Editorial Dancers, choreographers, teachers, students and history buffs were
invited to attend the second Australian Dance Awards Industry Program
in June of this year. The symposium looked at the history of modern
dance in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s. At the end of the 1980s the
Australian dance landscape looked radically different to what it did at
the end of the 1960s. Through presentations, interviews, film and
historical displays, this day explored these two rich decades, which
saw the pr... Read More >>
It is a
pleasure to be here today at this Dance History Symposium and I thank
the committee for inviting me. I am proud to be the first to spea... Read More >>
In this paper, I tried to provide a
picture of those cultural and political events in the 1960s and 1970s
that helped to shape the field of Australian dance. I used Bo... Read More >>
In this section of the Dance History Symposium I have been asked to
speak about three matters – all of them very close to my heart and to
my own personal jou...
- the advent of the small
dance companies, their choreographic impact and the relationship to the
development of the tertiary dance programs in Australia.
This has been a most stimulating
discussion and one that has thrown much light on the political and
artistic environment of the 1970s and 1980s.... Read More >>
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