Dance News

Inspired Dance Film Fest Australia

Inspired Dance Film Fest Australia: Creative Choreography and Filmmaking will take Center Stage in Australia’s Newest Nationwide Dance on Film Festival 8 November 2020 at Hoyts Cinema Paris, Entertainment Quarter, Sydney. Inspired Dance Film Fest Australia is a nationwide dance on film festival, providing a platform for dancers, choreographers, and filmmakers to explore their creativity on film. The Festival is a fusion of dance and film, combining the two genres of artistic expression to showcase choreography in a short film format. Whilst the focus is on nurturing Australian talent, International submissions are also included.

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Premiere of Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities in Melbourne

Dance Informa was at the Melbourne premiere of Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities on March 12th under the Big Top, Flemington Racecourse. The show is Cirque du Soleil’s 35th production since 1984. KURIOS™ – Cabinet of Curiosities has a cast of 46 artists from 16 different countries. About 60% of the artists have already worked with Cirque du Soleil before. The show will head to Adelaide from late May and then to Perth in July 2020. Cabinets of curiosities are the ancestors of museums, also known as cabinet of wonder in the Renaissance Europe. Aristocrats, members of the merchant class and early practitioners of science formed collections of historical relics, works of art or mysterious travel souvenirs or artefacts. 

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Jack Frost: the new Australian Musical

Jack Frost: the new Australian Musical written by Joseph May-Dessmann starring Tayla Muir (Australian Premiere of 'Decoration Day', 'Dreamsong'), Callum Andreas ('Memphis' and 'Lea Salonga: in Concert') and featuring Samm Hagen ('Legally Blonde', 'Ghost') premieres in Melbourne on March 17th at the St Martins Arts Centre in South Yarra.

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Rumbia Festival of Latin Dance

 RUMBIA Join the party Friday 20 March - Sunday 22 March, 2020 in Prahan Melbourne! Come together and fall in love all over again with a festival designed to teach, inspire and celebrate Latin dance and music.Pack your dance shoes, ready your best party outfits and get ready to join us for the first ever RUMBIA Festival of Latin Dance.

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Harry Potter break ground in Melbourne

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has established a new standard for blockbuster plays in Australia, drawing more than 325,000 attendees through the doors of the Princess Theatre in a run now entering its second year. Opening to rave reviews 12 months ago, the production officially celebrated its first birthday on Sunday, 1 March. Meet their new cast members, see their special plaque unveil and go behind the scenes with the Creative Team of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Melbourne by watching their exclusive videos and listening to the latest episodes of their podcast ‘Front Row’. To celebrate, brand new tickets are now on sale.

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International Dance Day Adelaide

Adelaide is gearing up for International Dance 2020. There will be a Major Flash MOB, Pop-up Flash Mobs and other exciting dance events. The launch of the Major Flash Mob will be at the Adelaide City Council Town Hall on the 20 March at 5:30pm. This is for teachers who are interested in coming to learn The Major Flash Mob to teach in their school.

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Marquee TV launches in Australia and New Zealand

U.K. based Marquee TV, a multi-genre performing arts streaming service, have announced its launch into the Australian and New Zealand markets with its full slate of programming available on the web, iOS, Android, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV. This recent launch shortly follows its U.K. debut in 2018 and successful expansion into the U.S. market in 2019.

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