Dance Australia

Dance Australia is the most respected dance journal in the country. The articles and reviews are written by the cream of Australia’s dance journalists. The beautiful photographs and glossy design make the magazine a work of art in itself –a keepsake for anyone who loves dance.

Dance Australia

What It Means to Want This

SWEET SORROW • A New Wave of Yearning in Ballet

Suffering for Art • Talent is built in calm. Character is built in the storm. Goethe

Davi Ramos • “I Love My Job and I Love My Life!”

THE STRENGTH OF OUR HOME-GROWN DANCERS • Are Australian dancers being overlooked at home?

MORGAN and GRAHAM • A Reflection on Dance Photography

Behind the Curtain, Into the Fold • Queensland Ballet’s Ballet Lab is inviting younger supporters into the creative life of the company and reconsidering how a relationship with arts philanthropy begins.

ENERGY, NOT AESTHETICS • As conversations around dancer health become more open, Fumi Somehama explains why under-fuelling, eating disorders and body ideals remain urgent issues in the studio.

The Missing Step? • Once a familiar bridge between the ballet slipper and pointe shoe, the demi-pointe has disappeared from many dancers’ training. Was it an outdated tradition, or have we been too quick to move on?

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly? • Seventy years after My Fair Lady first swept onto Broadway, the rain in Spain is falling mainly on Australian stages. And really, who could resist?

A NEW CENTRE of GRAVITY • WAAPA’s move into the heart of Perth is an architectural milestone, but its significance runs deeper. Olivia Weeks visits the Academy’s remarkable new home and finds an institution carrying more than four decades of dance history into a more connected future.

Right Time, Right Place — what comes next? • After graduation, the real audition begins.

Creating Without Limits • This year Restless Dance Theatre proudly celebrates 35 years of creating extraordinary dance with artists with and without disability.

GRADUATE PROFILES

Informed Choices, Stronger Foundations • Ask questions before taking the leap.

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