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All posts tagged "Sydney Opera House"
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6.8KFeaturedBallet Preljocaj’s ‘Snow White’ premieres at the Sydney Opera House
The French dance company Ballet Preljocaj will be performing its world-acclaimed work, Snow White, at the Sydney Opera House from 6 – 10 June...
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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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2.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsKristina 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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8.3KFeaturedAustralian Classical Youth Ballet: Opening up classical ballet for young South Australians
For a young, aspiring ballet dancer, there is nothing quite like the opportunity to work in a professional context, to be part...
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6.1KFeaturedGideon Obarzanek: Like father, (not) like son!
That Gideon Obarzanek is weaved into the very fabric of contemporary dance in this country is pretty well beyond question. Multiple Helpmann...
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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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7.7KFeaturedLachlan Monaghan: From The McDonald College to the world stage
As a teenager growing up in the ’80s, I was hugely inspired by the TV version of Fame, a fictional show about...
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8.2KFeaturedNaima Amar Lopez: Spanish steps from the street to the Opera House stage
The list of famous people who started out as street performers includes such luminaries as BB King, Tracy Chapman and Rod Stewart....
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5.1KFeaturedKristina Chan’s ‘A Faint Existence’: Environmental movement
Yes, environment. No, not merely the reductionist narrative or narrow polemic of political theatre but the broader existential relationship we are all...
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5.7KGiveawaysWin tickets to Michael Clark Company performance at Sydney Opera House!
The Sydney Opera House will soon host the Australian premiere of iconoclastic British choreographer Michael Clark’s celebrated production to a simple, rock ‘n’...
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5.3KFeaturedHomeground First Nations festival at the Sydney Opera House
Are you in Sydney? Get down to Sydney Opera House in November for Homeground on 25-26 November 2017. It’s a free event...
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5.7KFeaturedPymble Ladies’ College wins 1st and 2nd place at the Sydney Eisteddfod Secondary School Dance Group Final
The students of Pymble Ladies’ College have not one but two reasons to celebrate having been awarded first and second place at...
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6.6KAustralian Dance Reviews‘My Fair Lady’: A ‘loverly’ night at the theatre
Capitol Theatre, Sydney. 27 August 2017. Celebrating its 60th Diamond Jubilee since first opening on Broadway, My Fair Lady received a standing...
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4.3KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Velvet’: Where skill explodes out of every single sequin
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney. 27 July 2017. From little things, big things grow. Beginning at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2015 to...
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5.4KFeaturedSydney Eisteddfod launches the inaugural Tanya Pearson Artistry Award
One of eight finalists in the Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship is poised to win the inaugural perpetual Tanya Pearson Artistry Award. This...
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5.7KFeaturedStephen Page on his Australia Council Award and new work ‘Bennelong’
If we’re being honest, art is nigh impossible to extricate from politics, from notions of what kind of society we are and...
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7.5KFeaturedBehind the scenes with The Australian Ballet Artistic Director David McAllister
There is a line somewhere, a point of balance, where mystery and magic meets engagement and accessibility. For a high-profile company working...
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8.4KGiveawaysWin passes to a screening of The Australian Ballet’s ‘Coppélia’
CinemaLive, one of the market leaders in Event Cinema, is working in partnership with The Australian Ballet to deliver The Fairy Tale...
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7.1KFeaturedMuggera Dancers: Sharing culture with the community
In 2015, Muggera was founded by Darren Compton and Jacqui Cornforth and has since gone from strength to strength as a dance group...
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5.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsAustralian Ballet School brings end-of-year showcase to Sydney
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney. December 4, 2016. After a gap of a decade, the Australian Ballet School brought its...
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7.9KInterviewsSteven McRae is announced as 2016 Genée Ambassador
For the first time in 14 years, the Royal Academy of Dance’s Genée International Ballet Competition returns to Australia this week. Ambassador for...
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5.2KFeaturedBangarra Dance Theatre welcomes 2017 with new works
After a challenging 2016, including the sad death of the company’s Music Director David Page, Bangarra Dance Theatre is kicking off the...
