31 August 2010
By Grace Edwards. The hard work has paid off for Australian dancer Duncan Lyle, who recently scored a contract as a corps de ballet member of Boston Ballet. It’s not the first time he has received great news. Three years ago, at just seventeen years old, Duncan successfully auditioned for a place at the Royal Ballet [...]
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19 August 2010
Did you know that most Australians prefer to purchase tickets online? Now every dance studio can afford to sell tickets and accept registrations online …and it takes just minutes. Created for community organisations like dance studios, schools and theatres, TryBooking is Australia’s easiest, most affordable and accessible online ticketing system. “My goal was to develop a program that would [...]
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16 August 2010
By Rain Francis. Audition season is almost upon us – are you ready? Dance Informa wanted to give you a headstart with some top audition advice. And who better to ask than the directors of some of the best dance companies in Australia, and the world? Advice from Stanton Welch, Artistic Director Houston Ballet www.houstonballet.org What’s your most important piece of [...]
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15 August 2010
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House August 8th By Dolce Fisher. This year’s McDonald’s Ballet Scholarship gave us tutus, tiaras and tours and the Open Jazz finals were full of the usual canons, lifts and manic pirouettes. Held once again at the Concert Hall in Sydney Opera House, the McDonald’s Ballet Scholarships was a night to celebrate the country’s young [...]
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11 August 2010
Public classes are now very much part of the new dance democracy in Australia and Chunky Move are still at the cutting edge. By Paul Ransom. So, you think you can dance? Well, you probably can. Me, I’m what a dance trained friend of mine calls a ‘lower case’ dancer. That’s dance, not Dance. However, my optimistic ineptitude [...]
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10 August 2010
WIN A DOUBLE PASS TO…. Sutra – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui / Antony Gormley with Monks from the Shaolin Temple Win 1 of 3 Double Passes to Opening Night! An extraordinary collaboration between celebrated Flemish/Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, esteemed British sculptor Antony Gormley, and 17 monks from the original Shaolin Temple in Henan, China. Seen by over 65,000 [...]
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05 August 2010
Zouk is the latest Latin dance explosion down under; whatever it is. By Paul Ransom. I confess; when I first saw the email headed ‘Australian Zouk Championship’ I assumed it was spam. I mean, really – Zouk … what is that? Some kind of hockey? Well no, dance fans, it ain’t. Zouk, it transpires, is a highly rhythmic [...]
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03 August 2010
Your Dance Questions Answered! What questions do you have relating to dance training, performing or teaching? As dancers in a complex industry, we have many questions and are eager for advice. Dance Informa has a new column – Dance Clinic– where you can fire your questions at a leading dance expert and teacher. Doc Dance Doc Dance has danced [...]
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01 August 2010
ADT Assistant Choreographer Larissa McGowan shares her choreographic tips on the eve of their August Ignition season. By Deborah Searle. Curated by Australian Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Garry Stewart, Ignition is a program of new works choreographed and performed by the ADT dancers, in addition to the world premiere of a new work by Melbourne based choreographer [...]
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01 August 2010
By Rebecca Martin. A Tasmanian based in Melbourne, Australia, Luke George is a performer, collaborator, choreographer, teacher and curator. Earlier this year, Luke was nominated at the Australian Dance Awards in the category of ‘Outstanding Achievement in Independent Dance’. As a performer, Luke has been fortunate to work with Gideon Obarzanek and Chunky Move, Phillip Adams’ BalletLab, [...]
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