18 April 2012
Theatreworks, Melbourne April 12 2012 By Paul Ransom. There are many ways to review a show but most involve name dropping, encapsulation and a measure of what we might call analysis. Ultimately however, reviews are simply one person’s considered and (hopefully) informed opinion. This is no different. But for me at least Collide was. Not [...]
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10 April 2012
Lennox Theatre, Parramatta Riverside Theatres March 28 2012 By Linda Badger. SuperModern: Our obsession with small shiny things, life in the fast lane, what’s in, what’s not, the constant hum of options, gadgets, social media, and multi-tasking that fills our world – the latest and greatest. What a fantastic debut for a full length work [...]
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09 April 2012
Playhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre April 4 2012 By Marc Clayton. Easter theatre going audiences of all ages were thoroughly entertained by The Queensland Ballet’s Alice In Wonderland. The ballet follows the classic story of Alice and her adventures in Wonderland, when she chases the White Rabbit down its hole. Artistic Director Francois Klaus created [...]
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01 April 2012
By Rebecca Martin. Australian dancer Stephanie Williams has gone from strength to strength since leaving The Australian Ballet in 2011 and joining Het Nationale Ballet in Amsterdam for six months before settling into her new home of New York where she is one of American Ballet Theatre’s (ABT) newest recruits. Since commencing her ballet training [...]
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01 April 2012
With landmark locations and the most spectacular dance fusion of Latin and street dance ever seen, the sequel to the global smash hit StreetDance is bigger, better, bolder and back ..in 3D. To beat the world’s best dance crew, street dancer Ash (Falk Hentshel), with new friend Eddie (George Sampson), sets off to gather the greatest [...]
01 April 2012
La Scala dancer fired after speaking out about anorexia. By Rebecca Martin. As a ballet dancer, the pressure is always on. Get your legs up, turn more, jump higher, be thinner, be stronger, turn out, rehearse harder. We look at ourselves in full length mirrors in the studio wearing next to nothing and criticise every [...]
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01 April 2012
By Emily C. Harrison MS, RD, LD. The Glycaemic Index is a tool that gives a numerical value to a specific amount of food based on how it affects your body’s blood sugar and insulin over a specific time period. Foods with lower numbers don’t spike blood sugar as much as ones with higher numbers [...]
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01 April 2012
By Rain Francis. It seems now is the hour for marvellous dance documentaries. 2011′s much anticipated Pina by Wim Wenders did not disappoint and then there was the memorable and inspirational Life in Movement. Later this year Australian dancers and film fans can look forward to what has been called “an enormously satisfying”* documentary, First [...]
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01 April 2012
By Bonnie E. Erickson, Director of Educational Programming, Broadway Dance Center. As Broadway Dance Center master theater teacher Jim Cooney and I looked around the room, we saw lovely young dancers standing in groups with other dancers in the identical leotards of their respective studios, with arms crossed, hips out, and expressions of trepidation – [...]
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01 April 2012
Here’s your chance to create a concept for the Australian Ballet to stage in 2015! The Australian Ballet’s 50th Anniversary Ballet Project encourages an artistic team with a unique artistic vision, be they professionals or novices, to submit ideas for a brand-new ballet work. The competition is to create a totally original work–narrative or abstract [...]
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