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All posts tagged "QPAC"
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2.3KFeaturedAs easy as one, two… Australasian Dance Collective’s ‘THREE’
She emerges from the rehearsal studio, where she is working with her company dancers on a re-stage of a short piece she...
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3.1KFeaturedExpressions Dance Company becomes Australian Dance Collective
After 35 years as Expressions Dance Company, the Brisbane-based ensemble will now be known as Australian Dance Collective. With collaboration and artistic excellence...
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2.8KFeaturedExpressions Dance Company and Beijing Dance/LDTX: Home and away
There are many ways to make work. One is to set up tight deadlines, create challenging parameters and break people out of...
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2.3KFeatured‘Orpheus and Eurydice’: A brutal yet beautiful circus opera
Opera Queensland has joined forces with internationally renowned contemporary circus company Circa, directed by Yaron Lifschitz, to perform Christoph Gluck’s haunting opera Orpheus and Eurydice....
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3.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe ballistic brilliance of the Bolshoi
Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane.27 June 2019. QPAC’S decision to return the Bolshoi Ballet as part of its International Series is a masterstroke,...
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5.3KFeaturedBolshoi Ballet brings two classics to QPAC
The Grand Bolshoi Ballet will return to Brisbane in June and July to perform its mighty Spartacus and sparkling Jewels. This continues the...
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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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3.6KFeaturedThe Bolshoi Ballet brings two classics to Brisbane
Queensland has the fortune of a visit from one of the most renowned ballet companies in the world this June. Queensland Performing...
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3.2KFeaturedQueensland Ballet presents world premiere of Liam Scarlett’s ‘Dangerous Liaisons’
Queensland Ballet’s first production for 2019 may ruffle a few feathers as the company takes on the scandalous and opulent story of Dangerous...
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2.8KAustralian 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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3.7KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe airy perfection of Teatro alla Scala’s ‘Giselle’
QPAC Theatre, Brisbane. 13 November 2018. Giselle is a classical ballet that every aspiring ballet dancer wants to dance and any serious ballet...
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3.2KFeaturedNatalie Weir to hand over the reins of Expressions Dance Company
Expressions Dance Company (EDC) Artistic Director Natalie Weir has decided to step down from the role after a successful decade leading the...
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7.1KFeaturedItaly’s famed La Scala Ballet to perform in Australia for the first time
In 1971, the journalist Lorenzo Arruga wrote, “This old Giselle has sent me home happy to have breathed ‘dance’.” Arruga had been to a performance of...
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8.3KGiveawaysWant to hear Sierra Boggess live in concert?
Broadway and West End musical theatre star Sierra Boggess will make her Australian debut this year, touring from June 3 to Sydney,...
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5.6KFeaturedBehind the scenes of ‘American Idiot’ with choreographer Lucas Newland
The fiery and award-winning musical American Idiot just opened in Australia on February 23rd at QPAC. Including two Tony awards and a...
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5.3KFeaturedBangarra Dance Theatre tours ‘OUR land people stories’
Bangarra Dance Theatre will soon tour its brand new OUR land people stories program nationally. It’s currently performing at Sydney Opera House...
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6.0KSpotlightStraight from NZ, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to open in Queensland
Queensland Ballet will soon bring one of William Shakespeare’s best-loved tales to the stage when A Midsummer Night’s Dream comes to QPAC’s...
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4.2KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Coup Fatal’ presents the magical chaos of the Congo
Queensland Performing Arts Centre. September 6, 2015. Coup Fatal opens with a Monteverdi overture that becomes a duet between an electric guitar...
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9.2KFeaturedExpressions Dance Company presents ‘7 Deadly Sins’
Expressions Dance Company indulges its dark side this month, with the world premiere of 7 Deadly Sins. The brand new work by...
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4.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsQueensland Ballet presents ‘Peter Pan’
Playhouse, QPAC, Queensland. July 1, 2015. Ballet-loving audiences of all ages were captivated by Queensland Ballet’s presentation of choreographer Trey McIntyre’s Peter Pan during June and July. ...
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8.9KTop StoriesFrom Cuba to Queensland: Yanela Pinera and Camilo Ramos join Queensland Ballet
During a visit to Cuba in 2014, Queensland Ballet’s Artistic Director Li Cunxin was moved by the work of two dancers, Yanela...
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3.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsAmerican Ballet Theatre presents ‘Three Masterpieces’
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane September 5, 2014 By Belinda Williamson of Dance Informa. It was an exciting night to see the opening...
