The Royal Ballet School has announced a new collaboration with The Australian Ballet School – bringing together two of the world’s leading classical ballet schools. The project, aiming to elevate the development of dance educators across the sector, will bring The Royal Ballet School’s renowned dance teacher training to Australia later this year. From 29 […]

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Kalman Warhaft has had an illustrious career as a dancer. He has performed with The Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Mod Dance Company, Opera Australia, Opera Queensland and Victorian Opera. But his latest venture is directing the new Melbourne Institute of Dance, a school dedicated to teaching classical ballet and contemporary dance to students of […]

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Ned Zaina, a Melbourne dancer, has been working with Opera Australia on its new production of Turandot. Here, he shares his story on what life is like as Dance Captain for this amazing new show. Turandot is one of the most famous operas of all time. It is steeped in history and has had many […]

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This autumn as the leaves begin to fall, Dance Informa looks at why and when dancers “fall” in love with dance. Read on for some inspiring recounts! Tim Harbour, resident choreographer of the Australian Ballet “Dance, and particularly ballet, has been the largest narrative in my life. I began training at five and was a […]

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Introducing the Opera House kids Sid & Neey, who are not only two of my hardest working ballet students but also residents of Australia’s iconic Sydney Opera House! Sid, when did you both move into your home at the Sydney Opera House? “We were born eight years ago in the best house in the world. […]

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By Rebecca Martin of Dance Informa. The tragic passing of Gailene Stock in April stirred up many emotions amongst the dance community at large. Former students, current students, colleagues, former colleagues and even adversaries piped up and expressed their sadness over Stock’s death. They commented on her remarkable influence, not only on dancers but dance […]

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Arts House Meat Market May 17, 2014 By Rebecca Martin of Dance Informa. It has been two years since Vertical Shadows staged a production, the last being the critically acclaimed On The Rocks, so naturally audiences and critics alike were champing at the bit to see the company’s next work. Artistic Director and choreographer Stephen […]

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By Rebecca Martin of Dance Informa. Vertical Shadows’ world premiere season of The White Prince stars Damien Welch and Marc Cassidy, both Australian Ballet royalty, as well as Teagan Lowe, formerly of Sydney Dance Company. Neither Welch or Cassidy have performed since their retirement from The Australian Ballet and the dancers are returning to the […]

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State Theatre, the Arts Centre Melbourne March 2011 By Regina Green Under the Artistic Direction of Brett Morgan and Teagan Lowe, and with a core of ex-Sydney Dance Company dancers, our expectations of Mod Dance Company (MDC) have been extremely high. The much anticipated premiere production Suite Synergy, created by veteran choreographer Graeme Murphy, is […]

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By Rain Francis. Earlier this year, ex- Sydney Dance Company member Teagan Lowe was wondering what to do next. Like any smart dancer, she was considering the practical options of going back to study, and dance-related career paths. When friend, fellow dancer and Founding Director of Mod Management Agency Linda Alescio suggested forming a new […]

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