For one night only, to a full house, esteemed Melbourne ballet academy, The Australian Conservatoire of Ballet, brought us samples from the classics for a night to remember in a return of their specialist showcase, The International Ballet Gala. Internationally…
It’s time to get those mid year celebrations into full swing and have we got the best list for you. Check out our top picks in Melbourne to get your July kickstarted. City Cellar Door (1 July) City Cellar Door…
The mercury is still dropping, the days are getting shorter, but that doesn’t mean your social calendar needs to drop off too. We’ve brought together our top picks for what to do this June. Melbourne International Jazz Festival (2-11 June) For ten…
An elite panel of eight indigenous ballet dancers met as part of Yirramboi (tomorrow), a First Nations Art Festival, at Melbourne Town Hall to discuss their stellar careers in Aboriginal Ballet Dancers of Australia. Facilitated by BlakDance co-founder Marilyn Miller…
Sydney Dance Company’s double bill, ORB, showed at Arts Centre Melbourne to rapturous applause. ORB opens with the mystifying Full Moon by Taiwanese choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung, a hypnotising melody of his fascination with the moon and all those who inhabit…
As a small child, I used to dance wildly around the house. Instead of walking from room to room, I chose to use made up dance moves to get around. Our living room was host to many days (and nights)…
Nat Cursio’s Tiny Slopes, part of the annual Dance Massive Festival, stars four school-age skateboarders and dancers. A huge open space, with cool chicks, ‘80s anthems, easy camaraderie, plus a Beyonce-strong fan blowing your hair about. What’s not to like? The…
If there’s a gap in the ‘Melbourne Is The Best City In The World’ mantra, it’s our clubs. They just can’t hold a candle to the best venues around the world. I’ve never really been able to find out why….
Chunky Move have done it again. With ‘Anti-Gravity’, their contribution for Dance Massive, they have once again pushed the limits of modern contemporary dance. ‘Anti-Gravity’, in its world premiere, features Chunky Move Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk using internationally renowned…
To query the relationship between humans and machines is a big question that is the basis for an elegant new work from esteemed dance choreographer, Sandra Parker, in Small Details. Part of Melbourne’s annual dance festival, Dance Massive, March is…