Dance Australia

Dance Australia is the most respected dance journal in the country. The articles and reviews are written by the cream of Australia’s dance journalists. The beautiful photographs and glossy design make the magazine a work of art in itself –a keepsake for anyone who loves dance.

Get rid of grey wigs!

Dance Australia

Dance to savour in Perth

Forsythe for SDC

Uplifting dance

Choice McAllister

WEB HIGHLIGHTS

Safe Dance Practice

QB celebrates 60 years

You’re soaking in it!

Landmark dance for Adelaide Fest

The pointe of it all

Houston Ballet Summer Intensive

DANCING INTO THE AGES • Dance doesn’t have to be only for young people, writes Nina Levy in Part 2 of this series.

Capturing the transient

JOYFUL IMMERSIONS • The new director of Expressions Dance Company is bursting with ideas, writes Karen van Ulzen.

New name to be announced

THE STYLE OF MOVEMENT • Design and dance have long been perfect partners. Revel in a sample of

Designing for Disney • This costume designer is behind myriad fabulous creations for some to the biggest productions on the planet, writes Sally Clark.

FOOTNOTES

ARTS CUTS STILL BLEEDING • South Australia has experienced some savage cuts to arts funding. Maggie Tonkin examines how the independent dance scene in particular has been affected.

Educate yourself • For our 2019 Full-Time Studies Guide, we asked dancers to tell us about their path from student days to professional careers. We received so many responses that we couldn’t fit them all in. Here are five more.

Be comfortable in your own skin • Rhys Kosakowski Houston Ballet; now auditioning.

Turn up to class • Romy Vuksan most recently performed as one of the ensemble in the Production Company’s ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’.

Be yourself! • Sharni Spencer Soloist, The Australian Ballet.

Patience pays off • Liam Morris has joined the Estonian National Ballet.

DIARY OF AN EMERGING CHOREOGRAPHER

Men: Ballet Needs YOU! • Men, young and old (and their female advocates): BALLET NEEDS YOU!

COPYRIGHT simplified • Music copyright has been streamlined to help teachers and performers meet their obligations.

Example • Chelsea Private Performing Arts Dance School.

Three Royal Men • Three young men from one school are in London’s Royal Ballet.

Melbourne Festival 2019 • SUSAN BENDALL REVIEWS A NEW ‘RITE OF SPRING’ AND A NEW CHUNKY MOVE WORK AT THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL.

Students shine • THE ANNUAL AUSTRALIAN BALLET SCHOOL SHOWCASE WAS PRESENTED IN SYDNEY AS WELL AS MELBOURNE THIS YEAR. VALERIE LAWSON REVIEWS THE SYDNEY PRODUCTION.

Table dancing • DANCENORTH CAME UP WITH AN UNUSUAL WAY TO PARTAKE OF DANCE AT THIS YEAR’S BRISBANE FESTIVAL.

‘Giselle’ conquers again • WEST AUSTRALIAN BALLET’S ‘GISELLE’ IS A PERFECT FIT FOR THIS COMPANY, WRITES MARGARET MERCER.

SPOTLIGHT ON Aidan Munn • Teacher of Contemporary Dance, Boys’ Ballet, Choreography, Improvisation and Composition at Terry Simpson Studios in Adelaide.

SPOTLIGHT ON Hilary Kaplan • Director and Principal of Alegria Dance Studios in Sydney.

SPOTLIGHT ON John Sandurski • Director of the Melbourne Conservatoire of Ballet.

SPOTLIGHT ON Tatiana Pevneva • Classical Ballet Specialist, Charlesworth Ballet Institute.

SPOTLIGHT ON Brett Morgan • Artistic Director of the National College of Dance in Newcastle.

SPOTLIGHT ON Justin Rutzou • Co-ordinator for the Contemporary Dance Program at the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

Qld Ballet Academy rejoices

Brisbane Contemporary Prix

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