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All posts tagged "Sydney Dance Company"
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2.8KFeaturedThe 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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3.5KAustralian 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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5.4KDance 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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5.8KFeaturedStephen 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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5.7KDance 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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6.5KFeaturedNational 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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6.0KFeaturedSydney 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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3.8KAustralian 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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5.1KFeaturedVicki 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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7.0K1Featured‘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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3.8KAustralian 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...
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6.6KFeaturedReconstructing ‘Construct’ and preserving the legacy of Tanja Leidtke
Ten years ago, one of the brightest lights in contemporary dance was unexpectedly, and tragically, extinguished. It was 2am on 17 August...
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4.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company’s ‘2 One Another’: Power and precision
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney. 5 October 2017. Since its premiere five years ago, Rafael Bonachela and the Sydney Dance Company (SDC) have...
