Dance News

Ausdance ACT Dance Week 2024, Image credit Ausdance ACT

Australian Dance Week Shines a Spotlight on Dance

Ausdance ACT celebrates and promotes dance in all its forms during Australian Dance Week and is proud to host the largest program in Australia. Now in its 42nd year, Australian Dance Week is an opportunity to turn the spotlight on our incredible local dance scene, with an extraordinary range of events highlighting the diversity and popularity of dance,

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AMPA GOLD, Dancer Melanie Van Zon, Photo by Wenny Tan

AMPA Presents ‘GOLD’!

Join AMPA for GOLD, an exhilarating evening of dance featuring AMPA’s Bachelor & Associate students! Final choreography projects crafted by their talented third-year students: Assiya Hasna, Kira Fort, Alana Teague, Sophie Jessup are presented in the first half of the show. Each trimester, students showcase their culminating choreography projects

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Zoë Ventoura and ensemble All That Jazz CHICAGO (c) Jeff Busby

Chicago heads to Canberra

Australia’s leading theatre producer

John Frost

for Crossroads Live

has announced that the acclaimed production of one of Australia’s favourite musicals,

Chicago, will open in Canberra in September this year, the first time a professional production of this Broadway favourite has played in Australia’s capital

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Restless Dance Theatre Shifting Perspectives, Image credit Restless Dance Theatre

Restless Dance Returns to Sydney

Last year, Restless Dance performed their heartwarming show Exposed at the world-famous Sydney Opera House in celebration of the 50th birthday. Now, they are officially returning to the The Emerald City

to perform Shifting Perspective. After their

acclaimed run

at

Illuminate Adelaide

2023, Restless

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Karul Project SILENCE, Image credit Gregory Lorenzutti

BlakDance Upcoming Tour Dates

BlakDance, a national industry organization for First Nations Contemporary Dancers and Choreographers, has announced their upcoming spring tours. Following the success of their 2022 show

Waŋa, NT Dance Company offer a powerful, moving dance duet that navigates the limits of physical expression.

Gary Lang’s

The Other Side

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VDF Senior Swans, Image credit VDF

50+ Ballet Class for Adult Dancers at VDF

Energetiks VDF24 introduces a brand new program to Australia this April with a dedicated 50+ Ballet Class for the VDF community brought to you by

Movitanz Senior Swans. Led by founder and director Kathleen Curwen-Walker, direct from New Zealand, Movitanz Senior Swans classes are meticulously crafted for dancers aged 50 and over. The class is

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RAD Festival of Dance, Image credit RAD

RAD Festival of Dance – Over $15,000 in Prizes!

The submission deadline for the RAD Festival of Dance is swiftly approaching! This year’s event offers a platform for dancers to exhibit their talents, compete for coveted scholarships and prizes and meet other passionate dancers from across the state. RAD is proud to announce that the Festival of Dance stands as one of the premier competitions in Perth,

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