An extraordinary career: Cheryl Stock, AM
Julie Dyson pays tribute to Cheryl Stock who was recently awarded an AM. Cheryl is an artist and scholar who has influenced four decades of Australian policy, dance education, scholarship and research, dance leadership and artistic vision.
The latest Australian dance thinking on show at the 2014 World Dance Alliance Global Summit
More than 25 Australian’s will travel to the 2014 World Dance Alliance Global Summit to talk, perform and share the latest in dance thinking and practice-led research. You’ll find some terrific tools and ideas that might change the way you approach your own creative or teaching practice, or inspire you to try something new.
Kay Armstrong talks about her Peggy van Praagh fellowship
Choreographer Kay Armstong, the 2013 recipient of the Ausdance Peggy van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship, talks about "three synergistic professional development activities" that have been enabled by this Fellowship.
International Dance Day messages
Stephen Page's 2004 International Dance Day message and the 2012–13 video messages.
A practitioner speaks: an interview with David McMicken
Jacqueline Simmonds interviews David McMicken at Tracks Dance Collective, Brown's Mart Community Arts Project, Darwin, November 1995.
Spoken memory: oral history interviews at the National Library of Australia
A list of oral history interviews available to download now (2014). It includes interviews with Australian artistic directors, choreographers, dancers, dance teachers and arts administrators. Links take you directly to the download page on the National Library's website.
Australian dance touring programs, networks and resources
Dance touring in Australia is supported and delivered by touring and support organisations who deliver government funded touring programs and/or work with the many networks of presenting venues and tour coordinators. Here we briefly outline touring programs, mechanisms and industry organisations.
Study dance in Australia
These universities and colleges offer full-time, specialist, post-secondary dance courses staffed by former artistic directors, choreographers, dancers and lecturers who train some of Australia's best dancers and dance teachers.
Delegates at 2012 National Dance Research Forum
Summaries of the projects and/or areas of interest of the dance professionals and students who attended the 2012 National Dance Research Forum.
Annalouise Paul talks about her 2013 India tour
Annalouise Paul (Theatre of Rhythm and Dance) has recently returned from a successful tour of Game On in India.
Stephanie Lake talks about her Peggy van Praagh fellowship
For Stephanie Lake — recipient of the inaugural Ausdance Peggy van Praagh Choreographic Fellowship — this recognition was a valuable affirmation that her artistic career was heading in the right direction.
BlakDance Australia—A vehicle for change
BlakDance intern and dance and journalism student Ann-Maree Long shares her experience of the performance Blakdance 2012.
Facilitated marriages
This paper outlines the Future Landings project run by Ausdance WA, examining how the artistic relationships between the choreographers played out, and suggests steps that may be taken to ensure that such ‘facilitated marriages’ have the best chance of success.
Thoughts on the making of ‘Anatomy of an Afternoon’
Independent artist Martin del Amo explains the process of his research and creation of his latest work Anatomy of an Afternoon, made in collaboration with dancer Paul White.
Being and forgetting—creating and performing ‘Anatomy of an Afternoon’
Dancer Paul White talks about the working process and the evolution of character and movement behind Martin del Amo's solo work Afternoon of a Faun.
Research and ‘Anatomy of an Afternoon’
Amanda Card talks about her research with Martin del Amo on Anatomy of an Afternoon which was part of a project funded by Critical Path's Responsive Programme. The intent of Martin’s research was to expand and challenge his choreographic process by using a historical source as stimulation as well as experimenting with the transference of his particular choreographic framework onto another dancer.
Uncommon men: Matthew Day interviews Martin del Amo
Martin del Amo talks to Matthew Day about the influence of Vaslav Nijinski in relation to Anatomy of an Afternoon: the thwarting of desire and expectation; the utility of stillness; and the centrality of the quotidian and the animal.
Intimacy and distance: time spent with ‘Anatomy of an Afternoon’
Dancer Kristina Chan reflects on Martin del Amo's choreography and Paul White's performance in Anatomy of an Afternoon. For her the work was a clear and self-effacing exploration of a journey with a creature-like being.
Conundrums of placing and timing: making new from the old avant garde
Designer, curator and scholar of contemporary dance, Justine explores two aspects of the performative event of Anatomy of an Afternoon by Martin del Amo. One has to do with its placing; what happens when the avant garde moves to inhabit big ‘C’ cultural institutions. The other concerns its timing; how can work that has entered the canon of the historical avant garde retain newness and experimentation, the power to startle or even shock, in present-day reinterpretation.
Sustainable dance making: dancers and choreographers in collaboration
Karen Barbour, Senior Lecturer in dance at the University of Waikato (NZ), talks about her personal experiences and her ideas about the sustainability of collaborative dance ventures