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NEWS | EVENTS

THEATRE IN THE TIME OF COVID • What will a Covid-safe theatre be like? And can we afford it? asks Karen van Ulzen.

‘Phantom’ in South Korea

WA Ballet opens first

CREATING DRACULA • The blood-sucking vampire is about to stalk the West Australian Ballet’s stage again. Karen van Ulzen talks to the ballet’s creator.

BYTES • The author of ‘Dracula’, Bram Stoker, was a theatre critic and manager.

STUCK ON A CRUISE SHIP! • Claudia Pereira landed a dream job as a singer/dancer on a cruise ship. Then the pandemic struck.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ALCHEMY • Amber Haines has been fortunate enough to experience a thriving creative career that enables her to embrace her two artistic passions,

Passion Projects • Chris Horsey discusses his next big ideas with Sally Clark.

Smart meal management • Part of adjusting to full-time studies can be organising your daily meals, especially if you have moved and are living independently for the first time. Nutritionist Fiona Sutherland offers a few tips.

The other ADT • Michelle Forte talks to Geraldine Higginson about creating her youth company.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime... • If you’re thinking of checking out your local youth dance company, get started with this (by no means comprehensive) list.

Capital company • A dance company in Canberra? It has Michelle Potter’s vote.

Making the leap • The outgoing artistic director of the Australian Ballet has written a book looking back over his long ballet life.

THE POINT OF POINTE • Symbol of female oppression or liberating technical achievement – why do we continue to love pointe shoes? Denise Richardson investigates.

HOW TO BE A DINOSAUR • Caterina Mete gives Susan Bendall the wobble on a being a wiggle.

Three things you might not know

The perfect audition video • Dear Emma, I sent an audition video to a school overseas and was rejected. It was particularly hard because I wasn’t given any feedback and also because I feel like if I were there in person it would have been different. How can I make an audition video that shows who I really am?

London, Paris, Hamburg, Brisbane • Karen van Ulzen took advantage of the worldwide lockdown to chat with dancers here and overseas. She started with Alexander Campbell, principal with the Royal Ballet.

Her own path • Mia Heathcote is a senior soloist with the Queensland Ballet.

Home is ABT • Australian Kiely Groenewegen is lapping up life in the Big Apple.

Dancing for her life • Kellymarie Sullivan called on her love for dance to pull her through a major health crisis.

Josh Wright • is a creative producer. He was appointed artistic director of Dancehouse in Melbourne in April.

FULL-TIME STUDIES GUIDE • There are many exciting options available in full-time dance training, as Michelle Dursun explains.

Amelia Townsend • Corps de ballet, Royal Ballet, London

Caleb Durbin • Corps de Ballet, Houston Ballet, US

Alex Andrews • Principal of Elevation Dance Studios, Melbourne.

Charles Slater • Company artist, Queensland Ballet.

Chris Rodgers-Wilson • Senior Artist, Australian Ballet.

Tyla Steinbach • Corps de Ballet, San Francisco Ballet.

Elena de Cinque • Founder/director of ED5International.

Hannah Nash • Graduate of the English National Ballet School, recently...