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Youth Dance Collaboration Borderline
Borderline is an international youth dance collaboration between Origins Dance Company (AUS) and the National Youth Dance Company of Scotland (UK). It will showcase July 6th at Transit Dance in Melbourne’s Brunswick.
The Australian Ballet’s, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland© returns to Melbourne!
The Australian Ballet’s gigantic, award-winning, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland©, returns to Melbourne this year for a limited, exclusive season from 8 to 22 June at Arts Centre Melbourne.
The Cast Of Catch Me If You Can Takes Flight
The producer who brought you Cry-Baby, High Fidelity and Rent, Lauren Peters, is thrilled to announce the stellar cast of the upcoming adventurous, inquisitive and ingeniously criminal musical Catch Me If You Can. Based on the biographical hit film of the same name, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, Catch Me If You Can will play from 19 July at the Hayes Theatre Co, Sydney.
2019 Helpmann Awards are to be held in Melbourne for the first time
Australia’s most prestigious live theatre and entertainment awards are back for 2019. Tickets are now on sale for the 19th annual Helpmann Awards to be held at Arts Centre Melbourne Sunday 14 and Monday 15 July.
LINK Dance Company debut an exciting triple bill
The Body Politic an exciting triple bill, will be performed in WAAPA’s Geoff Gibbs Theatre from 22-25 May by LINK, WAAPA’s graduate dance company.
South Australian Dance Festival
Established with a purpose to bring the South Australian Dance community together, this incredible 2 day festival, June 9 and 10th will be held at Westminster College SA.
Save on Merino Wool with Energetiks!
Dance clothing brand Energetiks have announced 25% off Merino wool for a short time! To recieve the discounted offer, you will need the secret code and we have it here: COZY25! It's valid online and in store until Monday 20th May. Keep it cozy in Energetiks Australian made 100% Merino Wool warm up range. Designed to lock in warmth and regulate your body temperature so you can move with freedom!
Sydney will premiere the musical CHICAGO
Sydney has secured the 2019 premiere of the multi-award winning, record breaking musical CHICAGO. Produced in Australia by John Frost and Suzanne Jones, this Australian production will premiere from August 20 at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre.
Australian Youth Dance Festival announces 10th Festival
The biennial Australian Youth Dance Festival announces an incredible program of workshops, performances and panels for its 10th Festival taking place in Melbourne from 7 – 12 July.
Waitress the musical is coming to Sydney in 2020
Just announced! Waitress the acclaimed broadway musical is coming to Sydney in 2020, and audition registrations are now open until May 26.
West Side Story gets rave reviews
Opera Australia, GWB Entertainment and BB Group production of WEST SIDE STORY opened in Melbourne to rave reviews. Prior to an International Tour and a Season at the Sydney Opera House from 16 August 2019.
Game Theory at Dream Big Festival
As part of the DREAM BIG FESTIVAL, Adelaide will enjoy Game Theory this May 22nd to 24th at Adelaide Festival Centre. Game Theory is a 20 minute dance performance in which order and precision give way to chaos, havoc and a whole lot of mess.
Arts House to host two deadly artists
This May during YIRRAMBOI, Melbourne’s extraordinary First Nations multi-genre arts and cultural festival, Arts House will host two deadly artists at pointedly different moments in their careers between May 8-12th – Vicki Van Hout and Joel Bray.
RAD call for contributions: Shaping Bodies, Shaping Minds
The Royal Academy of Dance Australia has announced it will host its third international conference Shaping Bodies, Shaping Minds January 18 – 19 2020, and is calling for contributions for global dance education.
The National Theatre Ballet School Presents 80th Gala
For the first time in Australian History, in a one night only performance on June 29th 2019, experience the magnificence of The Australian Ballet, Queensland Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Victoria State Ballet, Melbourne City Ballet, alumni, special guests and new works by Artistic Director Damian Smith to name a few, at The National Theatre Ballet School's 80th Diamond Gala.
Tracks Dance Co. seeks 100 locals for project
Tracks Dance Company in Darwin, NT invites locals to be a “tourist” in their own city and join Darwin’s largest community dance event. The troupe is seeking 100 people (no dance experience necessary) to join them in a dance that takes a cheeky look at the dry season tourists in Darwin.
2019 Alana Haines Australasian Awards
Soon the 2019 Alana Haines Australasian Awards will take place in Wellington, New Zealand. Set for Easter Weekend on April 18 - 22, the ballet competition boasts a prize pool of more than $450,000, including cash awards, international training scholarships and travel grants.
Inaugural EDC Youth Ensemble production
Queensland’s Expressions Dance Company (EDC) recently announced that its new EDC Youth Ensemble will debut Saturday, May 4 at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, located at 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley.
Paris Opera Ballet productions in cinemas
Since 2009, Palace Opera & Ballet has given Australian arts-lovers exclusive access to current-season productions from Europe’s finest stages. Thanks to them, balletomanes can enjoy screenings of full-length shows from top companies only weeks after they were presented live on stage! Up next, Palace Opera & Ballet will screen two recent Paris Opera Ballet productions, both featuring choreography by Rudolf Nureyev.
IBW offers prizes to winter registrants
Student dancers, are you registered already for the International Ballet Workshops Winter 2019 "Balanchine Series”? The tour will visit Brisbane on June 30-July 2, Melbourne on July 4-6, Perth on July 9-11, Auckland (NZ) on July 14-16, and Sydney on July 18-20. Those registered are entered to win some amazing prizes. If you haven’t registered yet, you have till April 18 to be entered to win something from the earlybird prize pool!
Elite young artists set to shine in premiere
Southern Cross Soloists (SXS) are collaborating with new elite pre-professional dance company, Method X Performance Centre (MXPC), to present the world premiere of an original work, Cerulean.
Register now for AUS Ballet School Auditions
Registration is underway for The Australian Ballet School’s annual National Audition Tour. The tour is conducted from June to August each year, and online enrolments conclude about three weeks prior.
2019 Bleach* Program heralds new era
Bleach* cements itself as The Gold Coast Festival in 2019 with a program that promises to be the premier arts and cultural event’s most captivating yet. The eighth annual festival runs from April 17-28 and heralds a new era for the Gold Coast while celebrating its unique rituals and culture.
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