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AUSDANCE SA – skill set for teaching dance
Dates: 1 January 2014 - 31 December 2014
Location: Ausdance SA Studio
Applications Close: Expressions of interest accepted year-round
Website: http://www.ausdancesa.org.au/professional-development/
The Ausdance skill set for teaching dance (ASSTD) is a ten-day course covering safe dance, teaching methods and professional practice. It is nationally recognised training. Ausdance SA is seeking expressions of interest in delivering the course during 2014. Please contact Cherie Broad, Education and Projects Manager on 8212 0825 for more information. Please send your enrolment forms for the course to education.sa@ausdance.org.au
Expressions of interest are accepted year-round.
Expressions of interest for 2014 skill set Adelaide delivery – Microsoft Word version
Expressions of interest for 2014 skill set Adelaide delivery – PDF version
2014 Ausdance skill set for teaching dance brochureAUSDANCE SA – Dancers in Schools
Dates: 1 January 2014 - 31 December 2014
Location: South Australia
Registrations Close: Ongoing
Ausdance SA ‘Dancers in Schools’ program offers your students a unique opportunity to work with an experienced dancer. Our expert tutors offer 60-minute workshops, either for a single or series of days. Regional schools are encouraged to book a tutor to visit you or use our studio if you are planning an excursion into the city. We offer popular dance styles such as Hip Hop, Funk and Break dance. Our cultural dance styles include Flamenco, Bollywood, Brazilian, Javanese, Latin American, Indigenous dance and Capoeira. Creative dance and technique workshops in Jazz, Contemporary, Tap and Ballet are available as well as choreography for specific performance outcomes. For more information contact Cherie on 08 8212 0825 or email education.sa@ausdance.org.au.
Human Kinetics Dance Books – Special Discount for Ausdance Members!
Dates: 1 February 2014 - 31 December 2014
Location: Nationwide
Human Kinetics publishers are pleased to offer Ausdance members 15% off most products. HK publishers are dedicated to providing top quality information and educational products about dance, sport, physical activity and health.
You can order anytime via the Human Kinetics website. Enter DANCE15R into the promo box at the checkout.
*Must be a Human Kinetics Rewards member. Join for free.
Email info@hkaustralia.com if you have any questions.
Expressions of Interest open for Stomping Ground Studios in Stepney
Dates: 1 February 2014 - 30 April 2014
Location: Stepney, SA
Expressions of Interest open for Stomping Ground Studios in Stepney! Purpose built dance and movement studios for hire, opening in January 2014. Fully equipped Pilates studio and Massage Room also for hire. Hop on over to the website www.stompinggroundstudios.com.au for more info or contact Rachel on 0422 621 941 / info@stompinggroundstudios.com.au
The Keir Choreographic Award
Dates: 3 February 2014 - 19 July 2014
Location: Carriageworks
Applications Close: 28th February 2014
Times: July 16-19
Tickets: Ticket Master
Cost: $35
Website: CarriageWorks
Carriageworks, The Keir Foundation and Dancehouse today announced that Dancehouse and Carriageworks will present the first major Australian choreographic award. The Keir Choreographic Award will be a biennial award dedicated to the commissioning of new choreographic work and promoting innovation in contemporary dance.
Carriageworks, the Keir Foundation and Dancehouse will partner for the first time to present the award which will bring significant support and profile to the dance sector, increase the profile of contemporary dance in Australia both nationally and internationally.
‘Contemporary dance is thriving in Australia right now and yet there are few, if any, opportunities to showcase, reflect on and reward talent on a truly national level. This award creates an exciting
and unprecedented platform for all Australians to enjoy the very best contemporary
dance work being made across the country. We are thrilled to be playing a part in the development
of this landmark event in the dance sector.’ said Phillip Keir, Director of The Keir Foundation.The Keir Choreographic Award will be supported and delivered by Dancehouse in Melbourne and Carriageworks in Sydney. A two-week season of the commissioned works will be presented at Dancehouse in Melbourne with a view to provide increased exposure for the artists. The jury will select four of the commissioned works to be presented at Carriageworks in Sydney for the finals. The winner will receive a $30,000 prize. A $10,000 prize will be voted by the audience.
