Like dance companies the world over, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australia’s only Indigenous... Read More
Interviews
For twenty one years, Luca Silvestrini’s Protein have been creating wildly inventive,... Read More
2020 was to be David McAllister’s swan song with the Australian Ballet.... Read More
Although still in his teens, Shale Wagman’s career in dance has been... Read More
Hannah Galway grew up in Comox, Vancouver Island and has been dancing... Read More
Critically acclaimed duo Holly and Duncan Wilder are New York-based Wilder Project.... Read More
2 in a Million (Director’s Cut) is J.A. Moreno’s personal take on... Read More
Yin Yue is a dancer and choreographer based in New York. She... Read More
A Toronto-native, Tom Leprohon started dancing when he was four years old.... Read More
Inspired by a video of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Godwin Merano started his professional... Read More
Aterballetto, contemporary dance company based in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, was among... Read More
Benedicte Bemet is one of those dancers you never forget. From even... Read More
Like dance companies the world over, and just days out from opening... Read More
Born in St. Tropez, Lucy Elliott grew up in the south of... Read More
Based in London’s South Bank, Rambert is one of the world’s most... Read More
Like dance companies the world over, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Australia’s only Indigenous performing arts company, went into lockdown. As Covid-19 restrictions begin to ease in Australia, I spoke with Bangarra’s formidable and inspirational leader, Artistic Director Stephen Page. What follows is a condensed version of our conversation, where Stephen talks... Read More
Critically acclaimed duo Holly and Duncan Wilder are New York-based Wilder Project. They are siblings who create beautiful, inventive, often playful films which interrogate human connection, ritual, and nature. Their work has been screened at over forty film festivals internationally and include The Weight, Wake, Evergreen, Undertow, Ashes to Ashes,... Read More
Aterballetto, contemporary dance company based in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, was among the first to release a dance film in response to the pandemic. The region was particularly hard hit by Covid-19, and 1 Meter Closer, which aired in April, tells the emotional story of this dark period, and reflects... Read More
For twenty one years, Luca Silvestrini’s Protein have been creating wildly inventive, witty and moving dance pieces, including “LOL (lots of love),” which interrogates our interactions with technology; a vivid, colourful version of “The Little Prince,” and “Border Tales,” a thoughtful, heartfelt look at immigration. Lorna Irvine catches up with... Read More
2 in a Million (Director’s Cut) is J.A. Moreno’s personal take on the official music video he directed for Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Steve Aoki, multi-award winning musician Sting, and platinum-selling trio SHAED. The video follows two dancers in one long shot, as they relay the feeling of falling in... Read More
Benedicte Bemet is one of those dancers you never forget. From even the junior ranks, she has been a crowd favourite, combining technical prowess while radiating her sheer love of dance from the stage. Her trajectory to principal dancer at the Australian Ballet seemed guaranteed. However, it hasn’t been all... Read More
2020 was to be David McAllister’s swan song with the Australian Ballet. After an epic 20 years at the helm, on March 3rd, McAllister announced that David Hallberg would take over as artistic director of the Australian Ballet in 2021. Within 10 days of the announcement, the Covid-19 pandemic forced... Read More
Yin Yue is a dancer and choreographer based in New York. She is the artistic director of YY Dance Company, and has developed a signature training method and approach to movement called FoCo technique. FoCo (folk-contemporary) incorporates five elements (root/ground, wood/axis, water/surrounding, metal/tension and fire/kinesphere) and three rhythmic stages (pulse,... Read More
Like dance companies the world over, and just days out from opening night, Sydney Dance Company was placed on pause. Not paused indefinitely, but on hold until the threat of Covid-19 passes. What follows is a condensed version of my phone conversation with the company’s artistic director Rafael Bonachela, who... Read More
Although still in his teens, Shale Wagman’s career in dance has been well-documented, thrilling Canada’s Got Talent audiences with dance routines when he was just eleven years old. The Toronto-born dancer graduated from the Princess Grace Academy in Monaco and danced with English National Ballet after winning the prestigious Prix... Read More
A Toronto-native, Tom Leprohon started dancing when he was four years old. He trained at Canada’s National Ballet School and the European School of Ballet in Amsterdam. Tom joined the National Ballet of Canada’s apprentice program in 2018 and will dance with Sarasota Ballet for the coming season. Who is... Read More
Born in St. Tropez, Lucy Elliott grew up in the south of France where she started dance classes at four years of age. By age 7, she knew wanted to dance professionally. She trained in Cannes, Paris Opera Ballet School, and Canada’s National Ballet School. Last September she went the... Read More
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