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Out of the lounge room, onto the dance floor

From Darwin to Melbourne, dance lovers from all walks of life unite for Big Dance.
27 Apr 2018 12:00
Richard Watts

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Big Dance 2018, NAISDA Developing Artists. Photo credit: Jamie James.

On Sunday 29 April, the world celebrates International Dance Day. This year the occasion will be marked in Australia by simultaneous events held across Australia, from Darwin to Melbourne and Castlemaine to Canberra, as part of the latest iteration of Big Dance.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts

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