The official opening of WXYZ Studios earlier this month heralds a new era for Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI) and creates a valuable resource for contemporary dance communities. Conveniently located in North Melbourne and with two studios purpose-designed for dance, WXYZ Studios will be a unique hub for experimental, contemporary dance in Melbourne and beyond.
FORM Dance Projects in Western Sydney has announced an Audition Call for dancers, aged 15–25, to be part of a professional ensemble of 12 dancers, under the direction of choreographer Emma Saunders, on a large-scale festival production entitled Encounter, to be presented in 2019-2020. Auditions will be Wednesday, November 21 from 4:30–6 p.m.
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia has announced that its annual ballet Awards Day in Western Australia will now be named after local dance figure Diana de Vos-Beck. The inaugural Diana de Vos OAM MA FRAD Awards, which sees over 100 young dance students from across the state compete, will take place on November 25, 2018.
This month, Australia’s First Nations dance competition Dance Rites will return to the Sydney Opera House Forecourt for a free, two-day nationwide celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island dance and cultures. Taking place on the weekend of 24-25 November, Dance Rites 2018 draws together some 300 performers representing nations from across the country, including the APY Lands, Far North Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania.
NAISDA Dance College, Australia's premier Indigenous dance college, is partnering with Carriageworks for the fifth consecutive year from Wednesday, November 21 to Saturday, November 24 to present StoryPlace. NAISDA’s 2018 Sydney season will honour Indigenous women and the female creative force inherent in our landscape, art and stories today.
Due to popular demand, FORM Dance Projects in Western Sydney has launched another six-week program of lunchtime dance classes specifically designed for seniors. The sessions are led by Diane Busuttil and aim to get the blood flowing and the body dancing.
Scimm Dance Company in Melbourne will soon present Senseless State, created by Founders and Directors Scott Pokorny and Tim Barnes, at The Skydeck Theatre. The double bill will feature Insensate and Sensory.
The 2018 Rob Guest Endowment Finalists were announced last month as Annie Aitken, Joel Granger, Todd Jacobsson, Courtney Monsma, Ashleigh Rubenach and Lyndon Watts. Competing against over 200 applicants, these six outstanding artists were chosen by an expert panel of judges and will soon be further considered at an invitation-only Presentation on Monday, November 19. The main prize up for grabs is worth $20,000.
Dive into the Perth Festival this summer to celebrate the unique brilliance and beauty of Perth as it shares extraordinary experiences with some of the greatest artists and performers from around the world. The festival is back to try and make Perth hotter than ever in 2019. World premieres proudly stamped “Made in WA” plan to surprise and delight alongside many of the greatest names in international dance, theatre, circus, music, film, literature and the visual arts.
Charlie Bucket has been found and he has a Golden Ticket! Producers John Frost, Craig Donnell, Warner Bros Theatre Ventures, Langley Park Productions and Neal Street Productions recently announced the four boys who will play the role of Charlie in the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical. Roald Dahl’s delicious tale will be playing only in Sydney at the Capitol Theatre from January 5, 2019.
New York Dance Project, a professional and pre-professional dance company in NYC, will soon hold Masterclass Auditions in Southern Sydney for dancers wishing to learn from Co-Founder and Artistic Director Davis Robertson and to apply for entry to one of NYDP’s 2019 Summer Intensives.
After much deliberation, Prix de Lausanne has selected 71 dancers from its 363 video applicants. Along with nine pre-selected candidates, a total of 80 dancers will take part in the 47th edition of the world-renowned competition in Switzerland from February 3-10. Nine are from Australia.
Western Australia’s flagship contemporary dance company, Co3 Australia, recently announced the appointment of Alana Culverhouse as its new Executive Director. Culverhouse joins Co3 with more than two decades in the arts sector.
Wakakirri, the largest performing arts event for primary and secondary schools in Australia, has announced the National Story of the Year Winner. Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College (TLSC), Tumbi Umbi Campus has claimed the Secondary Title!
