More than 50 participants gathered in Melaka, Malaysia, for the Melaka Art & Performance Festival – an exploration of butoh, trance and postmodern dance.
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Raygun has forced us to focus on many aspects of dance that are often ignored in Australia, including the role of dance in communities and the politics of dance.
Bodysuits, wrap cardigans, tulle skirts, leggings, and ballet flats are they key pieces that define the trend.
A term emerged in the 1980s for a spinal cord injury caused by breaking called ‘break-dancing neck.’
To understand this exhibition, you need to move your body through it and dance with Adams’s sculptures, tapestries and cloud installation.
Shelley Lasica was the first dance artist represented by an Australian commercial gallery. But how do you stage an exhibition on dance?
Combining elements of traditional and modern music has created rhythms that are unique to Senegalese music.
Riverdance showed ‘traditional’ does not have to mean ‘frozen in the past’; traditional dance can be adapted for modern audiences.
Have you ever wanted to go see some dance, but been unsure of where to start? These basics can open the door to enjoying the beauty and complexity of this physical art.
Dancing boosts wellbeing and reduces absenteeism and presenteeism.
The elegance of classical ballet beautifully coalesces with the gritty, aggressive nature of heavy metal music.
The 38 dancers highlight the ongoing lack of African representation on theatrical stages.
My top three works situated witnessing as a political act. These works invite you to revisit what you thought you knew.
Nights out dancing! How African and Caribbean music and dance have shaped British culture.
Some offerings were political and academic, some were celebratory. Some told us personal or cultural stories, some had 100 dancers, some had one.
The language of dance is often lost on a general audience. Now new research has used sensor suits to discover patterns of movement-based communication in ballet performance.
Iain Grandage’s fourth Perth Festival continued his focus on First Nations performance, together with an exhilarating dose of Black Futurism as well as demanding post-classical music.
Dancing in a group – in a class, in a club, at a wedding – is social. So it could be just the thing for 2023, if the gym isn’t for you.
Supporting and celebrating today’s women choreographers is vital to encouraging a new generation of women to follow, giving women in dance a voice into the future.
Holidays should be a time for children to relax both their bodies and their brains.
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
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Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney
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PhD (Dance) Candidate and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Psychology Department, Bishop's University
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Honorary Fellow (Dance), Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, The University of Melbourne
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Sessional lecturer and researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Programs and Partnerships), Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer, University of Tasmania
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School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Curtin University
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Academic Associate, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Senior Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
