New Artistic Director for Tasdance
When Tasdance announced the name of its new artistic director, it represented a significant changing of the guard. Felicity Bott was stepping into the shoes of Annie Greig, who had held the position...
View ArticleMeet Michelle Silby: Ausdance NSW and VIC Director
Michelle Silby is leading the way for dance advocates in New South Wales and Victoria, having recently taken on the directorship of Ausdance in both states. She is the first Ausdance director to do so...
View ArticleAustralian 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 Australian Terri Charlesworth OAM CitWA. It noted Charlesworth’s...
View ArticleEight 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 State Theatre Centre of Western Australia on Sunday, September 18, at...
View ArticleJonathan Homsey’s dance utopia
Jonathan Homsey is on the edge. The 27-year-old, Hong Kong-born, California-raised, Melbourne resident is part of a generation of art makers caught up in the inexorable shift from the live/analogue...
View ArticleThe ‘I’ word: Ausdance NSW’s Innovating Dance Practice Grant
“Innovation” is a buzz word right now, thrown about by politicians and jargon junkies with such abandon that it has become very nearly meaningless. In the arts, where tick box terminology is...
View ArticleSydney Eisteddfod launches the inaugural Tanya Pearson Artistry Award
One of eight finalists in the Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship is poised to win the inaugural perpetual Tanya Pearson Artistry Award. This award is not only an honour for the successful ballet...
View ArticleVapour trail: Innovating Dance Practice Grant recipient Brooke Stamp
As part of a three-year initiative, Ausdance NSW is extending grants to dance artists looking to expand their work and practice beyond the realms of the physical body. Thus, the Innovating Dance...
View ArticleFederal government cuts financial assistance for diploma level dance students
A week ago, Dance Informa got an email from a distressed parent, after her daughter had to pull out of her WAAPA dance course because government financial support was no longer available. Not only were...
View ArticleBig Dance 2018: Dance is for everyone; let’s get moving
Big Dance is the largest dance celebration in the world, and it’s hitting Australia on International Dance Day (29 April), when thousands of people will dance together in some of the most iconic places...
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