2014 Adelaide Fringe Festival – Dance
Dates: 14 February 2014 - 16 March 2014
Location: Adelaide, SA
Bookings: http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix
2Dance - Nigel Major-Henderson
Bekitzor - Liat Kedem, Bella Hone-Saunders, Jill Croviser
Belly Dance on the Edge - Belly Dance Amethyst
Belly Dance, Dare to be you - BellyDance Art Academy
Beyonce Diva Dance Worshops - Fusion Beats in Collaboration with The Bollywood Dance School
Bharata Natyam and Beethoven - Shakti & The Garage International
Cairo to Copacabana - Belly Dance Academy of Nayima Hassan and La Bomba Productions
Dance Panorama - TENISON ADELAIDE BALLET
Dance through the Decades - Stage One Entertainment
Delerium’s Delights - Delerium Emporium
Desi Deewana Crazy Bollywood Dance Party - Fusion Beats in Collaboration with The Bollywood Dance School
Flamenqueando - Flamenqueando productions
Gabriel - Melbourne Dance Theatre
Nouveau Erotic - Flavella L’Amour
Ocean Dreaming - Kinetic Dance Company
Place - Lift Dance Theatre
Rip, Drag & Ruminate - Adelaide College of the Arts
Soul Night at the Cinnamon Lounge - Move Through Life Dance Company
Spandexx Ballet: Aerobics 80′s Style - Spandexx Ballet
Tap Into Health (TIH Dance) – Movin’ with Melvin - Movin’ Melvin Brown
The Dance Pad ‘Come and Try’ Dance Classes - The Dance Pad
The Dance Pad Flash Mob - The Dance Pad
The Heroines of Raja Ravi Varma - Apsaras Arts
Woven through the Orient - Divine Elements Belly Dance Company & The Garage International
Stomping Ground Studios
Dates: 17 February 2014 - 31 March 2014
Location: Stomping Ground Studios
Classes have started at Stomping Ground Studios!
We are still putting the finishing touches on everything but things are happening now!
Stomping Ground Studios is a non competitive membership based dance and movement centre.
Instructors hire the space and run their own classes. We manage the space for them and help them to build their tribe of dedicated followers whilst providing the students/clients with the best teachers and venue in town!There’s more info on the website www.stompinggroundstudios.com.au and you can call Rachel Kennedy on 0422 621 941 with any questions. The timetable of current classes is also up on the website and we’ll be adding new classes all the time, we’d love to see you in or teaching class!
Vitalstatistix is now seeking proposals for Adhocracy 2014
Dates: 17 February 2014 - 31 March 2014
Location: Port Adelaide
Applications Close: 31 March for ADHOCRACY, 23 March for FUTURE PRESENT
Website: Vital Statistix
ADHOCRACY 2014ADHOCRACY is Vitalstatistix’s national artist hothouse, supporting the creative development of new experimental and interdisciplinary projects. Artists from around Australia join us to create, converse and critique in one space (our beautiful heritage-listed home, Waterside) over the June Queen’s Birthday long weekend.This is how it works: selected artists spend the long weekend in an open studio environment developing new work which can span live art, theatre, dance, sound, installation, media and technology, socially-engaged practice and more. Audiences engage with the artists and their creative process through a public program of artist talks and work-in-progress showings.We are now seeking proposals from artists across Australia for this unique creative development opportunity. We will select between five and seven projects for participation.FUTURE PRESENT: artists, primary industry & climate change, artist-in-residence project at Vitalstatistix for ADHOCRACY 2014We are seeking 10 South Australian artists to join this residency, collaborating with lead artist Rosie Dennis, Artistic Director of Urban Theatre Projects (NSW).FUTURE PRESENT: artists, primary industry & climate change is an interdisciplinary project exploring the critical global issue of climate change and economic transition.The project, commissioned by Vitalstatistix for ADHOCRACY 2014, is led by Rosie Dennis, Artistic Director of Urban Theatre Projects (NSW). A maker, performer, writer and curator, Rosie creates work renowned for distinct beauty, universality and currency. She is one of Australia’s foremost makers of contemporary art, drawing from relationships with non-artist experts and on-the-street research.Carclew Project and Development Grants
Dates: 24 February 2014 - 15 March 2014
Location: Carclew
Applications Close: 15 March
Website: Carclew Website
Project and Development Grant applications closing soon. Submit your application online!
Project and Development Grants are available for early career artists aged 26 and under to develop creative projects with a tangible outcome and to pursue career development opportunities between July – December 2014.
Artists (of any age) and organisations engaging children and young people in an artistic project are also eligible to apply.
Soft Landing 2014: Performance and choreography skill development opportunity for graduates
Dates: 28 February 2014 - 23 March 2014
Location: QL2 Dance, Gorman House Arts Centre 55 Ainslie Avenue
Applications Close: 5 December 2013
Soft Landing is about you, a performing artist and human being.
With Amelia McQueen, Natalie Abbott, Solon Ulbrich and Adelina Larsson.
A project of QL2 Dance.
Cost: FREE! + you receive an honorarium of $200 towards your expenses.
You will have the opportunity to choreograph, perform, train in and teach dance among a group of committed and skilled artists at similar stages in their career, while being lead and supported by experienced dancers and choreographers.
