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INTERNATIONAL

ReelDance International Dance on Screen Festival 2008 – Christchurch
ReelDance Festival 2008 celebrates the point where dance and film meet, showcasing the best of recent work from around the world and across the country.
Date: Sept 25th – Oct 12th
Venue: The Body Festival of Dance and Physical Theatre, Christchurch
Contact: www.reeldance.org.au

NATIONAL

Regional Arts Australia National Conference – Art at the Heart
Art at the Heart will provide an opportunity for artistic and cultural exchange, cross cultural collaboration and best practice approaches to working in the arts. Artists, actors, academics, artsworkers, curators, filmmakers, musicians, performers, producers, students, volunteers, writers, all levels of government and the wider community will gather in Alice Springs to discuss, celebrate and experience the arts and cultural achievements of regional Australia. Registrations Open!
Date: October 3rd-5th
Location: Alice Springs
Contact: http://www.artattheheart.com.au

Melbourne International Tap Festival 2008
World class tap dancing comes to Melbourne!
The cream of the world's tap dancing artists will be unleashed on Australian audiences! This exhilarating and inspiring festival of radical rhythms will continue to explore tap's rich and vibrant history whilst showcasing cutting edge
techniques over one jam packed week. Guest artists include legendary US tappers Jason Samuels Smith and Chloe Arnold.
Date: October 15th-20th
Location: Melbourne
Contact: www.mitf.com.au

Australian Dance Awards – Sunday June 7th 2009
You Can Nominate!
The annual Australian Dance Awards recognise and honour professional Australian dance artists. Nominate anytime you see an outstanding performance by emailing national@ausdance.org.au between now and February 28th 2009. Go to the What's On section of the Ausdance website www.ausdance.org.au for Nomination Forms, Selection Criteria and everything you need to know.

NSW

Billy Elliot The Musical (Read Review)
Date: until November 9th
Venue: Capitol Theatre, Haymarket
Contact: www.ticketmaster.com.au

Feldernkrais Method Workshops
Feldenkrais Method workshops address breathing techinique.
Date: August 16th, September 20th, October 18th, and November 15th, 10:00am-12:00pm
Venue: Suite 2, Level 1, 111 Moore Street Leichhardt
Contact: mindful-action@blogspot.com

Burn the Floor’s - Floorplay
Now, as Burn The Floor returns to Sydney to play Star City Casino for a strictly limited season, with their sizzling hot production of Floorplay, there is no better time to let yourself experience the steamy, provocative power of dance.
Date: September 19th-October 5th
Venue: Star Theatre, Star City Casino
Contact: 1300 795 267 www.ticketmaster.com.au www.burnthefloor.com.au

Dancenorth presents Underground
Fresh from an invited residency at the prestigious Vienna International Dance Festival, acclaimed dance company Dancenorth erupt out of their home in Townsville to present their first national tour under artistic director Gavin Webber.
Lismore
Date: October 14th-15th
Venue: Lismore City Hall
Contact: www.norpa.org.au 02 6622 0300
Bathurst
Date: October 18th
Venue: Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre
Contact: www.bmec.com.au 02 6333 6166
Sydney
Date: October 22nd-November 1st
Venue: Performance Space
Contact: www.ticketmaster.com.au 02 9698 7235

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy is an exciting new work which features a series of six physical and inventive works by five renowned choreographers.
Date: October 29th-November 1st
Venue: Riverside Theatres, Cnr Market and Church Streets, Parramatta
Contact: Riverside Box Office 02 8839 3399 www.riversideparramatta.com.au

High School Musical Live On Stage
Sydney
Date: Opening Night December 18th
Venue: The Capitol Theatre
Contact: www.ticketmaster.com.au
Newcastle
Date: From April 18th 2009
Venue: Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Contact: www.ticketek.com.au

Australian Dance Festival
The Australian Dance Festival includes 3 days of spectacular dance performances created by Australia’s leading choreographers, and 2 days of back to back workshops taught by our country’s best dance instructors. The shows and the workshops will cover a myriad of dance styles and showcase the best dance talent Australia has to offer!
Date: June 12th-14th, 2009
Venue: State Sports Centre, Sydney Olympic Park
Contact: Ph: 1300 132 152 www.australiandancefestival.com.au

VIC

Melbourne Spawned a Monster - Dancehouse Housemate Resident Jo Lloyd
Date: October 1st-5th
Venue: Dancehouse, 150 Princes Street, North Carlton
Contact: 3 9347 2860 info@dancehouse.com.au

Thirty Years of Dance at the Victorian College of the Arts
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Victorian College of the Arts’ School of Dance, this display draws from the VCA archive of photographs, posters and costumes and documents the school’s history from its inception in 1978 through to today.
Date: until October 5th
Venue: St Kilda Road Foyer

Seamless: Where Costume Meets Dance
Seamless: Where Costume Meets Dance presents a lively and engaging insight into the creative process of designing costume for dance. The exhibition will showcase costumes form some of the most memorable moments in Australian dance history and reveal the fascinating stories behind their design, through the designers and choreographers who created them.
Date: July 16th-October 26th
Venue: the Arts Centre Gallery 1
Contact: www.theartscentre.com.au

Three by Three
In the spirit of twentieth century Ballets Russes collaborations, this display explores the creative process shared by choreographer, composer and designer as they work together towards The Australian Ballet’s newly commissioned Interplay program.
Date: August 6th-October 26th
Venue: Smorgan Family Plaza, the Arts Centre
Contact: www.theartscentre.com.au

Metamorphosis - Flare Dance Company
Flare Dance Company, a not-for-profit amateur dance company, is staging "Metamorphosis", a mixed bill of dance works in a range of styles including jazz and contemporary. Proceeds from the production will go to Autism Victoria.
Date: October 3rd & 4th
Venue: Renaissance Theatre Kew High School
Contact: FDCtickets@yahoo.com or 0401 098 161 www.flaredancecompany.com

Melbourne Festival Opening Night Celebration
Gracing the stage of Federation Square are various bands, musicians and singers whose cultural backgrounds and musical influences make for a remarkable global tour and celebration: ska, reggae, jazz, Latin-fusion, brass, percussion, choral, hip hop, traditional and contemporary music by musicians whose contribution to Australia’s music scene is ever-expanding and not to be missed.
Date: October 6th, 6pm-9pm
Venue: Federation Square
Contact: www.melbournefestival.com.au

Two Faced Bastard – Chunky Move
Date: Wednesday Oct 8th – Sunday Oct 12th
Venue: Arts House Meat Market
Contact: Ticketmaster 1300 136 166 www.melbournefestival.com.au

Wendy Houston - Desert Island Dances
Wendy Houston works with words and movements that have come from many situations and people: a dialogue in Dusseldorf, a private dance in a front room, a wedding, another reality show; these become the memories, the treasures that will get her through a spell on a desert island.
Date: October 9th-13th
Venue: the Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio
Contact: Ticketmaster 1300 136 166 www.melbournefestival.com.au

Inhale The Showcase - Collaboration The Project
An exhilarating night of dance, song and entertainment. Tickets only $25!
Date: October 9th-11th
Venue: Theatreworks, 14 Acland Street, St Kilda.
Contact: 9534 3388 www.theatreworks.org.au

Three - Batsheva Dance Company
One of the world’s most prestigious dance companies returns to Melbourne Festival with a bold new work that explores three very basic and yet profound themes: beauty, nature and existence.
Date: October 10th-11th
Venue: The Arts Centre, State Theatre
Contact: Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com.au

Max- Batsheva Dance Company
Classic, modern and contemporary dance forms come together with awe-inspiring synergy as the radical physicality of Three is taken even further in this, the newest work from Batsheva Dance Company.
Date: October 12th-13th
Venue: The Arts Centre, State Theatre
Contact: www.melbournefestival.com.au www.ticketmaster.com.au

Corridor- Lucy Guerin Inc
One of Australia’s most innovative dance companies moves through the confines of physical and psychological space in a highly anticipated, intelligent new work.
Date: October 16th-25th
Venue: Arts House, Meat Market
Contact: www.ticketmaster.com.au www.melbournefestival.com.au

Sunstruck - Helen Herbertson and Ben Cobham
Stripped back to movement, light and design essentials, Sunstruck exists in landscape of isolation, absence and the dislocating slippage of memory, reality and the imagination.
Date: October 13th-18th
Venue: Shed 4
Contact: www.ticketmaster.com.au www.melbournefestival.com.au

Public Access Day 2008- Australian Ballet School
A unique opportunity to see talented ABS students at work, behind the scenes of Australia’s premier dance training facility.
Date: October 18th, 9am-3pm
Venue: The Australian Ballet Centre, Level 5, Southbank
Contact: www.users.bigpond.net.au/balletsociety/

