Dance News

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Full program announced for DanceRites 2023

The Sydney Opera House has announced the full program for DanceRites 2023, a free celebration of First Nations dance, music, and culture taking place on the Opera House’s Forecourt on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November. This year’s festival will be the largest on-site iteration of Australia’s only national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance

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Stephanie Lake's Colossus will be at Brisbane Powerhouse's ΩHM 2024, credit Mark Gambino

Brisbane Powerhouse presents ΩHM 2024

Brisbane Powerhouse announces the return of

ΩHM Festival of Other Music

following its spectacular debut earlier this year.

Curated by Brisbane Powerhouse Arts Program Director Brad Spolding and celebrated composer Lawrence English, the festival’s 2024 edition promises to captivate audiences with a provocative program of

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Australian Dance Theatre TREAD Auditions, Image Credit Australian Dance Theatre

TREAD Auditions 2024

Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) invite young artists aged between 15 – 25 to join their

TREAD

program in 2024. Auditions will take place 22 November from 5:00-7:00 pm at The Odeon. TREAD is ADT’s young artist program giving a select group of dancers exposure to the company’s repertoire and training methodologies, aiming to foster the

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Bangarra Dance Theatre Horizon, Image credit Daniel Boud

Bangarra announces world premiere of Horizon in 2024

Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, is delighted to announce the world-premiere of their first ever mainstage cross-cultural collaboration Horizon. This powerful new work from two of the world’s great First Nations choreographers, will premiere at the Sydney Opera House in June before

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Fine Lines Dance Co presents Tempus, Image credit Fine Lines Dance Co

Fine Lines Dance Co presents Tempus

Fine Lines Dance Co presents four new contemporary works about the time we have on this earth and what we decide to do with it. Tempus celebrates the strength, diversity, creativity and artistry of older female performers and signals a key point in Fine Lines Dance Co’s evolution: ten years as Melbourne’s only mature dance collective (40-80

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Cast of RENT Photo credit Wendell Teodoro

Cast announced for Australian Tour of RENT

A stellar cast has been announced for the new Australian tour of the multi-Tony Award winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson,

RENT. Tickets are on sale now. RENT

will play at the Playhouse, QPAC, Brisbane from 27 January 2024, then State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne from 17 February, Newcastle’s Civic Theatre from 15 March, His

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Sprung Dance Theatre Dis-Co Ball

Book now for Sprung Dance Theatre’s Dis-Co Ball

Dis-Co Ball is Sprung’s new annual disability community ball, bringing people together for an evening of unashamed joyous dancing, inspired by and featuring their Community Artists. Drawing inspiration from the Met Gala, (one of New York’s most prestigious and glamorous events of the year) Dis-Co Ball is a night for EVERYONE to live large on the red carpet.

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The McDonald College Open Morning

The McDonald College Open Morning

Want to follow in the footsteps of talents like Emma Watkins, Nikki Webster, Meg Mac, Felicity Ward, Tim Draxl, Ayesha Madon, Lachlan Monaghan and many others? The McDonald College is an independent, non-denominational, co-educational school that specialises in integrating a rigorous academic curriculum with performing arts and performance sports

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