- You will be challenged to make decisions about yourself and your art practice.
- You will train physically and engage creatively.
- You will contribute creative tasks relevant to your interests.
- You will support your peers and bring their concepts to life.
- Together, you will debate, reveal, feel, talk, eat, dance and WORK!!
Rumba Flamenca Classes with Triana Flamenco Dance Studio
Dates: 3 March 2014 - 31 July 2014
Location: Stomping Ground Studios
Times: Thursdays 7 - 7.45pm (Beginners Class), Mondays 7 - 7.45pm (General Rumba Class for experienced students)
Cost: $9 Casual Class, $35 prepaid for 5 Classes
Website: Triana Flamenco
NEW BEGINNERS CLASSES START THURSDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2014
ENROL NOW!
‘Flaunt the Gypsy in your soul” with ‘Rumba Flamenca’ Classes– a fun fiesta dance for those that want to have fun with flamenco.
– You don’t need a partner. You get fit with a fun workout.
– Improve your rhythm, posture and co-ordination.
– No dance experience needed.
– Wear your fun, gypsy attire. No special shoes.
– The beat is easy, the moves are fun.
– An easy introduction to flamenco dance without the complication of footwork.Divalicious Classes – By Fusion
Dates: 9 March 2014 - 13 April 2014
Location: Gouger Street Studio
Times: Sundays 1.45 - 2.45pm
Cost: $70 if register by 16th Feb, $90 after that
Website: Fusion Beats Divalivious
Fusion Beats Dance Academy will be teaching Adelaide’s first Divalicious classes in 2014!!
Be the epitome of a Diva! That is independent, confidence, wordily, stylish and all around fabulous!!
Ever wanted to dance like Beyonce, Britney or Shakira but have no idea how to? Well this is the class for you.
Learn a mashup of dance styles in a girly, sexy way in a fun atmosphere with other ladies.
La Belle Au Bois Dormant (The Sleeping Beauty)
Dates: 14 March 2014 - 19 March 2014
Location: Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas
Times: March: Fri 14 11am, Sat 15 1pm, Sun 16 11.30am, Wed 19 11am
Bookings: Palace Cinemas
The “Ballet of ballets” as Rudolf Nureyev described it; Sleeping Beauty remains one of the jewels in the heritage of dance. First performed in 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, the work combined the talents of choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Tchaikovsky. Inspired by Charles Perrault’s tale, they imagined a “fairy-tale ballet” in which dream and reality overlap and where fairies and godmothers, and the forces of Good and Evil fight over the fate of two young people.
In 1989, Rudolf Nureyev restaged the work based on the original choreography for the Paris Opera Ballet, devising a production of dazzling academic virtuosity alternating between lavish ensembles and pas de deux.Kultour Conversations 2014
Dates: 15 March 2014 - 15 March 2014
Location: Nexus Multicultural Arts Center
Times: March 15 1.30 - 3.30pm
Bookings: Kultour
Kultour is a national organisation committed to advancing cultural diversity in the arts in Australia.
Kultour is committed to the unique understandings that can only be generated through face-to-face discussion and sharing
both raising and considering questions that are critical to the national arts agenda.
Throughout February, March and April 2014 – Kultour will hold a series of information and knowledge sharing sessions in
Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, Hobart and Melbourne.
This series of conversations is designed to provide the sector with:
- an overview of Kultour’s emerging role;
- feedback on the National Gathering 2013 and its future iterations; and
- opportunity to identify emergent issues within the local agendasWe would like to invite you to join us and participate in our first series of Conversations for 2014.
Witja / Ausdance 'Young Mob' Performance at The Spirit Festival
Dates: 15 March 2014 - 15 March 2014
Location: Tarntanyangga (Victoria Square)
Times: March 15 2.30pm and 5.05pm
Website: The Spirit Festival
Wiltja Residential Program is a co-ed secondary boarding school for Anangu students from the APY Lands.
The recreation program offers a dynamic real life learning curriculum to students out of school hours. Ausdance have joined with Wiltja to provide weekly dance classes for boys and girls.
Each year the (ever changing) dance troop endeavour to create a performance piece for the renowned Ernabella Dance Festival where lands schools from across South Australia compete. How ever Wiltja ‘Young Mob’ do not partake in a competitive role. They attend in the capacity of ambassadors, to show what great things walking in two worlds can achieve by being at Wiltja.
The performance you see today is the culmination of 18 months intense training with aspects of traditional, jazz, contemporary and funk dance starting off with the haunting music of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, telling the story of their people coming together as one and awakening to a new way of life and then moving forward together in a celebration of culture that then jumps into a modern dance with traditional aspects of bush life influenced by the music and culture of mainstream society.
