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All posts tagged "Queensland Ballet"
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4.1KFeaturedQueensland Ballet presents world-first initiative ’60 dancers: 60 stories’
Created in response to these extraordinary times, Queensland Ballet has premiered a new body of work, 60 dancers: 60 stories. In its 60th year, Queensland...
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4.6KFeaturedLocked up with the leadership group
Autumn 2020 in Australia has indeed been a season of shedding, as a tiny RNA virus arrived to upend the status quo....
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2.5KDance Teacher ResourcesInvesting in digital delivery for the strength and conditioning of dancers
Dance and movement educator Zac Jones leads Heal Yourself and Move, a conditioning and strength training program which he teaches at a...
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2.4KFeaturedQueensland Ballet aims to ‘Keep the Magic Alive’
Queensland Ballet has launched a campaign designed to Keep the Magic Alive. Intended to surprise and delight both the dance community and the wider...
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2.6KFeaturedDance 2020: Our most anticipated dance shows of the year
2020 promises to be another busy and creative year for Australia’s legion of dancers, dancelovers and creatives. In the mix includes the...
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2.5KFeaturedQueensland Ballet’s Laura Hidalgo: Vision for 2020
Queensland Ballet’s 2020 season also happens to be the company’s 60th anniversary. The program is a mixture of much-loved classical works from...
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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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10.1KFeaturedHyo Shimizu wins City of Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship
The prestigious Sydney Eisteddfod ballet scholarship has been won this year by 16-year-old Hyo Shimizu. This is his first year in the...
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4.4KDance Teacher ResourcesQueensland Ballet program gives kindy kids ‘pizza feet’
Children from a Caboolture kindergarten have discovered the joy of dance, courtesy of a free program run by Queensland Ballet (QB) to...
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4.4KFeaturedSimonne Smiles on her new ballet, ‘Gold’
Simonne Smiles, Sydney-based dancer and emerging ballet choreographer, is creating a new Australian-themed ballet, developing it from the ground up. With a unique...
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4.0KFeatured‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ Li Cunxin honoured with an Order of Australia
Li Cunxin has had a distinguished career, first as a dancer, then as a stockbroker, author and as Artistic Director of Queensland...
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3.4KFeaturedTaking the ballet body forward
Last month, we asked, “Is ballet future proof?” This month, we dig deeper, and ponder what comes next for an artform sandwiched...
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3.9KFeaturedAmy 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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3.3KFeaturedLoughlan Prior is up and running, full steam ahead
Up-and-coming choreographer Loughlan Prior has already approached 2019 full steam ahead. A graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance, Prior is...
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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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3.2KInterviewsRani Luther’s next role: Behind the scenes at Queensland Ballet
Melbourne-born Rani Luther has recently joined Queensland Ballet (QB) in the role as Ballet Mistress and Creative Associate. Luther has danced with...
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4.6KFeaturedThe 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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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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6.3KFeaturedBOLD Festival returns to Canberra
If you think dance is exclusively a young person’s game, then Canberra’s BOLD Festival is determined to challenge that and argue for...
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2.6KFeaturedWhat was your favourite highlight of 2018?
Can you believe that the end of another year is quickly approaching? Time can go so fast, and rather than let it...
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5.2KFeaturedAudition for ‘CATS’ with Melbourne City Ballet’s Youth Theatre Program
Melbourne City Ballet (MCB) has launched a Youth Theatre program (MCYT), and will produce its first musical this year. The company is...
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5.1KInterviewsStockbroker to dreamer: Queensland Ballet’s Li Cunxin
The Queensland Ballet (QB) is heading off to China this month. Nothing unusual about that, except that the Artistic Director is Li...
