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The Royal Ballet School has announced a new collaboration with The Australian Ballet School – bringing together two of the world’s leading classical ballet schools. The project, aiming to elevate the development of dance educators across the sector, will bring The Royal Ballet School’s renowned dance teacher training to Australia later this year. Find out more at Dance Informa https://lnkd.in/gyywRxAz #balleteducation #ballettraining #danceteaching #collaboration

A festival of live dance and music will take place on 27-28 July in celebration of Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham, UK. Presented by ME Dance, Inc., this free two-day event will take place underneath Spaghetti Junction itself. The Junction is a great way to take a new look at the familiar interchange, whilst enjoying an afternoon of free, locally-grown entertainment. Find out more at Dance Informa UK https://lnkd.in/g8-QzrbZ #dancefestival #sitespecific

Birmingham Royal Ballet have announced that His Majesty King Charles III is the Company’s new Patron, a role previously held by the late Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Read more in Dance Informa UK https://lnkd.in/gVxEQhu3 #royalpatronage #patron

Dance Umbrella, London’s annual international contemporary dance festival, have announced the full 2024 festival programme taking place across London, and online, from 9 – 31 October. Find out what's on offer at Dance Informa UK https://lnkd.in/ga7pDes2 📸Hatched Ensemble credit Mark Wessels. Appearing at the Barbican Centre #dancefestival #contemporarydance #programannouncement

The spectacular annual celebration EverNow is returning to Boorloo/Perth this October to ignite our senses during the wildflower season of birth, new life and renewal. EverNow– a festival during Kambarang – will light up iconic city locations with a series of brilliant displays and performances reflecting WA’s unique environment and culture from 3–7 October. EverNow 2024 welcomes back the immersive walk-through wonderland Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak in Kings Park and a fresh production of Song Circle, the mesmerising showcase of Noongar songs and dance. Extra EverNow programming will be announced soon. Read more at Dance Informa AU https://lnkd.in/grbhfF4G #FirstNations #Perth #festival

The Royal Academy of Dance has launched series nine of its podcast, Why Dance Matters. Featuring on the slate are a set of pioneering figures from the dance world, the series begins with the American Ballet Theatre’s first black principal dancer, Misty Copeland. Read on at Dance Informa UK https://lnkd.in/gm32Hgem 📸 Misty Copeland Image credit Henry Leutwyler #podcast #dancepodcast #ballerina

Australia, brace yourselves for an exhilarating weekend of dance as the Red Bull Dance Your Style Weekender takes centre stage in 2024. This year, Red Bull is expanding the National Final to celebrate and crown the nation’s best street dance talent over a full weekend of workshops, panels, parties and music performances, held from 19 July to 21 July in Sydney, free to the public. The Red Bull Dance Your Style National Final will be held on Saturday 20th July at Carriageworks, Sydney. Read more in Dance Informa AU https://lnkd.in/g6xrt7Tt

Congratulations to the British Ballet Organization (BBO), who have announced that Anita Young MBE has joined the team as Artistic Director. BBO is one of the world’s leading dance Awarding Organisations offering excellence in dance training and education across the UK and internationally. Read more in Dance Informa UK https://lnkd.in/gTvryKB6 #newaddition #dancemoves #artisticdirector

Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award®-winning musical thriller is coming to Melbourne this Spring with Victorian Opera’s 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street A Musical Thriller'. The performances will take place at the iconic Arts Centre Melbourne Playhouse from 14-21 September. Starring Ben Mingay and Antoinette Halloran and directed by celebrated Australian opera and musical theatre director Stuart Maunder AM, this is a masterpiece of musical theatre not to be missed. Read more at Dance Informa AU https://lnkd.in/gNWHTZAj #opera #SweeneyTodd #Melbourne #Ticketsonsale