Ideas and stories, both traditional and current relayed by students have been interpreted by Ausdance choreographer Adrianne Semmens and Kurruru Artistic Director Deon Hastie fused into a dance that students and family are extremely proud to be sharing with you today.
Introduction to Dance Therapy Workshop
Dates: 22 March 2014 - 17 May 2014
Location: The Augustine Centre
Times: 22 March & 17 May, 10am - 1pm
Cost: FREE
Bookings: International Dance Therapy Institute of Australia
An experiential day workshop conducted by the International Dance Therapy Institute of Australia to introduce dance therapy and its potential for discovery, change and healing, together with some discussion and theoretical underpinning for its use in therapeutic contexts. Principal facilitators: Anna Schlusser, Evelyn Switajewski, & Bouthaina Mayall; IDTIA Diploma graduates and Dance Movement Therapists with experience in a wide range of settings.
Attendance at an introductory workshop is a prerequisite for the one year P/T Certificate in Dance-Movement Therapy commencing July 2014.
Enquiries to: Tammy Sawford, IDTIA Administrator, on 0439 330 008 or e-mail admin@idtia.org.au
Australian Youth Dance Festival, Renmark SA, 2014
Dates: 10 April 2014 - 16 April 2014
Location: Renmark, South Australia
Registrations Close: Early: 1 Oct - 1 Dec 2013, Standard Price: 1 Dec 2013 - 1 Mar 2014
Venue: Chaffey Theatre
Cost: $315 for Participants $90 for Group Leaders
Website: AYDF Renmark SA
The Australian Youth Dance Festival (AYDF) is the nation’s original dance festival for young people presented by Ausdance.
AYDF Renmark SA, 2014 will connect local, state, and national youth dance communities in the Riverland, through and exciting program of master-classes, workshops, rehearsals, talks and performances. Young dancers aged from 15-26 will delve into the festival theme of REGENERATION, working with leading dance artists from around the country. The AYDF is a non-competitive, affordable, culturally inclusive, regional event. The week long intensive includes a dance for screen program, showcase performances and an outdoor riverbank promenade dance work created for the local community.
This will be the first time that the biennial AYDF has been presented in South Australia.
Ausdance SA, the leading provider of dance development in South Australia, is working in partnership with Carclew, Ausdance National and Country Arts SA, to present the Australian Youth Dance Festival (AYDF) 10-16 April 2014, during the April School holidays in Renmark.
Registrations now open! Visit www.ausdancesa.org.au/aydf2014 for full details.
To stay up-to-date with the latest AYDF news, email sa@ausdance.org.au.
Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty from The Royal Ballet – At the Palace Nova
Dates: 18 April 2014 - 23 April 2014
Location: Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas
Times: April: Fri 18 11am, Sat 19 1pm, Sun 20 11.30am, Wed 23 11am
Bookings: Palace Cinemas
The Sleeping Beauty is the pinnacle of classical ballet: a perfect marriage of Petipa’s choreography and Tchaikovsky’s music and a glorious challenge for every dancer on stage. It is also The Royal Ballet’s signature work. To mark the Company’s 75th birthday in 2006, Monica Mason and Christopher Newton revitalized its landmark 1946 production. With Oliver Messel’s gorgeous original designs wonderfully re-imagined by Peter Farmer, and additional choreography by Anthony Dowell, Christopher Wheeldon and Frederick Ashton, has made a Sleeping Beauty for today which not only captures the mood of the original but shows that this is very much a living work for The Royal Ballet, growing and changing with the Company while celebrating its past.
Dance for your Life – 5Rhythms Adelaide Dance Workshop
Dates: 25 April 2014 - 26 April 2014
Location: Restless Dance Theatre, 234a Sturt St Adelaide SA
Times: April 25 6 - 9pm & April 26 10am - 4.30pm
Cost: Early bird (for April 25 & 26) $110 paid before April 4, April 25 $30/$25 conc, April 26 $120/$100c, April 25 & 26 $140/$120c
Bookings: gabriellegriffin@gmail.com
Website: 5RhythmsAdelaide
“Modern life asks much of us. As a fellow human being, I’m interested in how we respond – not in some head down, predictable, unsustainable way, but in a way that is meaningful, collaborative, creative, and fluid… just like a dance.
The 5Rhythms, Dancing Path, offers such a map. We move ourselves and we move with others. Co-creating a dance that is authentic and unique in each moment, potent with what’s real, present and meaningful. This is the artistry of the dance. This is food for our creative souls, both on the dance floor and in the personal choreography of our life…
This workshop does not require previous 5Rhythms or other dance experience, just your own willingness to move and be moved. I love this practice and I love moving bodies of all ages, sizes and abilities… so whether you are a first timer or a seasoned dancer, I warmly invite you to join me.”