If I Sing to You - Deborah Hay Dance Company
If I Sing to You is a dance that is also a song, music, poetry, and voice. It experiments with the effectiveness of non-linear meaning and form.
Date: October 19th-21st
Venue: The CUB Malthouse, Merlyn Theatre
Contact: The CUB Malthouse and www.ticketmaster.com.au

Appetite- KAGE
Combining original live music from acclaimed female vocalist New Buffalo; incisive text from award-winning playwright Ross Mueller and featuring a fusion of dance, theatre and visual design, Appetite promises to be a literal feast.
Date: October 22nd-25th
Venue: The Arts Centre, Fairfax Studio
Contact: www.ticketmaster.com.au www.melbournefestival.com.au

The Australian Conservatoire of Ballet – The Sleeping Beauty
Date: December 16th-17th
Venue: The Arts Centre, Hamer Hall
Contact: www.theartscentre.com.au

QLD

Expressions Dance Company - On Thin Ice Regional Tour
In the world around us, dramatic changes are taking place…
Date: October 15th- November 1st
Locations: Toowoomba, Maryborough, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Caloundra, Gold Coast
Contact: www.expressions.org.au admin@expressions.org.au

Cirque du Soleil – Dralion
Dralion is the fusion of ancient Chinese circus tradition and avant-garde approach of Cirque du Soleil.
Date: November 27th - December 21st
Venue: Under the Grand Chapiteau, McArthur Avenue, off Remora Road, Hamilton
Contact: www.cirquedusoleil.com

Candy Man
A high energy, sophisticated song and dance experience featuring comedy, tap, impersonations and more created by and starring Wayne, Candy Man celebrates the music of Sammy Davis Jr, one of the world’s greatest entertainers.
Date: January 28th-February 15th
Venue: Playhouse, QPAC
Contact: 136 246 www.qtix.com.au

Chicago – The Musical
Date: Opening March 18th
Venue: QPAC
Contact: http://www.qpac.com.au

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Harvest Rain
Date: March 18th-22nd
Venue: QPAC Playhouse
Contact: http://www.qpac.com.au

Life is Rhythm – Camut Band
Introducing a new beat and a new set of dancing feet.
Dates: October 8th-9th
Venue: Her Majesty’s Theatre
Contact: BASS 131 246 www.bass.net.au

Choreolab – Ausdance SA
Dates: October 9th-11th, 7:30pm
Venue: Adelaide Centre for the Arts
Contact: 8212 0825 sa@ausdance.org.au

Desalyne Dancers in Concert
Date: November 28th
Venue: Her Majesty’s Theatre
Contact: www.bass.net.au

High School Musical Live On Stage
Date: From February 28th, 2009
Venue: Adelaide Entertainment Centre
www.ticketek.com.au

ACT

Threshold
Date: October 10th-11th
Venue: Canberra Theatre
Contact: www.canberratheatre.org.au

Cirque du Soleil – Dralion
Dralion is the fusion of ancient Chinese circus tradition and avant-garde approach of Cirque du Soleil.
Date: October 23rd - November 16th
Venue: Under the Grand Chapiteau, Opposite the National Library, Canberra
Contact: www.cirquedusoleil.com

Kulture Break - Break Dance and Hip/Hop Expo – One World
Date: October 25th
Venue: Southern Cross Stadium, Cnr Cowlishaw St & Athlon Drive, Tuggeranong
Contact: 6291 8249 www.kulturebreak.com

A Taste of Turkish Bellydance Show
Starring Hale Sultan from Turkey, Rabiya and Lee Fay from Sydney, as well as Harika, GypsyNoir, Ghawazee Moon and other Canberra favourites, and the Jumptown! swing dancers!
Date: Friday October 31st, 7.00pm
Venue:Belconnen Community Theatre Tickets
Contact: 0411 883 905 www.bahirah.com.au

The Monaro Folk Society - The Bush Dance Group's Yuletide Ball
With The Monaro Folk Society's Orchestra
Date: December 6th, 8:00pm-11:30pm
Venue: Albert Hall, Commonwealth Avenue, Canberra
Dress: Colonial Ball Gowns, or Evening Wear
Bring a plate for supper. Tea & coffee available.
An activity of the Monaro Folk Society Bush Dance Group
$14 for readers of Dance Informa.
Contact: Barbara & Lance 02 6161 2426 dance@pcug.org.au http://dance.pcug.org.au

High School Musical Live On Stage
Date: From April 3rd, 2009
Venue: AIS Arena
Contact: www.ticketek.com.au

