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Review: Tracks Dance Company's In Your Blood, Darwin Festival
Featuring a cast of 40 and the work of seven choreographers, In Your Blood finds the sweet spot between sport…
New dance program en pointe for students
A new partnership between The McDonald College and Sydney Dance Company ensures students no longer need to prioritise dance training…
Review: Chasing Smoke & Biladurang, Darwin Festival
Further reflections and critical responses to events programmed as part of the 2018 Darwin Festival.
Review: Buried Country, The Beginning of Nature & Baker Boy, Darwin Festival
Impressions and critical reflections on the opening weekend of this year’s Darwin Festival by our Performing Arts Editor, Richard Watts.
How to navigate a festival program
With dozens, sometimes hundreds of choices, navigating an arts festival program can be overwhelming. Arts industry figures offer their tips…
Career spotlight: Lighting designer
Creating mood, shifting emphasis, painting with light: the art of the lighting designer is a subtle one. Here, three successful…
Projection art: transforming the everyday
Glow Winter Arts Festival returns for a fifth year, transforming the familiar environs of Malvern East after dark.
Boutique performing arts school punches well above its weight
Performing arts education at primary and secondary levels equips students for life in the arts, and life in general.
Spectacular investments at VCA and Melbourne Conservatorium Open Day
The history of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium is well known, but a $200 million investment…
The cutting edge course that welcomes flexible thinkers
Get a headstart on your peers by starting your study in November, at a university that is focused on developing…