art in the Heart of Haymarket.

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Expect the unexpected in Sydney’s Art in the Heart of Haymarket

Throughout October, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (4A) will present Art in the Heart of Haymarket, a contemporary and dynamic festival in Sydney’s...

Amrita Hepi's 'Rinse'. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti; Image design by Marita Leuver.

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Performance Space announces Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art 2022

Performance Space has announced the program and artist line-up for its eighth year of the Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art running from...

Emma Wickham and Omar Edwards at 2019 ATDF.

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The 11th Australian Tap Dance Festival shuffles into town

The 11th Australian Tap Dance Festival is shuffling back into Melbourne this Spring, for the first time since 2019, from September 24 to...

On View - Panoramic Suite Sue Healey, Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art 2021, presented by Performance Space in association with Freespace, West Kowloon Cultural District, Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre and Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse no.1.

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Performance Space announces Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art 2022

Performance Space has announced the dates for its renowned annual Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art 2022, to be held from 20 –...

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Darwin Festival 2022 heats up winter

Over 18 gloriously tropical days and nights, Darwin Festival 2022 will excite and entice with a rich program of events spanning music, theatre, comedy, dance, cabaret,...