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Celebrating its first year this February, Dance Informa is a FREE service, provided by dancers, for dancers and dance teachers, to provide them with the information they want and need in an easily accessible format.

Each Dance Informa issue includes interesting articles about current dance news and events, interviews with renowned Australian dance artists, artistic directors and teachers, performance and workshop information and reviews and dance specific health, nutrition and choreographic advice. A new teachers section also provides valuable resources and information specific to dance instructors and studio owners.

Current Dance News

Huge New Studio in Melbourne - Ministry of Dance
Jason Coleman has just opened a huge new state of the art studio in North Melbourne called Ministry of Dance. With over an acre of fully equipped studios, theatrette and the latest technologies, Ministry of Dance may well become Australia’s leading studio. 12 studios and teachers such as Jason Coleman, Kelly Aykers, Paul Davis and Scott Bowie are sure to delight Melbourne dancers.  With a faculty of Australia’s leading dance instructors and choreographers and lessons in everything from classical ballet and jazz to acrobatics, singing, Broadway and locking, there is a huge variety of lessons to choose from. All ages are catered for.  Check it out! http://www.ministryofdance.info/Ministry_of_Dance.html

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 from October 15th-20th. 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.
For more info visit http://www.mitf.com.au

Dance Pacific becomes Spratz
Don’t worry, you’ll find them…..
In the same place, with the same friendly staff giving the same level of customer service.
DANCE PACIFIC has changed its name to SPRATZ. However, they  don’t want to confuse anybody so you can still find all their product and lots of new stuff at their normal website www.dancepacific.com Remember they are not just a Dancewear manufacturer, they also specialize in customized garments and gymwear.   

So You Think You Can Dance Australia – AUDITIONS
The word on the street is that auditions for our favourite television show, SYTYCD, will start in September! This is a month earlier than last year, so get your dancing shoes on and get ready! Practice, practice practice!  And remember, it’s all about versatility, so go and learn those dance styles that you're less familiar with.  
http://dance.ten.com.au/

World Dance Alliance Global Summit
The World Dance Alliance Global Summit was held in Brisbane from July 13th-18th.  Titled Dance Dialogues, the conference provided a program of panel presentations and discussions, performances, master classes, chorelab, networking opportunities and nightly on stage dialogues from industry leaders about current dance issues and ideas. It was a very interesting and very full program that provided time to think about dance, discuss dance, take part in dance and watch dance. Ausdance Queensland and World Dance Alliance Asia Pacific did an outstanding job to organise such a large event and should be commended for excellence. The next World Dance Alliance Global Summit will be held in India.

Project Dance Sydney
Held on the same weekend as World Youth Day in Sydney’s Circular Quay, Project Dance was an amazing event. With a concert Friday night in the Marriott Hotel, then a huge outdoor performance at Customs House on Saturday, finishing with workshops and classes at Wesley Institute on Sunday, Project Dance was a dance filled weekend full of both learning and performing experiences.  Large crowds gathered to watch the Saturday dance spectacle as conference participants from across Australia and the world entertained audiences for free from 10am to 5:00pm with many different dance styles.  Project Dance is an empowering dance event that allows like-minded dancers to come together and share in the joy of dance through a conference, workshop and open performance program. Straight from New York City, Project Dance is a movement of dancers seeking to positively impact culture through artistic integrity.  For more information visit www.projectdance.com