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All posts tagged "Dancenorth"
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932FeaturedDancenorth brings the Noise to North Australian Festival
Dancenorth, Townsville’s award-winning contemporary dance company continues to keep contemporary dance in the forefront of the region’s cultural imagination. Demonstrating that the...
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1.7KFeaturedDancenorth’s ‘Common Colours’ is named finalist in short film awards
Dancenorth’s Disability Ambassador, Chris Dyke, recently collaborated with Artistic Director Kyle Page and videographer Robert Crispe to creat Common Colours, a short...
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939FeaturedDancenorth announces 2019 A.R.T. residency program
Throughout 2019, Dancenorth will continue its commitment to increase support within the sector, through the Artist Residency in the Tropics (A.R.T.) program....
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1.6KInterviewsCharmene Yap’s blueprint for dancing longevity
Dancers can become memorable through a number of ways: Sometimes they are lionised for their youthful athleticism, sometimes for their technical virtuosity,...
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898Australian Dance ReviewsDancenorth takes risks in ‘DUST’
Carriageworks, Sydney. 9 January 2019 From using Fitballs on a Northern Queensland beach (Tectonic), to exploring environmental and political issues through...
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1.8KFeaturedDancenorth’s ‘Dust’: Between choreography and architecture
Collaboration is a central pillar of our creative process, and Dust is a true testament to inherent power of creating space in which...
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Iconic dance spaces around the world: Strand Beach
The next instalment of Dance Informa’s series, Iconic Dance Spaces Around the World, looks at The Strand Beach, in Townsville, Far North...
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1.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsGideon Obarzanek’s ‘One Infinity’: Askew symmetry
Malthouse, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne. 18 October 2018. Perhaps without consciously intending to do so, the east/west creative team behind One...
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2.3KFeaturedGideon Obarzanek’s ‘One Infinity’: The mandala of infinite participation
At some point, most of us find ourselves yearning to be part of something bigger. This desire frequently manifests in either the...
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2.4KFeaturedKyle Page of Dancenorth: Winning at Juggling
The winners of the prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards were announced late February, and Dancenorth has won the Group Award, worth...
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2.2KFeaturedThe law of attraction: Kyle Page and Dancenorth’s ‘Attractor’
It’s not often that we get to legitimately quote ourselves in the articles we pen, but this is one such instance because,...
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2.6KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Attractor’ at XO State: A collaboration between Lucy Guerin and Gideon Obarzanek
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. February 26, 2017. The tagline proclaims: “ecstatic music/dance ritual for non-believers”. For once, the marketing mavens may have...
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3.2KFeaturedTo Noir Knows Where: Richard Cilli in Lucy Guerin’s ‘Motion Picture’
It is 1950. A man turns up to report a murder. His own. By slow poison. From the classic American film noir...
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3.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsDancenorth’s ‘Spectra’ brings contemporary and butoh to Sydney Festival
Seymour Centre, Sydney Festival, Sydney. January 11, 2017. Spectra is the inaugural work for North Queensland company Dancenorth’s newest artistic director, Kyle...
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3.5KFeaturesDancenorth celebrates a phenomenal year
Dancenorth has experienced phenomenal success in 2016, and the company is not slowing down, with a focus on festivals and touring taking...
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4.2KFeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – October 2016
Find out what’s happening in the New Zealand dance scene this month! The New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) 2016 Graduation Season is...
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2.5KFeatured2016 Australian Dance Awards Winners
The 2016 Australian Dance Awards were presented to a packed and enthusiastic audience in the Heath Ledger Theatre of the State Theatre...
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44.4KFeaturedKyle Page, artistic director of Dancenorth, talks 2016 season
Dance Informa had the opportunity and pleasure to interview dancer and choreographer Kyle Page. Formerly a Dancenorth and Australian Dance Theatre dancer,...
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3.0KTop StoriesIn Company with Others: Perth’s New Co3
“We call ourselves a 54-year-old start-up,” declares Raewyn Hill down the line from the world’s most isolated capital. “The WA dance community...
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3.8K1Australian Dance Reviews‘A Pre-emptive Requiem for Mother Nature’ by Dancenorth
Sunday, August 9, 2015. School of Arts Theatre, Townsville, QLD. Melbourne-based dancer, composer and choreographer Alisdair Macindoe presents A Pre-emptive Requiem for...
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3.5K1FeaturesLogistics in Lycra: Kyle Page on Dancenorth
By Paul Ransom of Dance Informa. Q: What happens when a young dancer gets the chance to run an established federally funded...
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2.4KFeaturesRemote Control Dance
With 3,000 kilometres between rehearsals and a world of difference between their locations, two of Australia’s flagship regional dance companies have set...