Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne.28 August 2024. There was something in the air on opening night of Bangarra Dance Theatre’s latest work, Horizon, the company’s first international collaboration featuring Australian and New Zealand stories. From the excited chatter in the theatre foyer to the audience cheers following a very special Welcome To Country, by the time the […]

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As a universal language, dance transcends borders and cultures, fostering a vibrant exchange of creative energy. This principle lies at the heart of the upcoming workshop led by Victor Zarallo and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa – two esteemed figures in the international dance community. Select pre-professional dancers are in for an unforgettable treat and one that […]

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Applications are now open for Bangarra Dance Theatre’s 2025 Russell Page Graduate dancer(s), as well as professionally contracted dancer position(s). Applications will close on 2 September, with auditions held at Bangarra’s studio on Gadigal Country in Sydney’s Walsh Bay Arts Precinct on Tuesday 17 September. The Russell Page Graduate Program provides opportunities for Aboriginal and […]

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Book: Dance Cultures Around the WorldAuthor: Lynn E. Frederiksen and Shih-Ming Li Chang, Human Kinetics, July 2023. Edited by Lynn E. Frederiksen and Shih-Ming Li Chang, Dance Cultures Around the World is a major dance reference book. Large, thick and heavy, it is extensively researched and includes maps, timelines and many illustrations. It is divided […]

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Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia has announced the successful conclusion of its fifth international biannual conference, Dancing into the Future; practices, insights & innovations. The event, held from January 19-21, brought together dance professionals, educators and enthusiasts from all corners of Australia and further afield internationally, both in-person and virtually. The conference began with […]

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Adelaide Festival unveils Time to Talk, a series of roundtable discussions that will take place throughout February and March. Panellists will include artists participating in the 2024 Adelaide Festival program, along with key industry figures. The series will open with Decolonising Culture, chaired by Adelaide Festival Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie CBE and with panellists Jacob Boehme […]

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How would you feel if your home was being erased? Inundated. For most, this is a rhetorical question; yet, for the people of the Torres Strait (and in places like Tuvalu and Bangladesh), it is existential. The ocean is rising. Homelands are disappearing. Zoom closer, dig deeper, and we meet people whose countries are being […]

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Australia’s leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, is delighted to announce the world-premiere of its first ever mainstage cross-cultural collaboration, Horizon. This powerful new work from two of the world’s great First Nations choreographers, will premiere at the Sydney Opera House in June before touring across Australia in 2024. […]

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When it comes to professional development, as educators, we want to be sure we are spending our precious free time on something engaging, informative and relevant to us. Vitality Teacher Conference at Energetiks VDF is always chock full of inspiring seminars, Q&As and practical workshops, meaning we walk away from a full day of learning […]

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Arts Centre, Melbourne.29 September 2023.  In her first year as the Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre, Frances Rings was always going to be tested. Stepping into the role vacated by the company’s founding father and longtime guiding light, Stephen Page, and bringing new work to the stage at a moment of highly charged political fracture, have likely made for a […]

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