Cirque du Soleil is urgently seeking a professional male dancer for an immediate contract for the resident show The Beatles: LOVE in Las Vegas. The creator requires a male dancer of European heritage who is 5’ 10’’ or above with strong hip-hop technique. The open audition will be at Chelsea Studios in New York City on Monday, December 9.
Josephine Weise is one of only 25 dancers from around Australia and New Zealand to have been selected to take part in Sydney Dance Company’s inaugural Pre-Professional Year program in 2014. This gifted 17 year old has just graduated from the Queensland Dance School of Excellence (QDSE), where she also completed her Year 12 Certificate of Education through Kelvin Grove State College.
RAW Dance Company will bring audiences across Australia two high-energy shows and a master class program in 2014. RAW will tour two full-length productions to Australian schools – RAWCrew, a high-energy, hip-hop performance, and Bang! Crash! Tap!, a percussive, beatbox and tap extravaganza – and will also offers its award-winning master classes for schools, dance studios and councils.
Internationally acclaimed flamenco artist Andres Peña Moron from Jerez, Spain will offer evening flamenco dance workshops in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide in December. Acknowledged as a master of bulerias de Jerez and many other flamenco styles, Andres will bring warmth, creativity and intelligence to his teaching, as well as his beautiful singing voice.
Due to popular demand and wide-spread critical acclaim, producer George Youakim has announced that the season of the devilishly cheeky, fun-filled Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has been extended to December 8 at Sydney’s Theatre Royal. New performances are now on sale.
The Darwin School of Ballet will present Les Grandes Classiques on Saturday 23 November at 6:30 p.m. at Darwin Entertainment Centre. In this production, local dancers will present a tapestry of classical ballet showcasing the journey of dance from class work to audition to the final curtain bow. The show features elegant swans, beautiful budding ballerinas, stylish Spanish dancers and a colourful array of costumes.
STEPS Youth Dance Company will celebrate 25 years in 2014! A professional dance company that works with and for young people, STEPS seeks to activate dancers’ inner artist. The company has recently announced that it will be holding auditions on Sunday 24 November to select 60 young dancers for next year’s program.
Since EMPIRE by Spiegelworld opened its Australian tour in Sydney in January this year, it has been seen by over 130,000 people around the country with rave reviews, sold out performances and standing ovations. Now Spiegelworld has announced that EMPIRE will return to Sydney’s Entertainment Quarter from January 7, 2014.
Tasdance's summer dance intensive, Exposure, will return in January. Led by Tasdance Rehearsal Director and former Australian Dance Theatre dancer, Kialea-Nadine Williams, Exposure is an opportunity for dancers to expand their technical ability and performance skills. It culminates in an informal performance in front of industry leaders and potential employers.
After months of auditions, Director Baz Luhrmann has announced that the exhaustive search for the ideal ‘triple threat’ to play the pivotal lead role of Scott Hastings in Strictly Ballroom the Musical is over. The “role of a lifetime” has been given to 20-year-old Thomas Lacey, best known as Ben Tickle in the ABC TV hit dance show Dance Academy.
Featuring some of Australia’s biggest names in live entertainment and musical theatre, the Rob Guest Endowment Gala Concert, presented by ANZ Private, is at the Sydney Lyric Theatre for one night only on Monday 25 November. Tickets are now on sale and selling fast to this special and unique event featuring established stars of the Australian musical theatre and entertainment industry.
The West Australian Dance Awards (WADAs) recognise and celebrate the achievements of the West Australian dance community in the areas of performance, choreography, technology, service, teaching and community. The 2013 WADAs will be held at the Luxe Bar at the Bamboo Amphitheatre in Perth on Wednesday, November 27 at 6:30 p.m. The list of finalists has recently been announced.
