ABS Director Lisa Pavane on the school’s legacy and growth
In 2015, The Australian Ballet School (ABS) celebrated 50 years as one of the country’s leading dance training institutions and welcomed Lisa Pavane as the school’s new director. Pavane was a graduate...
View ArticleBallet World Record to be broken in Melbourne
The Victorian Dance Festival (VDF), Australia’s premiere dance event, is set to break a World Record next Saturday, March 18, at the Melbourne Town Hall, for the most dancers en pointe for one minute...
View ArticleFrom Alstonville to McDonald College: Charlie Slater
So what do you do if you’re a seven- or eight-year-old boy and both your mum and your sister appear to be having all this fun dancing? For the now 17-year-old McDonald College student, Premier State...
View ArticleKip Gamblin as ‘The Bodyguard’: Using his dance training on screen and on stage
The Bodyguard is the next big musical to tour Australia, and returning to the stage from some time on screen is trained dancer Kip Gamblin in the title role. “I feel I have been training my whole...
View ArticleNatalie Abbott: Purpose is a latecomer
“In a way, making shows and art for me are a way to understand things that I’m questioning in life, and to offer up alternatives for people,” declares Melbourne-based choreographer Natalie Abbott. “So,...
View ArticleLucinda Dunn on her new role: Teaching the next generation
In 2014, Australia’s longest serving ballerina, Lucinda Dunn OAM, hung up her pointe shoes after an illustrious career with The Australian Ballet and as a young dancer. As a previous winner of the Prix...
View ArticleInternational Ballet Workshops Early Bird winner Samuel Macpherson
For serious dance students like Queensland Ballet Academy’s Samuel Macpherson, the school holidays offer time away from the usual school-to-studio run to focus on core aspects of dance training. “I...
View ArticleTired of being the only male dancer in a sea of pink?
For many boys and young men, their role models are those who excel in traditionally male-dominated fields like sporting heroes, rock stars or even super heroes. It’s nowhere near as common for the male...
View ArticleWin A Scholarship To The First RAD Boys-Only Summer School!
Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Australia recently announced that it will offer its first males-only summer school this January in Adelaide. As part of the launch of RAD’s Project B initiative here in...
View ArticleAustralian Classical Youth Ballet: Opening up classical ballet for young...
For a young, aspiring ballet dancer, there is nothing quite like the opportunity to work in a professional context, to be part of a full-length ballet, and to perform in the crème de la crème of...
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