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March Dance Survey

Dance 31 Jul, 2020

Sydney’s Independent Dance Festival Wants to Hear from You! After its successful debut in 2019, March Dance was excited to return in 2020 bringing together Sydney’s diverse dance artists and celebrate in delivering their works to a wider audience. However, the global CO… Read Article

Take Over! 2020

Dance 24 Jul, 2020

Artists Announced for Take Over! 2020 in Melbourne Pushing Creative Boundaries in New At-Home Residencies Arts Centre Melbourne in partnership with Melbourne Fringe return to present the fourth year of the Take Over! commissions with a brand new approach due to COVID19. The Take Over… Read Article

Sharp Short Dance Goes Digital

Dance 16 Jul, 2020

First Digital Festival for Sharp Short Dance 2020 Registrations for Young Dancers & Choreographers Open July 20 Sharp Short Dance, Sydney’s most exciting youth dance festival, is going digital in 2020. Hosted by FORM Dance Projects, the Festival offers the best young dancers and… Read Article

Australasian Dance Collective Back Live

Dance 16 Jul, 2020

‘Echo’ Live On Stage Australasian Dance Collective’s Youth Ensemble After 24 online sessions and 60 hours on Zoom, Australasian Dance Collective’s Youth Ensemble will be back performing on stage next month. ADC  are overjoyed to announce that their 30-strong Yo… Read Article

Force Majeure Reinvents

AuditionsDance 26 Jun, 2020

Reshaping Development Program INCITE Revive for November Youth Company Auditions July 26 & Aug 2 Despite the COVID-19 shutdown across the industry, Sydney-based independent dance theatre company Force Majeure has re-imagined its programs for 2020 to deliver adjusted version… Read Article

Circadian Cycle Wins

Dance 18 Jun, 2020

The Circadian Cycle Wins at Brooklyn Film Festival Best Experimental Film by Australian Dance Theatre Adelaide-based Australian Dance Theatre is thrilled to announce that The Circadian Cycle (2019) has been awarded Best Experimental Short at the Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) in New… Read Article

Certamen de Creatura

Dance 12 Jun, 2020

Jacinta’s Iso Inspired Contemporary Dance Creation Our latest submission of iso-inspired dance works comes from Jacinta de Palo. Sydney dancer Jacinta, 15, has created an edgy and mature contemporary short dance film based around the concept of ‘Certaman de Creatura&… Read Article

World’s Smallest Stage

Dance 15 May, 2020

Australian Dance Theatre’s Upcoming Collaboration New Short Works from The World’s Smallest Stage Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) have excitedly announced they are working on a collaboration with local dancers, choreographers and musicians while in isolation in a pr… Read Article

Keeping At Bay in Isolation

Dance 7 May, 2020

Isolation Inspires Dancer to Create Dance Video Despite having a big family around her, Cinzia Marrocco was inspired to create a short dance video while in isolation at home in Warriewood, NSW. Cinzia, 19, is studying a Bachelor of Dance at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts (AMPA)… Read Article

Iso Interview with Jason Winters

Interviews 24 Apr, 2020

Callout for Connectivity, Creativity and Humanity Tips for Dancers to Reset Their Ideas of Normal Interview by Chris Duncan Continuing our series of conversations with key people in the dance world, this week DanceLife spoke to the one-and-only Jason Winters while he is isolating at h… Read Article