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Complaints stated that family shows like Britain’s Got Talent shouldn’t be political. However, the problem is much more complex and sinister than simple politics
The successes of the NBA’s #WholeNewGame provide important lessons for performing artists about audience investment and hybrid digital-live events.
The tradition of performing in a mask, from china to France, shows how it can be just as evocative and entertaining.
Hip-hop got its start as a political artistic force in the streets of Bronx. In the age of coronavirus, that same force has taken to the internet.
Whether they’re holding hands and singing Ring Around the Rosie or posing during a TikTok video, kids connect to each other and find joy through dance.
The nightlife sector was operating in crisis mode since before the current pandemic, and global strategizing for the future of after-dark industries is already well underway.
In the 1930s, it was modern dance that taught Melburnians how to perform personal hygiene. There are still lessons to be learnt from this history and the legacy of Sonia Revid.
This new production from State Theatre Company South Australia and Belvoir explores the messy and contradictory inner selves of pre-teen girls.
Dance therapy is effective in treating depression, improving memory and neuroplasticity in older adults and improving executive function in those with Parkinson’s disease.
Why and how do we groove? Researchers are investigating how we respond to music, with applications for therapy.
In this danced-through reimagining of the world’s most-popular opera, we are pulled into the characters’ inner turmoil.
An unconventional take on Giselle is playing as part of this year’s Perth Festival.
COBA, the Collective of Black Artists has been working to introduce Canadian audiences to African and Caribbean dances for 25 years.
As part of the 2019 Perth Festival, dance-theatre performance Sunset takes place in a former men’s home on the banks of the Swan River.
Dancenorth’s Dust explores a world on the brink of turning back to dust. Its themes are familiar in contemporary dance, but the show is replete with powerful images.
Korean choreographer Eun-Me Ah tnravelled up and down her native land, videotaping older women dancing.
However jagged, industrial and shapeless an evening of Forsythe choreography may seem to an eye used to Swan Lake, it is always grounded in ballet.
Two new dance works allow the public to engage in a conversation around constitutional recognition and sovereignty for Indigenous peoples.
Bangarra’s Dark Emu is a response to Bruce Pascoe’s book of the same name. But it doesn’t embrace the full potential of its source’s game-changing impact.
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PhD Candidate in Dance and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
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Research Affiliate, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Theatre and Performance, UNSW
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Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor in Performing Arts, University of East London
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Honorary Fellow (Dance), Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Psychology Department, Bishop's University
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School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Programs and Partnerships), Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor in Dance Studies, Coventry University
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School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne