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All posts tagged "WAAPA"
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1.0KFeaturedCharmene Yap steps into a new role at SDC
Sydney Dance Company (SDC) stalwart Charmene Yap will be finishing her performing career at the end of SDC’s Season 1 tour of Bonachela/Nankivel/Lane....
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636Featured‘Banjo’: Which side of paradise?
When a former member of Hi-5 and his dancer wife quit the city for the country, they were not only following the...
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273InterviewsFrom the rehearsal studio: A talk with Stephanie Lake on ‘Skeleton Tree’
Dance Informa had the opportunity to chat with choreographer Stephanie Lake during a break in rehearsals for her latest work, Skeleton Tree....
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1.2KFeaturedThe WAAPA experience: Nurturing the artist you want to be
West Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) is a thriving university arts conservatory in urban Perth, Western Australia. It’s well known for...
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16.8KDancer HealthAttention dancers: Please do this now!
Dance Informa asked 10 of the world’s most active dance medicine and science experts to name one thing they really, really wish...
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2.4KFeaturedSpeaking with Lydia Pedrana: Using our dance training in other fantastic careers
Lydia Pedrana began dancing at two-and-a-half years old at Dubbo Ballet Studio. Dancing became more than a hobby when she accepted a...
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6.8KFeaturedFederal 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...
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2.1KFeaturedAwake to the challenge! Chanel Cahill talks Dream Dance Company
Sometimes the obvious pun is just too hard to resist, so let’s get it out of the way right now. Twenty-year-old dancer...
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2.8KFeaturedWAAPA dancers rise to the challenge
In Rise, the talented student dancers of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) reach new artistic heights in neo-classical and...
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4.6KDance AdviceMaster the Music Theatre Audition with WAAPA
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) will soon host its annual Music Theatre Audition Masterclass Tour, coming to Melbourne, Sydney,...
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17.7KDance Teacher ResourcesMaths Through Movement: Creative Moves WA combines Dance with Maths
It’s widely accepted that dance has many benefits beyond physical fitness and artistic expression. Improved cognitive function and memory, problem-solving skills and...
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6.5KFeaturesWelcoming Contemporary Dance Company of Western Australia!
By Elle Evangelista of Dance Informa. Over the past 20 years, the contemporary dance industry has seen a strong dominance in full-time companies...
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4.0K1Dancer HealthThe realities of rehab after dance injury misdiagnosis
By Elle Evangelista of Dance Informa. Often for young dancers, injury is never considered in our plans. On top of this, a...
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4.2KFeaturesEverything Matters: Australian Dance Theatre’s Scott Ewen
By Ben Marton of Dance Informa. Garry Stewart’s Australian Dance Theatre is preparing to celebrate 50 years of terpsichorean splendour, preceded by...
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3.4KFeaturesSiobhan Ginty: Commercial Dancer to Creative Team
In an interview with Dance Informa, Siobhan Ginty talks about her career transitions. By Vanessa Ronan-Pearce of Dance Informa. Whether you have...
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2.8KFeaturesLINK Dance Company offers viable option to graduates
By Elle Evangelista of Dance Informa. In operation since 2002, LINK Dance Company provides an Honours program attached to the Western Australian...
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3.1KFeaturesPaea Leach’s new work for Chunky Move
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. “I wanted to begin from or return to an almost empty idea for creating a work....
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2.9KInterviewsADT’s newest dancer Jake McLarnon
By Elle Evangelista of Dance Informa. Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) is gearing up to turn 50 in 2015, making them the longest-running...
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2.7KInterviewsGretel Scarlett: Playing Sandy in ‘Grease’
By Grace Edwards of Dance Informa. When I first spy Gretel Scarlett, she is standing in the foyer of Moat Cafe, pre-styled...
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4.2KDance AdviceMaking the Most of your Full Time Dance Graduation
BEST OF 2013: A favourite article from the January Edition By Rebecca Martin of Dance Informa. After all the blood, sweat, tears,...
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3.5KDance AdviceTraining Outside of the Larger Centres
By Rain Francis. Starting to think about full-time dance training? Now more than ever there are some fantastic options out there –...
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2.2KTop StoriesRemember When You Moved That Way?
Dance is all about movement. Or is it more like memory? Perth-based choreographer Sue Peacock takes time to reflect on this in...