Dance News

You never stop learning in life so we have listed some ways you can keep learning online this week! Here’s some online classes, events and performances you can engage with this week.  

Sharp Short Dance, Sydney’s most exciting youth dance festival, is going digital in 2020. Held by FORM Dance Projects, the Festival offers the best young dancers and choreographers from across Australia the opportunity to showcase their talent to a panel of industry professionals and compete for a variety of prizes and awards this October and November.

Lucy Guerin has recently begun creative development for their new work PENDULUM; a co-creation with Lucy Guerin, composer and percussive artist Matthias Schack-Arnott and sound and video artist Nick Roux.

Athol Willoughby, OAM, professional dancer, adjudicator, educator, dance teacher, examiner, board member and patron of Cecchetti Ballet Australia, has died in Melbourne at the age of 87. 

Darwin Festival returns as Australia’s hottest winter arts festival with DF20 Homegrown (Thursday 6 — Sunday 16 August). A reimagined event showcasing the Top End’s very best, this year’s Festival program is brimming with exciting live and online events sure to help you re-enter the world in style!

The Australian tour of the hilarious New York and Las Vegas hit Friends! The Musical Parody is being re-scheduled. But don’t worry, they will still be there for you! Due to government restrictions still in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, Friends! The Musical Parody national tour will open in Melbourne in November, followed by seasons in Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney. Current ticket holders will be contacted by their ticket agent or venue to change the date of their performance.

We have collected a list of 10 awesome ways you can stay dancing and creative online this week! Here’s the online classes, events and performances you can engage with from the comfort of your home this week.  

Dance is the perfect way to maintain your physical health and have fun. So keep moving this week with these awesome online classes!

Becoming a professional dancer begins with an audition for the New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD). The New Zealand School of Dance was founded in 1967 and in that time has earned a reputation as a leader in training dancers to meet the demanding expectations of dance companies and choreographers worldwide.

Adam and Jessica are two circus artists based in Regional Victoria and the founders of Adica Arts. Like many artists at this time, they have been affected by the Covid-19 restrictions. Without the possibility of performing live, and with the help of a small grant from Hepburn Shire Council, they decided to try a different creative medium, a short film for children and families. The film, Pip & Tom, A Genie Adventure, is a mix of circus and magic, while touching on themes of resilience and facing fears and it's available to watch now.

It's true that Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time. So lose yourself and find yourself in dance this week with these classes and events.