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Is ‘exposure’ killing our industry?

It’s all too common these days within the arts industry. There’s no avoiding it, and it doesn’t matter how qualified or experienced...

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Kyle 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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Iconic dance spaces around the world: Les Brigittines

The next installment of Dance Informa’s series, Iconic Dance Spaces Around the World, looks at Les Brigittines in Brussels, Belgium. The image of Brussels is...

Rosslyn Wythes Choreographic Lab, dancers left to right Kate MacDonald, Ashlee Barton, Annabel Saies, Emma Harrison, Courtney Scheu and Ivey Wawn. Photo by Pia Moore.

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DirtyFeet celebrates 10 years of impacting dance in Sydney

You would be hard pressed to find an independent contemporary dancer in Sydney who hasn’t had a brush with DirtyFeet. What was...

Adam Rennie in 'The Rocky Horror Show'. Photo by Rob Maccoll.

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Adam Rennie steps in to ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ and wows the crowd

Suppose it’s a Monday afternoon and you are on a winery tour in Adelaide. You get a phone call. The star of...

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Omer Backley-Astrachan: In the liminal space between us

Civilisation has bestowed many things on humanity, not the least of which is a way of living and being together that would...

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Federal government cuts financial assistance for diploma level dance students

A week ago, Dance Informa got an email from a distressed parent, after her daughter had to pull out of her WAAPA dance...

Portia Talib in dancewear from Energetiks' Florise Collection. Photo by Energetiks.

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Meet Model Search Winner Portia Talib

Young Perth-based dancer Portia Talib is the new face of Energetiks and Victorian Dance Festival (VDF)! After winning the Dance Informa and...

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Nominate your Teacher for a New Year Gift: VDF TEACHERS DAY

Our teachers inspire us. They guide us. They love us. And we love them. Tell us why your dance teacher should win...

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‘Murphy’: The Australian Ballet’s tribute to an Australian icon

If you’ve followed contemporary dance or ballet in Australia at any stage since the 1970s, you will have heard of Graeme Murphy....

Narelle Benjamin in 'Cella'. Photo by Pippa Samaya.

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In conversation with Narelle Benjamin: Sydney Festival and ‘Cella’

Collaborating and dancing with Paul White in their own creation, Cella, at Sydney Festival 2018, Narelle Benjamin shared with Dance Informa details about...

Het Nationale Ballet's Remi Wörtmeyer in 'Symphony in Three Movements'. Photo by Angela Sterling.

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Dance Teacher Resources

An ode to dance teachers: We are forever grateful

Dance teachers give, give, give. They share their knowledge, passion and joy, which become not only necessary as we grow technically as...

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Queensland Ballet’s Mia Heathcote is officially a soloist!

Melbourne-born dancer Mia Heathcote, who joined Queensland Ballet in January 2014, was surprised at a curtain call of Peter Pan, during which...

'Monumental'. Photo by Yannick Grandmont.

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Rock ‘n roll dance troupe The Holy Body Tattoo presents ‘Monumental’

In Montreal, Dana Marie Gingras is getting ready to light a fire. Meanwhile, In Launceston, the ground is being prepared for the...

Rako Pasefika. Photo courtesy of Pasefika.

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Homeground First Nations festival at the Sydney Opera House

Are you in Sydney? Get down to Sydney Opera House in November for Homeground on 25-26 November 2017. It’s a free event...

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Stacey Tookey heads to 2018 Victorian Dance Festival

Three-time Emmy nominated choreographer Stacey Tookey is coming to Australia, direct from New York, next February for the Energetiks Victorian Dance Festival...

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Awake to the challenge! Chanel Cahill talks Dream Dance Company

Sometimes the obvious pun is just too hard to resist, so let’s get it out of the way right now. Twenty-year-old dancer...

Jack Chambers at the Australian Dance Awards. Photo by Samara Clifford.

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Dance Awards winners share their delight

The Australian Dance Awards were a star-studded night of all that’s great about Australian dance -creativity, diversity and collaboration. Held at the...