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Meryl Tankard’s ‘Kairos’: A long-awaited collaboration

Sydney Festival, Carriageworks.19 January 2023. Meryl Tankard AO’s long-awaited collaboration with composer Elena Kats-Chernin AO and visual artist Régis Lansac OAM has finally graced the stage for...

'Claudel' at the Sydney Opera House. Photo by Daniel Boud.

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Meryl Tankard: Restless search for a new dance vocabulary

During the COVID lockdown, the dance world faced the challenge of ensuring its survival in a world of social isolation. Denied its...

Jamie Winbank and Liz Marcobello. Photo courtesy of SDC.

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SDC’s spring dance classes to jump start the season

The school holidays are just around the corner, and is its usual custom, Sydney Dance Company (SDC) throws open its studio doors...

Artists By Any Other Name's 'Elements Of'.

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Artists By Any Other Name brings ‘Elements Of’ to Sydney

The Concourse, Chatswood, Sydney.20 July 2019. The production of Elements Of sounded most exciting on paper but was perhaps disappointing in the final...

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In 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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The hottest and most anticipated dance events of the year

Just a couple months in, 2019 has already proven to be a busy and creative year for Australia’s legion of dancers, dance...

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Meryl 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...

Kristina Chan's 'A Faint Existence' at the Sydney Opera House. Photo by Daniel Boud.

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Kristina Chan’s ‘A Faint Existence’ is a meditation in motion

Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 11 May 2018. Kristina Chan’s A Faint Existence originally premiered in 2016, and is now performed as part...

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2016 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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10 Reasons We Love Australian Dance Theatre

One of our favourite Aussie companies celebrates 50 years in 2015. Here are just 10 reasons why we love Australian Dance Theatre....

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Grant Aris: Geneva Ballet and Auditioning in Europe

By Tamara Searle of Dance Informa. Grant began his career dancing with the Australian Ballet, with memorable performances in Bejart’s Le Concours, and...

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‘The Oracle’ is Simply Stunning

Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide August 20, 2014 By Rachel Kennedy of Dance Informa. Entering the theatre I was struck by the intense aroma...

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Rite On! Meryl Tankard’s ‘The Oracle’

By Paul Ransom of Dance Informa. When controversial choreographer Meryl Tankard returns to Australia to remount her serendipitous interpretation of Stravinsky’s Rite...