Twyla Tharp Archives - Dance Informa Magazine

'La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern' by Lynn Garafola.

Lynn Garafola’s ‘La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern’ gives Nijinska her rightful place

Oxford University Press.May 2022. Finally — La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern — a book that gives Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) her rightful place in...

NZSD 3rd Year Classical Ballet Student Louise Camelbeke. Photo by Stephen A'Court.

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New Zealand Dance News – November/December 2021

Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news! The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s (RNZB) spectacular programme of three ballets – Venus Rising – will...

The Australian Ballet's Ako Kondo and Ty King-Wall (right) in George Balanchine's 'The Four Temperaments'. Photo by Daniel Boud.

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Australian Dance Reviews

The Australian Ballet is back with new director and ‘New York Dialects’

Sydney Opera House, Sydney.12 April 2021. The Australian Ballet is back in Sydney, after a long break due to COVID, and the...

Katie Rudd of The New Zealand Dance Company. Photo by John McDermott.

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New Zealand Dance News – July 2020

Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! Pacific Dance New Zealand (PDNZ) has introduced a brand-new digital initiative, The Transform...

RNZB in 'Hansel and Gretel'. Photo by Stephen A'Court.

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New Zealand Dance News – December 2019

Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! The New Zealand Dance Company and The Conch with Auckland Live...

NZSD students Sook Meng Lim, Louis Ahlers and Eden Kew. Photo by Stephen A'Court.

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New Zealand Dance News – November 2019

Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! Wellington City Council and Footnote New Zealand Dance announced this year’s...

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The Australian Ballet’s Alice Topp goes from corps to choreographer in ‘Verve’

Exclusively to Melbourne this month, The Australian Ballet is presenting Verve, a triple bill of high-octane contemporary ballets created by past and...

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‘Oh My Josh’: New digital series from Josh Horner

Australian Josh Horner has done it all – from stage work in ballet and Broadway, to choreographing for Disney Performing Arts program,...

A performance from Splore Festival 2016. Photo courtesy of Splore.

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Dance Advice

5 ways to look at creativity to enhance your choreography and your life

Creativity permeates life, whether or not you are aware of it. It’s the very essence of being human. The question is, what...

The Australian Ballet in Tim Harbour's 'Filigree and Shadow'. Photo courtesy of The Australian Ballet.

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Australian Dance Reviews

The Australian Ballet presents ’20:21′

Sydney Opera House. Friday, November 13, 2015. The Australian Ballet’s triple bill 20:21 was a brilliant program that presented the best of two of...

Australian Ballet's Rudy Hawkes and Dimity Azoury.

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Forceful Imperatives: Tim Harbour on ‘Filigree & Shadow’

At first glance it’s hard to imagine how the Australian Ballet and the London based indie record label 4AD might ever be...

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Interviews

Auditioning in Europe: Kelsey Coventry, Dancer with Leipzig Ballet

Kelsey Coventry is originally from Rochester, New York, and trained at the Draper Centre for Dance Education. She graduated high school early...

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Australian Dance Reviews

‘Songs Not To Dance To’

Parramatta Riverside, Sydney March 5, 2015 By Lynne Lancaster of Dance Informa. Are there songs one should definitely never dance to –...

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American Ballet Theatre presents ‘Three Masterpieces’

Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane September 5, 2014 By Belinda Williamson of Dance Informa. It was an exciting night to see the opening...

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‘One Thing Follows Another’ at Carriageworks

Carriageworks, NSW August 2014 By Lynne Lancaster of Dance Informa. This work, part of the Score season of light and movement at...

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Catching up with ABT Principal James Whiteside

By Renata Ogayar of Dance Informa. In celebration of the American Ballet Theatre’s 75th Anniversary, ballet’s elite David McAllister (Artistic Director of...