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Edith Cowan University to develop Perth’s first comprehensive city campus

Edith Cowan University (ECU) will create a $695 million Creative Industries, Business and Technology Campus in the centre of Perth, as part...

Keigo Muto and Sarah Ross as Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Photo by Frances Andrijich.

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Iconic Snugglepot and Cuddlepie come to life in West Australian Ballet’s children’s ballet

As the Spanish flu pandemic gripped the world 102 years ago, Western Australian children’s author and cartoonist May Gibbs brought joy to...

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Charmene 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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‘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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From 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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The 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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Dancer Health

Attention 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...

Lydia Pedrana for Lottoland. Photo by Guy Davies.

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Speaking 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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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...

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Awake 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...

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

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WAAPA 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...

Musical Theatre Audition Masterclass by WAAPA

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Master 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,...

Dancing child for Maths Through Movement. Photo courtesy of Rachael Bott.

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Maths 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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Welcoming 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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The 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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Everything 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...