Dance News

On 26 and 27 September, Sydney Dance Company will present a two-day workshop beginning with a Contemporary technique class lead by Sydney Dance Company’s Rehearsal Associate, Charmene Yap. Across both days, Company dancers Liam Green, Riley Fitzgerald and Jesse Scales will delve into the repertoire of Rafael Bonachela’s Lux Tenebris, teaching various sections of the work. Participants will have the chance to embody the athletic and dynamic movements of two different unison phrases and develop their own language based on a solo in the repertoire.

On Tuesday 22 September 2020, English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer competition will be broadcast live from the Production Studio at the Company’s East London home for the first time. The annual event, now in its 11th year, celebrates the bright future of ballet and the excellence of the Company’s young talent. This year’s event will be live streamed and available to watch online for just £5.

Arts Centre Melbourne invite you to join them for the first season of Mental Health Matinées, that run throughout September and October 2020 and are a series of online presentations, promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in the performing arts.

For the first time in its 86-year history, Sydney Eisteddfod has announced that its Crowd Favourite Performances competition will premier online to give young Australians and international performers an opportunity to showcase their performing art talents during the COVID-19 crisis. You can see virtual concert performances now!

Summer is on its way and in Perth Western Australia they are finding ways to be creative and thrive through COVID. Finding Flow is a workshop series running this October for those of you who are curious about discovering the benefits of The Feldenkrais Method.

International Summer School will return to The McDonald College from 11-15 January 2021. Suitable for ages 7-20, ISS is a dance program designed for all skill levels, ranging from recreational to the pre-professional dancer.

SA Dance Festival are looking for a variety of SA based talent to produce a professional production that will open in January 2021. Applicants must be 16yrs+ Dancers, Singers, Acrobats, Parkour, Burlesque Talent and would be required for a 3 week rehearsal period prior to opening night.

In the 6 months since Inspired Dance Film Fest Australia (IDFFA) opened online submissions, the inaugural festival has already received 44 film submissions from 14 different countries across the globe. Due to overwhelming demand, IDFFA Schools Festival has been created as a separate festival with the goal to galvanise part-time, full-time, and secondary dance schools and students to expand their creativity and explore, bold, innovative concepts on film. The Schools Festival will be held alongside the IDFFA gala screening Sunday 8 November 2020. Tickets for the Festival will go on sale in late September 2020.

COME FROM AWAY launches in Sydney mid 2021 (and returns to Melbourne in February 2021) and is the ground-breaking new musical based on the incredible real-life events in the wake of the September 11 tragedy when 38 planes carrying nearly 7,000 people from over 100 countries were redirected to Gander, Newfoundland, almost doubling the population of the remote Canadian town. Capturing the generosity and hospitality of the small community of Gander who invited the “come from aways” into their homes, it is a timely and inspirational story of hope and humanity.

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has collaborated with Emma Watkins, best known as Emma the yellow Wiggle from iconic children’s entertainment group The Wiggles, to produce a short film aimed at young children from pre-school age and above. The film, which features Emma returning to dance class to see her friends, shows step-by-step some of the new safety measures that children might encounter. From leaving parents at the studio front door, to hand sanitising before entering, through to dancing with social distancing, Emma prepares children for how they will safely return to dance classes. The film aims to provide reassurance to both children and parents that the dance studio is a safe place and that classes will return a spring to their step after months of staying at home!

Enjoy watching dance, doing dance and breathing the spring outdoor air as we dance into September. Here is a list of streamed performance and live dance classes to keep you inspired as we continue to navigate this unusual CV-19 season together.

Revelation Perth International Film Festival, in association with Tura New Music and Co3 Contemporary Dance, continues its commitment to collaborating across media forms and encouraging active film production in Western Australia with its announcement of ambitious 360°VR production FourByFour.