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Hear from SYTYCD star Timomatic Omaji, Tap Dog Jesse Rassmusen and Melbourne's contemporary king Paul Malek. There's a great feature article discussing Full Time Dance, as well as Pointe Shoe Advice for all our ballet readers. There's teacher tips and resources, news on the latest dance events, festivals and more. Make sure you sign up above to receive Dance Informa magazine in your inbox. Join Australia's largest dance readership today!

The new season of America’s Best Dance Crew has started in the States and for the first time ever the competition includes a team from outside the USA – and they’re from New Zealand! Right from the first episode Auckland’s all girl crew ReQuest have hit hard and wowed the judges. Currently riding high as the 2010-2011 World Hip Hop Dance Champions, Request is a crew to watch.

Project Y, Melbourne’s fresh and exciting new youth dance company will be holding auditions for 2 brand new works to premiere in June 2011! They are looking for dancers from all styles and genres.
Check out the AUDITIONS tab for all the details.

Princess Cruise Lines, Mystic Ballet USA and Ajkun Ballet Theatre are all visitng Aus in the next few months to audition our dancers for their international opportunities! Make sure you check out the AUDITIONS pages for all the details. Good luck!

Global Dance Convention faculty member Alison Faulk has a new role as Supervising Choreographer for the upcoming Britney Spears US tour. Alison, a versatile dancer, and teacher has made the smooth transition into choreography working with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Victoria Justice, Gina Katon and the award winning P!nk Funhouse Tour. Alison will be replaced at GDC this year by fellow Beat Freak and choreographer Teresa Espinosa.  Barry Youngblood, Gregg Russell, Gustavo Vargas, and newest faculty member Gina Starbuck will complete the team. GDC takes place at the Olympic Park Sports Centre, Sydney on April 16-17.

Flow City Australian Dance Convention starts this Friday in Melbourne before visiting Adelaide, Sydney, the Gold Coast and Brisbane! If you're looking for fun, inspiration, fresh new moves and the chance to learn from the BEST- lookout for Flow City in your city this week.  Some classes have sold out, but there’s still a chance to get involved. Visit www.flowcity.com.au

Have you ever dreamt of the custom-made shoes like those worn by the principal dancers?

Energetiks has just released a new range of Pointe shoes. Each model is hand made in Russia.
Energetiks will achieve your dream because their shoes have been made considering the dancers’ individual features and desires. The extended collection offers thousands of choices in each size, so your final selection will be customized just for you. Energetiks pointe shoes will be available in store mid May 2011.

The Australian Ballet is joining forces with its In Schools Partner NAB to present its flagship education program to even more primary school students than ever before. The 2011 Out There - The Australian Ballet in schools program has been officially launched!

Tasdance is celebrating it's 30th year with 'Tasdancing' - a photomedia exhibition by Jen Brown in the new Gallery at UTAS' Newnham Campus. The exhibition consists of around 25 prints created from photos taken of the 2010 and 2011 Tasdance seasons and will be on show at the NEW Gallery, UTAS Newnham Campus between Thursday 31 March (opening 6pm) and Wed 13 May.

8-10 April, Darebin Arts Centre, Preston
3 nights of parties, 2 days of workshops, 150 dancers, 50 workshops and 60 hours of absolute fun featuring celebrity dancers from SYTYCD and Dancing With the Stars! Melbourne Latin Festival, now in its third year running, is one of Melbourne’s largest Latin dance events. The festival features daily workshops that cater for the complete novice right through to advanced professional in a variety of Latin genres with some of the best Latin DJs and live bands.

Descendance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dance Theatre has toured Hawaii for seven successive years, but the 2011 tour will now be remembered for the tsunami which was due to hit the islands on Friday March 11th at 3am, in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake. Honolulu was in a state of frenzy as sirens and public announcements roared throughout the city with warnings of the coming tsunami. Descendance performers kept their composure throughout the ordeal and the wave eventually lost momentum on its journey across the Pacific before it reached the shores of Waikiki.