Adelaide Festival Centre Presents Something on Saturday
Dates: 26 April 2014 - 30 August 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre
Times: Saturdays
Cost: From $14.50 or buy 4 shows and save
Bookings: BASS
Website: Something on Saturday
Something on Saturday is sponsored by National Pharmacies and delights and entertains thousands of children every Saturday throughout winter each year. Many South Australian children aged 2 to 10 enjoy their first theatrical experience through the program.
The 2014 program covers a wide range of entertainment, suitable for both boys and girls, including circus, puppetry, live music, percussion, ballet, magic, comedy, a family opera, a toddler disco party and even a ventriloquist.
The Foundation Kids Corner popular kids craft workshops are funded by the Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation. They are FREE and no bookings are required.
IETM Asian Satellite Meeting – Australia Council, IETM, Next Wave & Arts Centre Melbourne
Dates: 12 May 2014 - 14 May 2014
Location: Melbourne, VIC
Website: http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au
IETM is the leading international network for the contemporary performing arts. With over 500 members in 50 countries, its core business is to meet twice annually in Europe. In addition to these large meetings, the IETM holds smaller Satellite meetings outside Europe in regions of strategic importance. Australia is delighted to host the 2014 Asian Satellite for IETM, bringing together a focused group of contemporary performing arts professionals from Australia, Europe and Asia to network and exchange ideas for collaboration and coproduction between the regions.
The meeting will be held in the context of Arts Centre Melbourne’s Asian Performing Arts Program and is preceded by the final weekend of the Next Wave festival. Delegates are strongly encouraged to arrive in Melbourne to be able to start the performance itinerary on the morning of Saturday 10 May through Sunday 11 May, alongside their international peers and then attend the IETM Asian Satellite meeting, 12-14 May 2014.
You are warmly encouraged to apply to participate in this event as one of fifty Australian delegates through the Expressions of Interest process. This will be an inspiring gathering of artists and arts professionals engaged in collaboration between Europe and Asia.
ADT's Secondment Week
Dates: 12 May 2014 - 16 May 2014
Location: Australian Dance Theatre
Applications Close: 31 March 2014
Cost: $300/student - open to tertiary dance students & recent graduates
The 2013 Secondment Week booked out in record time so don’t miss out on the 2014 Secondment Week from 12-16 May at ADT’s studios in Hawthorn (Adelaide).
ADT’s Secondment Week was one of the first of its kind in Australia, and it remains an unparalleled opportunity for students to join Australia’s elite professional dance ensemble for a unique one-week intensive training experience including: Tumbling, choreographic tasking and stage craft, current company repertoire, audition technique, and forums on related topics like company life, diet, nutrition and marketing.
To Apply: Please email your current CV, two full body dance photographs [files should not exceed 1MB in size, file saved as your first & last name], and up to two links to video footage to adt@adt.org.au
Adelaide Kalamela
Dates: 17 May 2014 - 18 May 2014
Location: Her Majesty’s Theatre
Times: May 17 6pm
Cost: $20 - $40
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
ADELAIDE’S WORLD OF CULTURES
A unique performing arts extravaganza from incredible IndiaDelight in traditional, classical and folk dances, including much loved Bollywood routines.
Be transported to other ethnic cultures while experiencing amazing colour and energy from the sub-continent.
A Delicate Situation
Dates: 22 May 2014 - 24 May 2014
Location: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Times: 22-24 May 7.00pm, 23 May 11.30am
Cost: $20 - $38
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
Lore across cultures explored through dance
Directed and choreographed by Lina Limosani
AUSTRALIA/MALAYSIAWORLD PREMIERE
How do we deal with death and the fear it engenders as it closes in?
Folklore, psychology and superstition come together in an enthralling cross-cultural mix of dance, puppetry and theatre.
A Delicate Situation draws upon the ancient Malaysian myth of the vampiric Pontianak to tell the story of one woman’s struggle to come to terms with death.
Highly acclaimed South Australian choreographer Lina Limosani has brought together an international team to create a chilling and visually poetic piece of dance theatre.
Adhocracy 2014 – Vitalstatistix
Dates: 7 June 2014 - 9 June 2014
Location: Vitalstatistix – Waterside, Port Adelaide
Website: http://vitalstatistixtheatrecompany.blogspot.com.au/
Adhocracy is Vitalstatistix’s annual make ‘n’ show hothouse, inviting interdisciplinary artists to create, converse and critique in one space (our beautiful home, Waterside, Port Adelaide) over the June Queen’s Birthday long weekend. Selected artists spend the long weekend in an open studio environment developing new work, which can span theatre, live art, dance, sound, installation and more. Audiences engage with the artists, their projects and their creative process through a public program of artist talks and work-in-progress showings. To keep it comfortable and real, there’s also a bar and one of Adelaide’s boutique food vans joins us for the ride each year too.
