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All posts tagged "West Australian Ballet"
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866FeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – June 2019
Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! The New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) audition registrations for full-time training...
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839FeaturedIs ballet future proof?
It’s not often you meet someone who personifies the broad themes of an article; but a few days after being commissioned by...
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666FeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – May 2019
Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news this month! The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) performs the second leg of its...
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1.1KDance AdviceJuggling a dance career with children: Brooke Widdison-Jacobs, West Australian Ballet
Juggling her career as principal dancer at West Australian (WA) Ballet and being a parent must be working out for Brooke Widdison-Jacobs,...
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1.7KFeaturedSimon Dow prepares The Australian Ballet School for Showcase 2018
From its Southbank campus just metres from the river in the heart of Melbourne, The Australian Ballet School is without doubt one...
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2.4KFeaturedWest Australian Ballet’s new collaboration is so on pointe
“Where I am coming from, we are not really making such a difference between classically trained dancers and contemporary dancers,” declares Aurélien...
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2.0KFeaturedAwake 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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6.5KFeaturedAustralian dancers compete in Genée International Ballet Competition in Lisbon
This week, dancers are hard at work in the studio, taking class, receiving private coaching on their solos in preparation for competition...
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15.2KDance AdviceHow to best prepare for your ballet exam
Unlike an end-of-year showcase or performance, ballet exams can add extra pressure on a dancer regardless of how much they love ballet....
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5.5KFeaturedWest Australian Ballet’s recently promoted principals
Two of Australia’s favourite artists were promoted to principal dancers recently: Chihiro Nomura and Gakuro Matsui of the West Australian Ballet (WAB)....
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2.8KDancer HealthDancers’ New Year’s resolutions for 2017
It’s that time of year – when goals, hopes and dreams for the coming months begin to stir and inspire. Here, Dance...
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2.3KFeatured2016 Australian Dance Awards Winners
The 2016 Australian Dance Awards were presented to a packed and enthusiastic audience in the Heath Ledger Theatre of the State Theatre...
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3.2KFeaturedEight companies perform at the 2016 Australian Dance Awards
Presented by Ausdance and Harlequin Floors as part of the MoveMe Festival, the 2016 Australian Dance Awards will soon arrive at The...
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2.5KTop StoriesAustralian Dance Awards choose recipient of 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award
The panel of the Australian Dance Awards has announced that the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016 will be presented to prominent West...
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4.1KFeaturedWest Australian Ballet jetés into Jakarta
Demand for classical ballet in Indonesia is growing. Indonesia is no stranger to highly formal dance – Javanese dance, a century’s old...
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3.9KFeaturedNZ Dance News – February
What’s happening in the New Zealand dance scene? The Royal New Zealand Ballet has announced the appointments of ballet mistress Nadia Thompson...
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3.7KFeaturedMr B Goes West – WA Ballet does Balanchine
Giorgi Melitonovitch Balanchivadze was born into an artistic family of Georgian Russians in 1904, yet he is best known as the ‘father...
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6.3KInterviewsMeet Alana Haines Awards Star Vida Polakov
After winning the coveted Gold medal at the 2014 Genee International Ballet Competition in Belgium, Kiwi dancer Vida Polakov is on a...
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2.8KNewsNew Zealand Dance News – February
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. Here is the latest New Zealand Dance News! The New Zealand Dance Company are soon to...
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3.0KInterviewsDavid Mack of Sydney Dance Company
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. After training at the Victorian College of the Arts, David Mack joined West Australian Ballet. Later...
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2.0KFeaturesNZ Dance News – August 2014
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. The full programme for Auckland’s popular Tempo Dance Festival was announced on July 29. On the bill are...
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3.3KInterviewsWest Australian Ballet’s Principal Matthew Lehmann
By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. Dance Informa recently chatted with Matthew Lehmann, a principal dancer with West Australian Ballet. Born in...