Dance Quiz – Famous Artistic Directors
1. Ethan Stiefel is the current Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. His name was made more famous in mainstream culture after he starred in which popular movie? a) Step Up b) Center...
View ArticleRemi Wortmeyer to Return to Australia
Remi Wortmeyer has come a long way from his first ballet class in Adelaide at the age of three. He is now ranked 15th in Dance Europe’s list of the World’s Top 100 Dancers, is a Principal Dancer with...
View ArticleAt The Speed Of Clouds
By Paul Ransom of Dance Informa. You may well have enjoyed a slow dance before, but not this slow. New York artist David Michalek’s ultra slow-mo celebration of the body, the dance and the human spirit...
View ArticleMr B Goes West – WA Ballet does Balanchine
Giorgi Melitonovitch Balanchivadze was born into an artistic family of Georgian Russians in 1904, yet he is best known as the ‘father The post Mr B Goes West – WA Ballet does Balanchine appeared first...
View ArticleReading Between The Lines: Our Favourite Dance Books
You’ve watched their videos online, seen live performances, and stalked their social media pages but you still want to know more about The post Reading Between The Lines: Our Favourite Dance Books...
View ArticleNZ Dance News – January
New Zealand’s prestigious ballet scholarship has been awarded to 18-year-old Georgia Powley, a second-year student at the New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD), securing her a place with the Royal New...
View ArticleBallet dancer Damian Smith returns home to talk life and goals
He’s one of the country’s most accomplished male ballet dancers, although many Australian audience members may have never heard of him. That’s because Damian Smith has spent the last two-and-a-half...
View ArticleReal Dancers Eat, and here are some of their secrets
At a recent Atlanta Ballet performance, I was amazed at the level of athleticism, endurance and power that today’s classical and contemporary choreography requires. One minute, dancers are barefoot...
View Article‘Relève: History of a Creation’
Directors: Thierry Demazière and Alban Teurlai. A film – 122 minutes. A day-to-day view of a dance creation amidst institutional change. Relève is a documentary that follows the creative process at the...
View ArticleSteps on Broadway invites international students to study in NYC
New York City’s acclaimed Steps on Broadway offers more than just hundreds of classes on its weekly open schedule. It also serves as a place where international students can train, work with popular...
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