2014 Vitalstatistix ProgramInternational Teaching Artist Conference
Dates: 1 July 2014 - 3 July 2014
Location: Queensland University of Technology, Queensland Performing Arts Centre and the Cultural Forecourt
Cost: Full registration – $495, Earlybird registration - $395 (By May 31, 2014), Concession (Student, unemployed) registration - $300
Website: International Teaching Artist Conference
Three days of intensive inquiry for artists, arts educators, administrators and professionals.
At the First International Teaching Artist Conference in Oslo 2012, teaching artists and those who work with them gathered from 26 countries for the first time and recognized they all belong to an international field that shares a common DNA. The Second International Teaching Artist Conference (ITAC2) builds upon that foundation—bringing the field together in Brisbane, Australia for three days, to activate its potential as a global movement. Join us—to ensure that your experience and passion help shape the future.AICD 2014 Dance Creation Choreographic Competition
Dates: 3 July 2014 - 4 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Centre for the Arts
Applications Close: May 1 2014
Website: The Australian Institute of Classical Dance
This exciting competition provides a chance for choreographers who are looking for an opportunity to demonstrate their skills with a range of different dance companies and organisations.
DANCE CREATION initially includes state based preliminaries held during 2014. The finalists from each state will travel to Melbourne, Victoria to present their works at the Malthouse Theatre on 28 October 2014.
Cinderella
Dates: 4 July 2014 - 10 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre
Times: Jul 5 & 9 1.30pm, Jul 7 6.30pm, Jul 4-5 & 8-10 7.30pm
Cost: from $36
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
Everyone’s favourite fairytale – with a twist.
Alexei Ratmansky, formerly artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet and now resident choreographer of American Ballet Theatre, has created a new version of Cinderella for The Australian Ballet.
Set to Prokofiev’s beguiling score and featuring Surrealism-inspired sets and costumes by French designer Jérôme Kaplan, this new Cinderella is a fantasy land of 1940s glam – with some surprises in store!
Ratmansky has been hailed as the saviour of traditional ballet, injecting fresh life into classical technique. His treatment of the original girl-made-good story is filled with his characteristic wit and flair.
Following 2013′s Swan Lake, Cinderella promises to be another sell-out for The Australian Ballet.
The Australian Ballet McAllister in conversation
Dates: 5 July 2014 - 5 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre
Times: 5 - 6pm
Cost: $15
Bookings: BASS
Website: The Australian Ballet
The dream of becoming a principal artist of The Australian Ballet begins early in a dancer’s career, and only comes true after years of hard work, dedication and passion.
Join Artistic Director David McAllister and one of our principal artists to get to know them as both a talented dancer and a charming individual. There will be time for questions.
Suitable for age 10 to adultThe Australian Ballet Boys Day
Dates: 5 July 2014 - 5 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre
Times: July 5 10am - 12.30pm
Cost: $27
Bookings: The Australian Ballet Bookings
Website: The Australian Ballet
Each year, more and more young men are choosing to study dance, attracted by its athleticism and artistry.
The Australian Ballet salutes these budding performers with this event that gives young male students the opportunity to take class together and then to meet and talk with the male dancers of the company, before watching morning class.
Suitable
for male dance students aged 9 to 14
Participants who do not fit these requirements will be unable to attend. The name, gender and date of birth of each participant is required at the time of booking.The Australian Ballet Open Classes
Dates: 6 July 2014 - 6 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre
Times: July 6 10am, 12pm, & 2pm
Cost: $27
Bookings: The Australian Ballet
Website: The Australian Ballet
Dance students! Don’t miss attending a class taught by one of the artists of The Australian Ballet. These non-syllabus classes are designed to encourage a sensitive approach to musical phrasing, correct alignment of the body and greater efficiency in moving.
Suitable for Grade 3 to Advanced dance students.
Participants who do not fit these requirements will be unable to attend. The name, gender and date of birth of each participant is required at the time of booking.The Australian Ballet Connecting exercises workshop
Dates: 6 July 2014 - 6 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre
Times: July 6 1.30pm
Cost: $85
Bookings: The Australian Ballet Bookings
Website: The Australian Ballet
The lower legs are a common site of dance injuries. In this workshop, with The Australian Ballet’s Body Conditioning Specialist Paula Baird-Colt and Physiotherapist Sophie Emery, you’ll learn about The Australian Ballet’s lower-leg conditioning exercises, which are designed to support alignment, strength and endurance. Paula and Sophie will explain the relationship between these exercises and the dance skills they foster.