A second intake has been announced for Sydney Dance Company’s new Senior Contemporary Dance Program at The McDonald College in North Strathfield, Sydney. Due to high demand, a second intake has been announced for those interested in joining its 2019 program, which is open to students in Years 10-12 wishing to develop into creative, forward-thinking contemporary dance artists. Auditions will be held a few weeks from now. Registrations for Intake Two close November 2.
Get ready! Officials from Norwegian Creative Studios will be back in Australia in a matter of days! In case you missed our first announcement, they’ll be auditioning in Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne for female and male dancers and vocalists!
LINK Dance Company, a pre-professional troupe attached to the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, will present a selection of works by Australian choreographers Richard Cilli, Emma Fishwick, Tobiah Booth-Remmers and Michael Whaites at Dancehouse, Melbourne in November.
After more than a decade at the much-loved Batman Street studio, Lucy Guerin Inc is ready to move into its new home in North Melbourne: WXYZ Studios - a new hub for contemporary dance-making. The public is welcome to visit from Monday, November 5.
Popular Australian dance and activewear brand Energetiks recently unveiled its first-ever PJ collection! Now dancers are invited to not just dream big with Energetiks during the day and in the dance studio, but at night and as they sleep!
Transit Dance Artistic Director Paul Malek has announced a brand-new high school alternative for students serious about dance! The Transit Origins Academy will cater to exceptional young dance artists who are at Year 9 to 12 secondary school education level. Auditions are scheduled for Saturday, November 10.
Dancers who will be aged 9 to 21 as of April 1, 2019 are invited to audition this Sunday, October 21 for a project-based collective in Brisbane. RB Corp. Instruction's first original work, The Hive, is set to premiere in Brisbane in September 2019 and dancers are now being recruited.
Rambert, together with world-renowned choreographer Lloyd Newson, is looking for male dancers for the re-creation of DV8’s Enter Achilles. An open audition will be held this Sunday, October 21 in Sydney!
Queensland Ballet is giving one lucky boy or girl the chance to appear in its production The Nutcracker at QPAC this December. Enter the Suncorp Wish Upon a Ballet Star competition now for your chance to win!
The Australia Council has committed $750k over three years to support sustainable careers and to recognise the artistic excellence of artists with disability. Australia Council CEO Tony Grybowski made the announcement last month at Meeting Place, the national forum on arts and disability, saying this was a priority.
This month, Royal Caribbean Productions will tour Australia and visit New Zealand in search of dancers and singers with that “wow” factor. From October 18, cruise line officials will be auditioning performers in Melbourne, Gold Coast, Sydney and Wellington. Would you like to perform while travelling the world? This just might be your big break!
The curtain goes up soon on Natalie Weir's final work as Artistic Director of Expressions Dance Company. EDC, one of Queensland's leading contemporary dance theatre companies, will perform alongside the community dancers from WaW Dance and the astounding acapella vocals by The Australian Voices.
Ausdance Victoria recently released findings from a three-month study entitled Leading Teaching Dance to Aging Populations. Led by Ausdance Victoria’s Director of Education and Lifelong Learning, Dr. Katrina Rank, this report aims to contextualise Victorian programs within the national and global trend to provide dance experiences to older people and to prepare the industry for future demand.
Melbourne dancers, get ready to shop till you drop! Capezio Mornington has announced a HUGE Warehouse Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, October 13 and 14! You can snag items for up to 80 percent off!
Artistic Director Michael Pappalardo has now announced Melbourne City Ballet’s sixth season. 2019 will bring “A Touch of Magic” - featuring some of the company’s most popular repertoire, two new ballets for the organisation, an international tour and its largest national tour to date.
The Sydney Eisteddfod Dance of Champions jury and audience delivered its verdict for 2018 on Sunday 23 September, announcing The McDonald College as the winner of the Jury Vote and Pymble Ladies' College of the Peoples Choice Award.
