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Debates about the place of the monologue in theatre fall away when you have a show as compassionate and funny as The Weekend.
Women make up the majority of arts consumers and employees, but men dominate at every level of arts leadership.
Opera goers are high multiplier voters. Win them over and you might get a few more supporters along the way.
While we appreciate an actor’s craft on the stage, the deep emotions they draw on in performance take their toll on mental health. Actors need to “take off” their characters to return to normal life.
Performing for the crowd, acting up and showing off – how physical culture’s origins as theatre have fed into today’s toxic masculinity, and how they can help it change.
Expressing music into mathematical formulae can help us understand why some pieces and performances can send shivers down your spine.
Claims have been made that having a male panto dame in this day and age is sexist (Oh no it isn’t!)
Small organisations are creating Australia’s most exciting art. Yet a recent report shows that even the most popular art-forms are bleeding revenue, while government funding dwindles.
From a dancer moving against a wash of static, to a show that takes the audience hostage, Adelaide’s OzAsia Festival celebrates both high art and high energy performances.
Non-commercial arts organisations face a funding dilemma. Confronted with limited local support, they are forced to rely on inconsistent international donors.
Given the pressure being applied to the majority of people working in the arts sector, we would be foolish not to consider the roles and inherited rights of Australia’s major performing companies.
New stories can offer insight on alternative ways of living out our lives. As the experience in Cambodia shows, the performing arts can help us face up to enormous challenges and possibilities.
As high-density urban living becomes more common in Australia’s larger cities, many live music venues are under increasing pressure to restrict noise levels. In an industry that’s already feeling the pinch…
Last September, I sat down in the Capital Theatre in Bendigo to listen to American composer Morton Feldman’s String Quartet No.2 played by the Flux Quartet from New York. Sounds a nice way to spend an…
The inaugural Festival of Live Art (FOLA), which begins today in Melbourne, celebrates some of the most exciting artists working in performance today and yet, the exact meaning of the term “live art” is…
You meet someone. Someone different. Someone attractive, open, free. Let’s call him Davos. You start seeing a lot of each other, hanging out as a couple. As always when you’re in a relationship, a degree…
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Head of Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Digital Media, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Arts Management, Edith Cowan University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Sydney
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Visiting Associate Professor, National Taiwan Normal University
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PhD Candidate, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer in Music, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, School of Taxation and Business Law, UNSW Sydney
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Director of Individualised Studies Degree Program, Dixie State University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer In Music Literature and Research, Griffith University
