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All posts tagged "Interviews"
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4.1KFeaturedKelly Devine wins best choreographer at 2019 Olivier Awards as ‘Come From Away’ comes to Aus
The Olivier Awards, named after Sir Lawrence Olivier, the iconic actor, are the prestigious British awards for theatre. This year, Kelly Devine...
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3.9KFeaturedIBW welcomes Jane Inglis-Keen to the Winter 2019 Balanchine Series
International Ballet Workshops (IBW) is known for bringing exceptional teachers to ballet students across Australia and New Zealand, and is very pleased...
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3.8KFeaturedAmy Hollingsworth leads EDC through ‘The Dinner Party’
In January 2019, Amy Hollingsworth became artistic director of the Brisbane-based Expressions Dance Company (EDC). The UK Observer described Hollingsworth as one...
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2.7KFeaturedChloe and Lewis are ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ in Australia
Puttin’ on the Ritz is a song and dance spectacular, channeling old Hollywood glamour, coming to Australia for a national tour. It features acts...
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3.1KFeaturedIn conversation with Sydney Dance Company’s Dimitri Kleioris
Dimitri Kleioris is one of six new dancers who have recently joined Sydney Dance Company (SDC). Dance Informa had the opportunity to interview...
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3.0KFeaturedTwisted Element’s Angela Hamilton: Just do it
Dance Informa caught up with Angela Hamilton, who is the artistic director of Sydney’s Twisted Element, a community-based performance company that performs an...
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2.9KFeaturedEDC’s Elise May on retirement and what comes next
After 10 years with the company, dancer Elise May is retiring from Expressions Dance Company (EDC) in Brisbane. She has had a...
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4.2KFeaturedFrom the rehearsal studio: Sydney Dance Company’s ‘Season One’
Sydney Dance Company (SDC) opens its 50-year anniversary with a Season One triple bill involving current SDC Maestro Rafael Bonachela and exciting...
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2.8KFeaturedInside Joey McKneely’s ‘West Side Story’ in Australia
2018 marked a century since the birth of artistic geniuses and collaborators Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein, the creators of the iconic...
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2.5KFeaturedKatrina Lazaroff: A light on The Mill
Dance, like sport, can be a short dated pursuit. Come 30, the injuries are piling up, and younger, prettier, more energetic competitors...
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2.4KFeaturedFrom the rehearsal studio: Chunky Move’s ‘Common Ground’
It’s snowing and early morning in Berlin when I contact Anouk van Dijk, while in Sydney it’s evening in the midst of...
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5.3KFeaturedBallet Brothers: Bringing male ballet dancers together
It takes enormous physical strength and stamina to be a male ballet dancer, but it also takes incredible mental and emotional strength....
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2.0KInterviewsFrom the rehearsal studio: A talk with Stephanie Lake on ‘Skeleton Tree’
Dance Informa had the opportunity to chat with choreographer Stephanie Lake during a break in rehearsals for her latest work, Skeleton Tree....
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4.0KInterviewsCharmene 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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4.2KFeaturedLife after dance: Photographer Jacqueline Clarke Mitchell
To become a dancer, you have to give it everything. So, what happens when you have to give it up, due to...
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208.7KFeaturedTarik Frimpong: From Melbourne to Mary Poppins Returns
As 24-year-old Melbourne born triple threat Tarik Frimpong says, “My mum runs a school called Dance Explosion, and that’s kind of where...
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4.7KFeaturedVictorian State Ballet: Vibrant, creative and committed to connection
The Victorian State Ballet (VSB) forged its beginnings over 15 years ago, performing in Melbourne, as well as many regional centres. Dance...
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3.7KFeaturedScimm Dance Company is creating platforms for young dancers
Melbourne-based independent company Scimm Dance Company has announced auditions for its youth dance company’s 2019 season. Scott Pokorny, co-director of Scimm Dance,...
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4.1KFeaturedJill Wolins of Star Dance Alliance to teach at VDF
Dancing leads one to travel – certainly across stages, through studios, and across cities and towns. Can it also lead one around...
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4.7KFeaturedChoreographer Julio Monge on Australia’s new ‘West Side Story’ in Sydney
Opera Australia has a new version of West Side Story coming to Sydney in March. It will be staged on the open-air...
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3.7KFeaturedSydney City Youth Ballet: Paving the way for the next generation
“Ballet is unique: It has no written texts or standardised notation. It is a storytelling art passed on from teacher to student.”...
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5.2KInterviewsMeryl Tankard’s ‘Two Feet’: To fly and to fall
Ballet loves its beautiful lines and its graceful symmetries. It also loves a skinny ballerina; and for every dying swan, there is...