Suitable for dance teachers, dancers age 16 and over with classical ballet training, and allied health professionals working with dancers.Cinderella Post-performance Q&A
Dates: 7 July 2014 - 7 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre
Times: July 7 Post-performance
Cost: FREE to patrons who have purchased a ticket to the performance
Website: The Australian Ballet
Add to your enjoyment and understanding of Cinderella by joining Artistic Director David McAllister and our panel of artistic staff and dancers at the conclusion of the performance on Monday 7 July.
Suitable for age 10 to adultThe Australian Ballet People's day
Dates: 7 July 2014 - 7 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre
Times: July 7 10am
Cost: $20
Bookings: BASS
Website: The Australian Ballet
Looking for an exciting activity for the July school holidays? People’s day is an exclusive behind-the-scenes insight into the daily life of a dancer of The Australian Ballet.
You’ll see class on the Festival Theatre stage, learn more about your national ballet company and meet the 2014 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award nominees. Don’t forget to bring your autograph book!
Suitable for age 10 to adultThe Australian Ballet Once upon a time
Dates: 8 July 2014 - 8 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre
Times: July 8 12pm
Cost: $40 Premium, $33 A Reserve, $25 B Reserve
Bookings: BASS
Website: The Australian Ballet
Story ballets are a wonderful introduction to the art form for children. This engaging 60-minute performance will feature fully staged excerpts from our new production of Cinderella, with narration by one of the characters and live musical accompaniment.
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky has reimagined this classic fairytale with Surrealist-inspired sets and costumes and plenty of 1940s glamour. Cinderella arriving at the ball in her Grace Kelly-worthy gown is a sight to behold.
Once upon a time has been specially designed for families with children aged 4 and up and is the perfect activity for the July school holidays.
Suitable for age 4 to adultThe Australian Ballet Teachers Day
Dates: 9 July 2014 - 9 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre
Times: July 9 11.30am - 12.30am
Cost: $22
Bookings: The Australian Ballet Bookings
Website: The Australian Ballet
To celebrate ballet teachers and their commitment to, and love of, dance, we hold Teachers’ day. It’s our way of saying thank you.
It’s also an opportunity to keep abreast of the qualities and technical virtuosity now required of the professional dancer by watching company class. At the completion of morning class join the ballet staff member who took class for a discussion and more detailed demonstration of the themes covered in class. There will be time for questions.
Suitable for dance teachers.
Participants who do not fit these requirements will be unable to attend. The name, gender and date of birth of each participant is required at the time of booking.Multiverse by Gary Stewart – Australian Dance Theatre
Dates: 9 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre
Venue: Space Theatre
Cost: $29-40 | Preview $24-45
Bookings: http://www.bass.net.au/events/multiverse.aspx
WORLD PREMIERE
Visually stunning 3D graphics and unparalleled dancers.
In his role as Thinker in Residence at Deakin University, Garry Stewart has created Multiverse, a new type of audience experience where visually stunning 3D graphics share the stage with three phenomenal dancers from Australian Dance Theatre.
Based on ideas from theoretical physics, Multiverse creates extraordinary images that delve into unusual notions such as string theory, parallel dimensions, multiple universes and black holes: ideas that are at the centre of current thinking into how we understand the universe.
Multiverse is one of the first 3D performances to be created by an Australian dance company. Viewed through 3D glasses, Multiverse is an extraordinary new work that combines the power of live dance with the wonder of 3D graphics from one of the great innovators of Australian dance.
Suitable: Ages 12+ | Warning: Strobe lighting and 3D effects
Preview performance: Wednesday 9 July 8pm (preview price applies)
Multiverse
Dates: 9 July 2014 - 12 July 2014
Location: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Times: Jul 9 8pm (P), Jul 10-12 8pm
Cost: $29 - $50, Preview: $24 - $45
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
By Garry Stewart
Australian Dance TheatreWORLD PREMIERE
Visually stunning 3D graphics and unparalleled dancers.
In his role as Thinker in Residence at Deakin University, Garry Stewart has created Multiverse, a new type of audience experience where visually stunning 3D graphics share the stage with three phenomenal dancers from Australian Dance Theatre.
Based on ideas from theoretical physics, Multiverse creates extraordinary images that delve into unusual notions such as string theory, parallel dimensions, multiple universes and black holes: ideas that are at the centre of current thinking into how we understand the universe.
Multiverse is one of the first 3D performances to be created by an Australian dance company. Viewed through 3D glasses, Multiverse is an extraordinary new work that combines the power of live dance with the wonder of 3D graphics from one of the great innovators of Australian dance.
