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All posts tagged "Sydney Dance Company"
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4.1KInterviewsCharmene 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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3.5KFeaturedKristina Chan’s ‘A Faint Existence’: Making a difference
Kristina Chan has been described as “a beguiling dancer”. When I mention this at the beginning of our interview, she is intrigued...
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2.9KFeaturedThe SDC Pre-Professional Year dancers take a bow
After following Eugenie, Austin and Charlotte across their 2018 Pre-Professional Year (PPY) program, it was with much excitement that I took my...
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3.2KFeaturedSydney Dance Company’s PPY Part 3: Coming to a close
Walking into the beautiful new Sydney Dance Company (SDC) studios in Ultimo is a shock to the system after our previous three...
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3.9KFeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – December 2018
Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) is thrilled to present Time, a...
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3.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsTwo contrasting works in Sydney Dance Company’s ‘Forever & Ever’
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney. 17 October 2018. The latest double bill from Sydney Dance Company, Forever & Ever, featured two very contrasting...
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5.5KDance AdviceSydney Dance Company’s PPY Part 2: We have contact and…lift-off
Still beaming and full of enthusiasm, our three Sydney Dance Company (SDC) Pre-Professional Year (PPY) dancers, Austin, Charlotte and Eugenie, are now...
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4.5KFeaturedStephanie Lake’s ‘Colossus’: Stage set for big impact
Stephanie Lake has been described as “one of the most important voices in contemporary choreography”, with “gutsy physicality and kooky poetics”. With...
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3.6KFeaturedThe McDonald College joins with Sydney Dance Company for senior contemporary program
In what must surely be a first in this country, one of the nation’s premier contemporary dance companies has teamed up with...
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6.6KDance AdviceJuggling a dance career with children: Juliette Barton, Sydney Dance Company
A professional performing career in dance is relatively short-lived, compared to other jobs, and many dancers want to reach a certain level...
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5.9KFeaturedStephen Page’s ‘Dark Emu’: The animation of negative space
That a recently published book which examines pre-colonial land management amongst Australia’s First Nation peoples should directly inspire a dance work isn’t...
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5.1KFeaturedA Kaleidoscope of Energy: Ella McMillan shows us Energetiks’ new collection
Dancewear brand Energetiks has unveiled its new limited edition collection, Kaleidoscope, full of colourful and fun patterns that will bring a “splash”...
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5.8KDance AdviceChoreography Advice Series: Melbourne’s Stephanie Lake
In this second instalment of our Choreography Advice Series (you can find our first interview with Sydney Dance Company’s Rafael Bonachela here),...
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6.6KFeaturedNational College of Dance: An alternative path to pursuing your dance dreams
Any dancer contemplating turning their passion into a career will find it hard to avoid the traditional dream that says you must...
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7.7KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Australian Ballet’s tribute to an iconic dancemaker: ‘Murphy’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 6 April 2018. An iconic Australian figure for over 50 years, Tasmanian boy Graeme Murphy OA carved out a...
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6.1KFeaturedSydney Dance Company’s PPY: Ode to the philosophy of the tendu
Since 2014, Sydney Dance Company (SDC)’s Pre-Professional Year (PPY) continues SDC’s commitment to training young dancers, continuing the strategy that Rafael Bonachela...
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8.6KDance AdviceChoreography Advice Series: Sydney Dance Company’s Rafael Bonachela
While there’s no shortage of advice out there for young dancers, the same can’t be said for aspiring choreographers. For those whose...
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3.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsEight artists at the Keir Choreographic Award Semi-Finals
Dancehouse, Melbourne. March 6 and 9, 2018. Although artists often indulge in the fantasy of their own exceptionalism, and others are wont...
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5.2KFeaturedVicki Attard talks 2018 Elite Masterclass Series
The Elite Masterclass Series will return to The McDonald College in April 2018. The program aims to give intermediate to advanced ballet...
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7.1K1Featured‘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....
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5.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company Pre-Professional students excel in ‘PPY Revealed’
Carriageworks, Sydney. 13 December 2017. This year’s Sydney Dance Company (SDC) Pre-Professional Year programme, PPY Revealed 2017, consisted of five short, striking works...
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3.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company and Carriageworks offer fourth annual ‘New Breed’
Carriageworks, Sydney. 30 November 2017. New Breed 2017 marks the fourth year of the Sydney Dance Company (SDC)/Carriageworks’ partnership to support and...
