‘We value everyone equally, but you know, of course each person has a role to play in the team that's been created, but no one is, you know, less valuable than another.’
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Akram Khan’s Giselle, image by Nicha Rodboon
Juliet Burnett part one
I think now I am really sort of hungry to do more things that are really outside of my preconceived box of what I can do or what kind of dancer, I identify as or think of myself as.
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Image by Amy Gardner
James Vu Anh Pham
“What I love about the dance world is that it has the possibility of bringing together so many different cultures, so many different people, beliefs, ways of thinking, ways of being in a space … we always find a common ground and a way to exist and support one another and to create something really beautiful”
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Image by Julia Gat
Thomas Bradley
“my ambitions are taking me into other mediums where there is such a liberation, because I don't know the rules, because I don't understand the parameters because I don't understand techniques, because I don't understand tools, or how to do this, or what I should be doing. You know, and there's, there's such a liberation in that. And I think the most valuable thing that I have at the moment is this costume design situation.”
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Image courtesy of Harper Watters
Harper Watters
“I try to make the ballet world a lot more colourful, diverse and a lot more inclusive.”
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Chase Johnsey
“I am a huge feminist, so there was something about the strength of the females going on pointe, that really interested me, I like that there was strength beyond the beauty.”
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Image credit: Catherine Evans Piotr Pietrus
Mirjam Sögner & Renae Shadler
Dance often relies heavily on strong collaborations; a synergy between movement and music, choreography and the body, lighting and sound.
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IETM Ball 2014 - Produced by Tristan Meecham © Image by Bryony Jackson
Bec Reid
“I have committed to rest of my dancing life, to making dance as inclusive as possible because my experience was very welcoming.”
Damien Jalet
“I really love to see dance as a place of exploration, where you actually try to capture something that is not really conscious.”
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Hillel Kogan
“Where we stand in space defines the way we move” from We Love Arabs.
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Joshua Pether
"It is easier to change an aesthetic rather than a physical form, so by having different bodies on stage you then start to change the aesthetic, which then starts to change peoples perspectives."
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Photo Amber Haines
Samantha Hines
“the weirder you are the more unique you move, the more you are going to get hired for that role”
Read MoreGareth Chambers
“I think when people are exposed to something, like queer dance or queer art, it can either trigger two things: it can firstly make them want to learn or understand it, or secondly, they refuse it because it scares them. I think both actions can trigger change.”
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Melanie Lane
“Dance has that very exclusive possibility to express something physically, something that other forms aren’t able to express….watching a body go through some kind of negotiation, experience or sensation, which as an audience you can share”
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"Being Indigenous now means you are influenced by not only your traditional heritage but by pop culture, western education, sexuality … there are so many things that influence us now as Indigenous peoples. So from my point of view, that’s where my work comes from, that point of diversity"
Thomas Fonua
"Being Indigenous now means you are influenced by not only your traditional heritage but by pop culture, western education, sexuality … there are so many things that influence us now as Indigenous peoples. So from my point of view, that’s where my work comes from, that point of diversity
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Sue Healey
“I am interested in how we talk about dance. Because: a. I think many people are scared about it, they don’t really understand it. b. we don’t often, really get to uncover it, and talk about it much. ”
— Sue Healey
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Noel Tovey
This interviews covers a look at Melbourne in 1940 and 50s, Noel’s professional career, his latest book, the AIDS epidemic and his being at the Stonewall Riots. This wide-ranging conversation contains adult content, listener discretion advised.
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Daniel Jaber
“Movement gave me a greater sense of freedom and expression.”
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“I like working with the dancers, I like working on the detail of the choreography and the structure of the work.”
Lucy Guerin
“I like working with the dancers, I like working on the detail of the choreography and the structure of the work.”
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Alexandre Hamel
“Branding it as contemporary dance is bad for marketing. Contemporary dance is often seen as elitist, boring […] for snobs by a very large section of the public.”
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