Transit Dance Archives - Dance Informa Magazine

Will Centurion: Aim to improve by 1% every day

Mental health, performance strategies and self-regulation are key elements for personal and professional success. Will Centurion, Counselling and Life Coaching for Actors,...

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Interviews

Transit Dance appoints Jayden Hicks as Associate Director

Transit Dance has announced the appointment of Jayden Hicks as its Associate Director after the company witnessed unprecedented growth with the return...

Transit High School Academy students on stage in BPM. Photo by Paul Malek.

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Transit High School Academy: A high school for dancers

If you could dream of your ideal schooling environment, it would be dancing around the clock, right? Transit High School Academy is the secondary...

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Dance Advice

20/21 Full Time Dance & Auditions Guide

Although coronavirus has heavily impacted the dance industry, both in Australia and globally, for those of us considering full time training, now...

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Dance Advice

Zooming in on the moral hazard of digitised dance

Is the dance studio sector having its digital disruption moment? As a confluence of pandemic and video streaming impacts the traditional market...

Xander Soh outside his Rowvilee home. Photo by Paul Malek.

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Origins Dance Company prepares for online performance season

Origins Dance Company by Transit Dance is keeping the artistic spirit alive by embracing the current social distancing restrictions and turning what...

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It’s not too late to audition for Transit Origins Academy, new high school alternative

Transit Dance has recently held auditions for its new high school alternative for talented dancers, Transit Origins Academy. This program was developed for...

Stephanie Lake's 'Colossus'. Photo by Mark Gambino.

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Australian Dance Reviews

Stephanie Lake’s ‘Colossus’ is grand and beautiful

Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. 27 September 2018. Colossus is the realisation of a dream for Stephanie Lake, who has always been fascinated by the...

Stephanie Lake's 'Colossus'. Photo by Pippa Samaya.

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Stephanie 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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Dance Teacher Resources

Should you do a Dance Teaching and Management course?

So you think you can teach dance? Well, maybe you can; but can you teach it well, and can you make it...

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SA Dance Festival: A festival to bring the dance community together

Collaboration over competition. That’s the ethos behind the South Australian (SA) Dance Festival, which will be held over the June long weekend...

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Federal government cuts financial assistance for diploma level dance students

A week ago, Dance Informa got an email from a distressed parent, after her daughter had to pull out of her WAAPA dance...

Karen Malek teaching. Photo by Paul Malek.

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Victorian Dance Festival Patron Karen Malek is beyond an inspiration

There was a time, some years ago, when Karen Malek could have gone to The Australian Ballet School. Inspired and encouraged by...

Transit Dance Diploma Second Year Tiffany Hislop. Photo by Paul Malek.

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Tr.IPP toward professional practice: A new course at Transit Dance

Paul Malek, a former So You Think You Can Dance mentor, leads Transit Dance, a full time, professional and pre-professional contemporary dance...

New Artistic Director of Victorian Dance Festival

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Yvette Lee to take the reigns as Artistic Director of VDF

The Energetiks Victorian Dance Festival has announced its new Artistic Director – commercial dance choreographer and adored VDF instructor Yvette Lee! This artistic powerhouse...