Dance News

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

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!

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.

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.

The Australian Dance Festival has announced its dates for this year's event.
16th– 18th Sept, 2011
Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre
With dance workshops, performances and dance competitions, the CLEAN&CLEAR® Australian Dance Festival at Sydney Olympic Park promises to be a celebration of Australia's best in dance.  

Did you know that Dance Informa is Australia’s most popular dance magazine, with the largest dance subscription base in the country?

Dance Informa is now the leading dance information source in Australia.
Dance Informa is also home to Australia’s most popular dance media website!

Liaoning Ballet’s exquisite balletic retelling of The Last Emperor, based on the astonishing life of China’s Last Emperor Puyi and choreographed by Ivan Cavallari, is touring Australia throughout June and July this year.

After fifteen years as Artistic Director and CEO of leading Australian and world-renowned dance company, Chunky Move, Gideon Obarzanek has announced that he will be stepping down at the end of 2011 to pursue other freelance opportunities in dance and other art forms. While he will continue to work on touring productions in an associate director capacity the following year, he will hand over to a new Artistic Director and CEO at the beginning of 2012.

Gideon Obarzanek, Artistic Director says, “Chunky Move has literally been the greater part of my adult life. The organisation has allowed me extraordinary creative flexibility on so many different, unique and exciting projects with an array of inspiring artists. So now, having considered my future departure, it feels as though I will be strangely uncoupling from a significant part of myself. I do however want to realise some future ideas and adventures independently and it is time for me to create that opportunity. Dance has been such an inspiring art form for me and it is my hope that Chunky Move continues to reinvent and push the boundaries of what dance can be within our ever-evolving contemporary culture.”