Dance News

Royal Caribbean cruise line is casting for its Broadway production of CHICAGO the Musical. Auditions will be held in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in October.

Cmr Leigh Johns, Chairman of The Australian Ballet School, has announced recruitment plans for the next director of the school of The Australian Ballet. The commencement of the recruitment process follows the decision of current Director Marilyn Rowe OBE to retire at the end of 2014.

Starring everyday blokes of the Pilbara, Men of the Red Earth is part of the groundbreaking 2013 season of the Ausdance initiative Future Landings, which aims to bring contemporary dance to the most remote destinations in Western Australia. This performance takes place in Point Samson on Wednesday 18 September, and Karratha on Friday 20 September.

Deakin University Motion.Lab invites dance artists, creative collaborators, choreographers and industry commentators to discuss the nature of choreographic process as it is integrated with new technologies. This industry-led research project is set for Tuesday 24 September from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Deakin Motion.Lab in Burwood.

Cirque du Soleil® is urgently seeking a professional male dancer for the resident show The Beatles Love, in Las Vegas. Applicants must have strong hip-hop technique (popping and b-boying).

Blossom the Energetiks Fairy has lost her magic sparkling pointe shoes! Have you seen them anywhere?  If you see them tell Energetiks via Instagram or email and you could win a $250 Dancers Wardrobe, and perhaps even the sparkly pointe shoes!

Dance Informa will be attending the Dance Education in Australian Schools (DEAS) conference this Thurs and Fri, Sept 26 and 27. DI journalist Grace Edwards will be asking representatives from the Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Restless Dance Theatre and Tasdance their thoughts on the future of dance. We invite you to help spread the word and join in the discussion by sharing and ‘liking’ these mini-interviews, which will be posted here on the DanceInforma.com.au homepage, and on the DI Facebook and Twitter feeds. Comments will be highlighted on the Facebook pages of both Ausdance and Dance Informa, and one lucky person with the best comments will WIN a Year's Free Ausdance VIC Membership! 

Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to study dance in the United States! The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) offers programmes for Australian dancers to train in both New York City and Los Angeles. AMDA is holding auditions in Melbourne and Sydney this month.

Australian theatre producer John Frost recently announced that his Tony Award-winning production of The King and I is the next Rogers and Hammerstein masterpiece to be presented in Australia by the Gordon Frost Organisation and Opera Australia. It will open in Brisbane in April 2014, then visit Melbourne in June and Sydney in September.

A true masterpiece of the ballet repertoire, Onegin will be presented by the West Australian Ballet for the first time this month, beginning 20 September and running through 5 October. Inspired by Alexander Pushkin’s great novel, choreographer John Cranko reinterprets this compelling tale.

Australian Dance Theatre will present a commissioned work by company dancer Daniel Jaber at the Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art at the University of South Australia on 25 - 27 September. Titled Nought, Jaber’s work is an experiential performance where the audience is taken through a process of discovery.

Melbourne-based contemporary dance company Lucy Guerin Inc. will tour Lucy Guerin’s Weather to North America this October and November. The company will first visit three U.S. cities before venturing to Canada.