Last year, Vitality Dance Teacher Conference at Victorian Dance Festival (VDF) introduced free online professional development sessions for dance educators to keep them feeling ‘refreshed’ between conferences. This year, Dance Teacher Refresh returns with a duo of sessions focussed specifically on you as dance educators. Following a recent survey conducted with educators in partnership with […]

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Discover Washington Heights at the Sydney Opera House when Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ground-breaking debut musical In the Heights arrives for a strictly limited six-week season from 20 July to 25 August.  Setting Miranda on a trajectory to superstardom, In the Heights earned 13 nominations at the 2008 Tony Awards with four wins including Best Musical and Best Original Score. The Broadway smash-hit tells […]

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Mental health, performance strategies and self-regulation are key elements for personal and professional success. Will Centurion, Counselling and Life Coaching for Actors, Singers and Dancers, has helped numerous artists achieve just this.  In a world where demands and expectations are high, it’s important to treat yourself with kindness, and evolve through the process and harness […]

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Victorian Dance Festival (VDF) and Will Centurion, renowned Counselling & Life Coaching for the performing arts are presenting a special seminar for dance teachers and studio owners on October 20. Help your students to navigate the return to in-studio dance. REGISTER HERE The Teacher’s Mental Health Toolkit is designed to help teachers recognise the psychological […]

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ELLA Dance Retreat is a dance and well-being weekend with a difference for women. Pack your bags, grab some friends, or come by yourself and make new ones! Take a drive up to Hepburn Springs (via Daylesford) for an incredible women’s dance and development weekend.  The weekend will be full of ‘Define Yourself’ dance workshops open […]

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The Inspired Dance Youth Film Festival, to be held this July, is dedicated to the future of the dance film industry and the young people who will make that future. The festival invites young dancers and filmmakers to come together in July for a unique celebration of dance, film, creativity, artistic growth and personal development. The […]

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How would you reflect on your 2020 experience?  The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted the lives of performing artists across Australia. As challenges continued to grow, many industry professionals found themselves searching for ways to remain connected to their passion, creativity and purpose.  REFLECT, to be held on 12 December, is an evening of conversation where six […]

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Dancers generally use mirrors as a resource for self-evaluation and self-improvement. Due to the COVID-19 interruptions, many dancers in Victoria have been forced away from studio mirrors for months on end. They may have moved into a more felt understanding of their fitness, line extension and posture.  Mirror shock refers to the conflict dancers may experience […]

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Studio owners, has this been one of the toughest challenges of your life? One day, your studio is running smoothly and full of smiling young faces, and the next day, you have to close your doors amid a worldwide pandemic! Sounds like a movie plot, right?! Unfortunately, this has been the reality for small business […]

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The Victorian Dance Festival (VDF) is one event we’re always excited for, and Energetiks VDF 2020 is no exception. A weekend of masterclasses, performances, networking and making friends, VDF is an integral part of the Australian dance calendar and an event that every dancer should be able to experience. We caught up with VDF’s Artistic Director […]

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