Time is running out to see former dancer Anne Scott Wilson's exhibition at The Museum of Brisbane. MoB opened the multidisciplinary artist’s exhibit entitled “Every Day I Wait” in November and it will close April 15. It’s open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in the East Gallery, with two extra hours allotted on Friday evenings.
Energetiks has just released its latest youth activewear collection, Avatar. Just in time for autumn, the collection combines rich jewel tones and bold botanical blooms to make a striking statement this season. The entire collection features Energetiks’ signature ProForm Ultra™ fabric, which utilises compression technology.
The inaugural Australia Samba Congress (ASC) will take place in Sydney in April and is a groundbreaking event for Brazilian arts and culture. From the producers of the International Samba Congress in Los Angeles, Brasil Samba Congress in Rio, Gafieira Brasil and Samba Internacional, the ASC is the first event of its kind to hit Australian shores. It will bring together dance and fitness enthusiasts from around Australia and NZ.
It was 40 years ago in 1978 that Canberra Dance Theatre (CDT) was born. In 2018, the world-class studio celebrates its 40th birthday with a special project that will culminate in three performances at The Street Theatre on October 12-14.
Indigenous-owned NT Dance Company has become a central part of the Northern Territory’s artistic community. It is continuing to grow and will soon bring on a part-time general manager. It recently performed Milnjiya, Milky Way — River of Stars at the 2018 Perth Festival.
For the first time ever, Italy’s celebrated Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company will perform in Australia – and only in Brisbane. As part of its International Series, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will present this world-renowned ballet company from November 7-18, 2018.
Flamenco and Spanish Dance expert Paloma Gómez has returned to Perth and is currently teaching technique classes and choreography at Casa Del Compás School of Spanish Dance. Her exquisite style and technique, together with her gift of bringing out the best in students, promises a wonderful dance experience across all levels.
Australian choreographer and creative director Joshua Horner has announced an online auction of his most precious dance shoes to benefit Australian student dancers. Bid on the shoes now, as the deadline is March 23!
Broadway producers Junkyard Dog Productions and Rodney Rigby have announced that casting for the Australian production of the Broadway musical Come From Away, to open in Melbourne at the Comedy Theatre in July 2019, will begin this May in Melbourne and Sydney.
West Australian Ballet has an exciting opportunity for young female dancers to be involved in the upcoming season of La Sylphide. All applicants must register online by Monday, March 19 at 5 p.m. (AWST).
Are you already registered for the International Ballet Workshops Winter 2018 "Classics to Contemporary" Series? The tour schedule includes workshops in Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Auckland, NZ in July. If you register for a workshop by midnight on March 19, you'll go in the draw for fabulous prizes!
The Broadway, West End and international sensation STOMP is back, and it promises to be better than ever! Following a sell-out visit in 2013, STOMP returns to Australia with its unstoppable energy. The show will tour to Melbourne, the Gold Coast, Adelaide and Sydney from May to August.
Machi Adventure: Step Into My Home, an immersive theatre and dance show, will soon take participants on an adventure across Chippendale, a hip Sydney neighborhood. This “machi” adventure, which translates to “city adventure”, will see four Japanese artists take over a mystery location and breathe life into everyday spaces with the power of performance, ranging from experimental dance to solo theatre.
Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) recently announced an exciting and unique partnership with one of the best-known names in luxury international travel. ADT is one of four iconic Australian brands approached by Cunard to participate in the cruise line’s record season Down Under in Feb. and March 2019.
The 2018 Keir Choreographic Awards finalists have been announced following the Semi-Finals at Dancehouse in Melbourne on March 6-10. The four finalists will perform in the final series at Carriageworks in Sydney this weekend, from March 15–17.
Entries will soon close for this year’s Sydney Eisteddfod events. Dancers can enter the categories for ballet, jazz, contemporary, demi-character and modern expressive/lyrical through March 13. The big Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship Finals are scheduled for Sunday, August 26 this year. Then the Sydney Eisteddfod Dance of Champions is set for Sunday, September 23.
The 10th Annual Melbourne Latin Festival (MLF) will be held over Easter weekend, from Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 1. It will be presented in a new venue, Williamstown Town Hall in VIC. In addition to all the workshops led by international faculty members, MLF will feature leading Latin dancers strutting their stuff onstage.
Queensland Ballet recently moved into the next phase of its plans to redevelop its home in Brisbane’s West End to become a world-class ballet facility. Through March 12 plans will be open to public submissions during the design approvals phase.
The 2018 Australian Independent Dance Teacher Awards (AIDTA) will take place this Friday, March 9 at the John Curtin College of the Arts in Perth, WA. The dance community is invited to come and support the hard-working teachers and celebrate them in a night of awards and dance performances.
Lion Heart Dance Company in Melbourne has launched Next Steps, a professional development program for early to mid-career dancers. With the goal of up-skilling the professional practice of these dancers, this unique initiative will provide the 12 selected applicants with the opportunity to learn and develop practical business skills in round-table style lectures.
All Saints' College's arts initiative, The HotHouse Company, is partnering with Chunky Move, a contemporary dance company based in Melbourne, on a residency program in 2018. This month, they'll present two workshops specifically for dance students and teachers.
Adam G. Sevani, widely known as "Moose" from the Step Up film series, is currently touring Australia, leading master classes in various cities. By the end of his tour, he will have visited Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Perth and Adelaide.
I Can Move, a movement education organisation focused on evidence-based techniques from the fields of Psychology, Pilates and the Franklin Method, will soon offer its first Cueing the Dancer workshop for 2018. Coming up this Sunday, March 4, this is the organisation’s signature workshop, Pelvis & Plié.
Australia’s renowned performing arts institution, The McDonald College, will be holding its annual Entry Auditions, commencing in April 2018. Building on over 31 years as both an academic and performance icon, the College will be recruiting students who have an interest in either acting, ballet, dance, music or musical theatre for their primary and secondary school.
Dance Informa is excited to once again partner with the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City to host a Summer Scholarship Contest! Now through April 15, dancers can enter to win one of 21 scholarships at www.danceinforma.us/ballet-scholarships.
Polish dancer Alek Paliński will lead a special Contemporary Fusion Workshop at Brisbane's Mad Dance House on March 5. Paliński, who lives and works out of Los Angeles on a O-1 Artist Visa, is currently on tour in Australia with modern burlesque icon Dita Von Teese.
The U.K.’s critically-acclaimed show Beyond The Barricade, a glittering concert of musical showstoppers, will make its debut in Australia this year, touring to 24 cities from June 1. It stars past principal performers from Les Misérables in the West End and on U.K. tour.
Western Australia’s contemporary dance company Co3 recently announced that its hit show Frank Enstein will return to the State Theatre Centre of WA in 2018. After a sell-out season in 2017, Frank Enstein will be presented anew with local artists taking the big stage.
This year has started with a bang for Australian choreographer Tim Podesta with his new work Shadow Aspect being nominated for five awards and winning Best New Ballet Production at the recent Wales Theatre Awards. Podesta, who began a collaboration with Principal Dancer Mara Galeazzi in 2015, dubbed M&T In Motion, now looks ahead to new projects.
With the first two weeks already sold out, award-winning production company Blue Saint Productions has announced an additional week of performances for the upcoming season of In The Heights. The Sydney season of the Tony Award-winning musical at the Hayes Theatre Co has now been extended until April 15.
