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Drags kings have recently been declining in popularity, partly due to the evolving debate around gender and identity. But now a new and more inclusive drag culture is taking the stage.
Musical theatre nominees at the 2017 Helpmann Awards are dominated by overseas productions. Our own productions need way more support to compete on the world stage.
Help with psychological issues for elite performers is not about reacting when problems bubble to the surface.
Each year at Easter, Christians recreate the spectacularly violent end of Jesus’s life, raising some tough questions about the depiction of suffering on stage.
To what extent do hours of practice, development squads and role models really make a difference?
Our enemy is complacency – blaming the post-codes, fixing the students not the system, and arguing for more resources to continue what is not working.
Three reasons why the new progress measures may be a misleading indicator of school performance.
Spending a year living life as David Bowie gave me a better understanding of the pop icon’s mind and work.
Claims have been made that having a male panto dame in this day and age is sexist (Oh no it isn’t!)
Here’s how to make a happy workplace during year-end assessments.
The wider truth behind all those ‘scary’ clowns.
Athletes face as many as 640 organisational demands at a big competition – and they can all take their toll.
There’s a time and place for a smartphone and some artists and sports stars want you to stop using them when they’re performing. Just enjoy the live event instead.
Ira Glass’ trademark intensely personal storytelling takes on a new life in his dance/radio hybrid, Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host.
The path to grand final victory in AFL can be paved with many wins and losses. But it’s measuring how a team plays against an expected result that can help them improve.
Group rewards produce cooperative, high performing groups but also, counterintuitively, the best performing individuals.
Contemporary circus and circus-infused physical theatre are amongst Australia’s most innovative and in-demand cultural exports. It’s a performance craft with a proud history behind it.
This year’s Ibiza Prom was a convenient target for those unhappy with the expanded remit of the Proms – but an unfounded one.
For a growing number of artists, academics, researchers and scientists, dance represents a promising new frontier of exploration. The annual DANscienCE festival shines a spotlight on their findings.
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Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance, Deakin University
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Professor of Psychology, California State University, Northridge
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Senior Data Scientist, Victoria University
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Professor of Sports Science, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University
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PhD Candidate in Dance and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Western Australia
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Post-doctoral Fellow, School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University
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Lecturer in sport and performance psychology , University of Bath
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Professor of Marketing, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Associate, New York University
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Professor in Modern History, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, and Founder of Popsicule, ANU’s Science in Popular Culture and Entertainment Hub, Australian National University