Keep Everything – Chunky Move – Presented by Vitalstastix
Dates: 16 July 2014 - 18 July 2014
Location: Vitalstatistix, Waterside 11 Nile Street, Port Adelaide
Tickets: $32 Full | $28 Concession | $25 Fringe Benefits
Bookings: See Vitalstatistix for ticketing details.
Daniel Jaber's Reassessment
Dates: 6 August 2014 - 9 August 2014
Location: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Times: 7pm
Cost: $20 - $30
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
Edgy, gender-questioning dance
AUSTRALIAReassessment – a Double Bill is an exciting program of cutting edge contemporary dance work by local, multi-award winning choreographer Daniel Jaber.
Solo work Too far again, not far enough… performed by Jaber asks both performer and audience to consider how they judge people in regards to gender roles and normalisation.
The second piece, Agile is a fiercely physical quartette where gender boundaries and dance roles are blurred and bent to give new meaning to the male and female in dance.
Using a ferocious physicality, original sound and fashion Reassessment promises to provoke and entertain.
From Darkness The Day
Dates: 15 August 2014 - 15 August 2014
Location: Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
Venue: Rehearsal Room #2, Meet at the Dunstan Playhouse foyer
Times: Aug 15 4pm & 7pm
Cost: Entry by Donation, Email registration essential
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
Inspired by childhood memories and phobias, fairy tales and folklore From Darkness the Day is an immersive, whimsical and highly sophisticated work for children aged 7 and up.
The Oracle
Dates: 20 August 2014 - 23 August 2014
Location: Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
Times: 8pm
Cost: $25 - $60
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
A powerful, critically-acclaimed work
ADELAIDE PREMIEREA sensual and intense dance work by celebrated choreographer Meryl Tankard, acclaimed in Europe, the UK and USA.
Featuring one of Australia’s most acclaimed dancers, Paul White, The Oracle explores the conflicting forces of nature and man, masculinity and femininity, violence and nurturing, strength and vulnerability.
The Oracle is set to Stravinsky’s seminal composition for the infamous ballet The Rite of Spring, which caused riots at its Paris premiere in 1913.
The intensity of the subject, the power of the complex, rhythmic musical score and the stark and brooding aesthetic deliver an atmosphere of coiledspring emotions and conflict in this haunting and critically acclaimed work.
Kinship
Dates: 22 October 2014 - 25 October 2014
Location: Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
Times: Oct 24 12.30pm, Oct 25 2pm, Oct 22-25 8pm
Cost: $25 - $60
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
Original and breathtaking theatrical experience
AUSTRALIABangarra Dance Theatre presents an original and breathtaking theatrical experience: Kinship (featuring 2 works Brolga and ID), by award-winning choreographer Stephen Page.
The first piece Brolga, a creation story inspired by the totemic systems in Australian Aboriginal culture, where every person is assigned a totem related to their clan.
The performance continues with ID, investigating what it means to be Aboriginal in the 21st century, asking important questions of identity. This bold dance theatre work celebrates the resilience of Australian Aboriginal culture in both its traditional and contemporary forms.
Wasted
Dates: 24 October 2014 - 24 October 2014
Location: Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
Venue: Rehearsal Room #2, Meet at the Dunstan Playhouse foyer
Times: 4pm & 7pm
Cost: Entry by Donation, Email registration essential
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
Wasted is One Point 618′s newest work by Katrina Lazaroff. It explores the concept of wasted potential, looking at how life circumstance, environmental influences and social constructs impact on the way we direct our lives.
My Life in the Nude – Maude Davey – Presented by Feast Festival & Vitalstatistix
Dates: 18 November 2014 - 23 November 2014
Location: ANZ Feast Cluster, Adelaide SA
Tickets: $35 Full | $30 Concession | $27 Fringe Benefits / Club Feast $30 | Concession $25
See feast.org.au and vitalstatistix.com for ticketing details.
Degradation
Dates: 19 December 2014 - 19 December 2014
Location: Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
Venue: Rehearsal Room #2, Meet at the Dunstan Playhouse foyer
Times: Dec 19 4pm & 7pm
Cost: Entry by Donation, Email registration essential
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
Degradation coalesces an abstract exploration of images, vignettes and transposed physical states that represent the spectrum of psychological and physical transformations wrought by opiate use.
Split Second Heroes
Dates: 30 December 2014 - 30 December 2014
Location: Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre
Venue: Rehearsal Room #2, Meet at the Dunstan Playhouse foyer
Times: Date and Time to be confirmed
Cost: Entry by Donation, Email registration essential
Bookings: Adelaide Festival Centre
Centred on two inventors with some very unusual powers, this action-adventure performance explores the challenging duality of life long professional pursuits and long-term relationships.