WA

Back to Burlesque
With an emphasis on class and the golden age of 1920s beauty, Sugar Blue Burlesque will tantalize and entertain audiences, all while keeping their gorgeous vintage costumes firmly on.
Date: August 31st, September 28th, October 26th, November 30th and December 28th
Venue: The Bakery ARTRAGE Complex, 233 James St, Northbridge
Contact: www.sugarblueburlesque.com www.artrage.com.au www.bocsticketing.com.au

Balanchine Classes and Variations with Briana Shepherd
New York City Ballet Dancer Briana Shepherd will be returning to Perth this October. Dancers from across Perth will have the chance to participate in Classical Ballet Classes and Variations in the famous Balanchine style.
Date: October 5th
Venue: West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, 1 Bradford Street Mount Lawley
Contact: Monique Douglas 9201 1812 monique.douglas@youthballetwa.org.au

His Majesty’s Theatre Presents Morning Melodies – for the young at heart
Sit back and prepare to enjoy three works that showcase the strength and beauty of the classical ballet form.
Date: October 8th
Venue: His Majesty’s Theatre, 825 Hay Street, Perth
Contact: BOCS Ticketing (08)9484 1133, www.bocsticketing.com.au

Cinderella on Ice
Date: October 10th-19th
Venue: Burswood Theatre
Contact: http://premier.ticketek.com.au

Short Cuts
STRUT dance presents an hour of new Perth-grown dance works and films: innovative – imaginative – bold
Date: October 9th-12th
Venue: King Street Arts Centre
Contact: Call STRUT 9321 4066

STRUT workshop: Jochen Roller (Berlin/Hamburg)
Date: October 16th-18th
Venue: King Street Arts Centre
Contact: agnes@strutdance.org.au

Perth’s Premiere Choreographer’s Ball
Date: October 26th 7:30pm
Venue: Welling Room Morley Sports and Recreation Center Corner of Wellington Rd and Mangini St.
Contact: http://sdponline.com.au 0416 263 452

Home Alone (The Suburbs Dream Tonight)
Featuring a radical design by artist Jamie Macchiusi, Home Alone traverses the media of installation, dance, music and theatre and allows the audience to move about the space and view the work from a number of vantage points.
Date: October 30th-November 8th
Venue: The Rechabites Hall, 224 William St, Northbridge
Contact: BOCS Ticketing (08)9484 1133, www.bocsticketing.com.au

STRUT workshop: Dyetto workshops
These workshops will precede a season at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts as part of the Silver Artrage Festival.
Date: October 31st-November 1st
Venue: King Street Arts Centre
Contact: agnes@strutdance.org.au

STRUT workshop: Gavin Webber from Dancenorth
Date: November 21st
Venue: King Street Arts Centre
Contact: agnes@strutdance.org.au

STRUT workshop: Lily Kiara from Amsterdam
Date: December 11th-13th
Venue: King Street Arts Centre
Contact: agnes@strutdance.org.au

Workshops with Jose Torres
Jose is the Principal Dancer of the Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater in Chicago, USA.
Date: January 14th-24th
Venue: Danza Viva
Contact: 618 9275 3946

2009 Australian Youth Dance Festival
Venue: Mandurah, WA
Date: Easter 2009
Contact: http://www.ausdance.org.au/outside/whatson/youth_dance.html

NT

TAS

Les Sylphides Gala Tour - Tasmanian Ballet Co.
Date: Saturday October 4th
Venue: Theatre Royal, Hobart
Contact: http://www.theatreroyal.com.au/

Uncover This –Stompin
Uncover This, Stompin’s major work for 2008, sees 25 fresh and exciting young dancers collaborating with choreographer Adam Wheeler and a team of artists to create an edgy two-part dance experience that turns private lives into public property. Set in suburban Launceston, the innovative work will be staged in a home and then a cul-de-sac, taking the ordinary and turning it into something extraordinary.
Dates:
Part One (in a house in Launceston)
Tuesday Sept 30th, Wednesday Oct 1st, Friday Oct 3rd, and Saturday Oct 4, 8:00pm.
Part Two (in a cul-de-sac in Riverside)
Friday Oct 10th & Saturday Oct 11th, 8:00pm
Contact: Princess Theatre 03 6323 3666

Menopause The Musical
Dates: Tuesday October 21st-Saturday October 25th
Venue: Theatre Royal, Hobart
Contact: http://www.theatreroyal.com.au/

Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Date: Saturday November 1st - 15th
Venue: Theatre Royal, Hobart
Contact: http://www.theatreroyal.com.au/