The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia is thrilled to announce that Tahlia Szumowski from Promenade Dance Studios in Queensland has been awarded the prestigious Australian Advanced 1 Bursary for 2024. This is the second consecutive year that a student from Promenade Dance Studios has won this esteemed bursary, following Ed Cooley’s victory in 2023. […]

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It’s been six years since Robert Curran took the reins of the Louisville Ballet in Kentucky. Curran sounds as enthusiastic as ever with plenty of creative ideas bubbling as he seeks to combine Louisville Ballet’s traditional rigour with the emerging dynamic regional artistic scene. Dance Informa ​caught up with Curran during the COVID-19 lockdown that […]

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Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 9 November 2018. Staging Spartacus is a challenge for any ballet company, as it demands artistic savvy to fully convey its themes of political oppression and class rebellion in contexts of political complacency and material affluence. It also demands sustained commanding performances from its male dancers when most ballets […]

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Riverside Parramatta, Sydney. 23 September 2017. The Premier State Ballet has been a staple part of the Sydney Ballet scene for over 26 years and is known as a strong training ground for young pre-professional ballet dancers. It allows its members to get a glimpse into what it may be like to be working in […]

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La Bayadère is one of the most iconic works for classical ballet. It is a striking and difficult work, something for a ballet company to challenge itself with. Originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and with an extraordinary score by Ludwig Minkus, it is an epic tale of love and betrayal set in the world of […]

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By Grace Gassin of Dance Informa. Former Australian Ballet Principal Artist Robert Curran was officially pronounced incoming Artistic Director at Louisville Ballet in August 2014 and has been keeping busy ever since — the company only recently finished its Christmas season of Brown-Forman’s Nutcracker and is soon to announce the details of its 2015-16 season. Dance Informa’s Grace […]

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By Rain Francis of Dance Informa. “I don’t think I ever felt like I’d be satisfied not fulfilling each and every moment and trying to work towards being better; I think it’s a mentality inbuilt in dancers,” says Olivia Bell. It’s a mindset that has certainly paid off for the ballerina, who has been at […]

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Former Australian Ballet principal Robert Curran has moved from centre stage to the wings; but don’t for a moment think he doesn’t mean it anymore. By Paul Ransom. When you have dedicated the best part of your adolescence and adult life to dance what do you do when you slide off the tights for the final time […]

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By Rain Francis. In the Australian Ballet’s 50th year Dance Informa is celebrating the company by highlighting three of the Ballet’s Principal Dancers each edition. This edition Dance Informa spoke with Leanne Stojmenov, Yosvani Ramos and Lucinda Dunn. To catch up on last edition’s interviews with Rachel Rawlins, Kevin Jackson and Amber Scott click here. […]

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Jack Productions burst onto the scene with their acclaimed first production, Human Abstract in 2010.  The brainchild of Lucas Jervies, Robert Curran, Andrew Killian, and Laura Tong, Jack Productions promised to inspire audiences and produce a fusion of classical and contemporary dance that was innovative while exploring classical ballet technique.  With performers from The Australian […]

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