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This October, the Canada National Ballet returned to London for the first time since 2013 with a series of performances at Sadler’s Wells Theatre.
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Since 1980, the Australian Ballet's National Tour (or really, the Dancers' Company as everyone calls it), is a much anticipated event for the graduating students of the Australian Ballet School. Simulating the company experience, it is a chance for the graduating class, all on the cusp of entering the professional arena, to showcase their skills in the hope of catching an artistic director’s eyes—and with that a professional contract for next year. It is also a chance for the Australian Ballet’s artistic director to test the company’s rising stars in more senior roles, an audition process of sorts, as they jostle for promotions within the company. The tour traditionally goes not just to regional centres, but also to rural Australia, allowing the country’s most talented dancers to be seen far and wide.
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This October, the Canada National Ballet returned to London for the first time since 2013 with a series of performances at Sadler’s Wells Theatre.
Continue ReadingSeated on the floor before an overhead projector, Arabella Frahn-Starkie could be in her studio, working, sifting, collaging, thinking.
Continue ReadingKaatsbaan Cultural Park in New York’s Hudson River Valley presented a program of new works over the final weekend in September as part of its 2024 Annual Festival.
Continue ReadingThis year’s Biennale Danza Venezia Silver Lion award went to Zurich-based choreographer Trajal Harrell. A house director at the Schauspielhaus Zurich, and the founding director of the Schauspielhaus Zurich Dance Ensemble, he brought the Ensemble to FringeArts Festival for the Philadelphia premiere of his 2022 “The Köln Concert” last month.
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