Ok, so theatres and studios are still closed, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy epic Aussie dance! Here's a list of great online classes and performances you can engage with from the comfort of your home this week.
In response to COVID-19 Tasdance has launched an innovative way to keep its students and anyone else interested in dance, moving and grooving. Tasdance was the first contemporary dance company in Australia to offer on-line dance classes. Since mid-March, Tasdance has been offering between eight (8) to ten (10) FREE online classes in Contemporary Dance, Ballet and Hip Hop. All the classes are available to anyone who can connect to the internet.
Following advice received from the Federal Government to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Melbourne season of Magic Mike Live has been postponed.
Dance Central in NSW went online live on 6 April 2020, with your favourite Sydney teachers delivering their rare passion, style and moves straight to your living room.
Calling all budding young dance/actor/filmmakers! National theatre company Bell Shakespeare is excited to announce a film festival where students are in the director’s seat.
The Australian Ballet free cinema-quality digital season brings their full-length performances to Australians at home. Ballet is powerful magic. It can draw you out of your lounge room and into forests and castles and starry skies. It can make you forget your worries and feel the freedom and exhilaration of unbridled leaps and lifts.
Live Performance Australia (LPA) has announced with deep regret the annual Helpmann Awards will not be presented in 2020.
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.
PAC Australia says government funding must come now to save the arts sector. The call comes further to the Meeting of Cultural Ministers last week which failed to make an assistance package available.
Performance Medicine remains open during COVID-19 but for those who are unable to get into see the team in person, you can now access your favourite Physiotherapists, Myotherapists and Massage Therapists from your own lounge room or home office. There’s something for everyone! Andrew Pilcher, Senior Physiotherapist from the Performance Medicine team shares that "sessions are effective, a ray of hope for someone in isolation right now and a chance for people to get better from the comfort of their own home".
Performing Arts Connections Australia have said that performing arts centres across the country are dealing with the prospect of ongoing, long-term shutdowns, with the extension of the ban on events and gatherings across the country due to COVID19 affecting ongoing viability of performing arts centres.
Director and Producer, BONNIE LYTHGOE is delighted to announce she has cast ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Judge TRISTAN MACMANUS to play the role of ‘The Prince’ and one Australia’s favourite performers RHONDA BURCHMORE returns for her second Panto to play ‘The Queen’. Young, up and coming performer ANASTASIA FENERI also returns for her second panto to play ‘Snow White’. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS will this year play exclusively at the all-new Sydney Coliseum Theatre, West HQ from Friday 3 to Sunday 12 July.
