IN|FORM | Li Cunxin
An interview with Li Cunxin Interviewed by Dave Lowe, Editor (2021) Mr Li, you’ve been Artistic Director of the Queensland Ballet since 2012. How would you describe your role to someone (like me) with no background in dance? As the Artistic Director of the company, I decide on the programs to perform, choose all the […]
IN|FORM | Aarti Bajaj
Director and Founder, Wild Dreamer Productions & 9Expressions Performing Arts What first got you into dance / What is your first memory of dance? My mum. I was 8, and she observed my affection towards dance and movement and introduce me to a formal education for Bharatnatyam (an Indian Classical dance form). And my first […]
IN|FORM | Adam Sleeman
What first got you into dance / What is your first memory of dance? I began dancing as a subject at high school – it was the first State School in Rockhampton that offered dance as an OP registered subject. From there I continued dance at Central Queensland University’s Bachelor of Performing Arts as a […]
IN|FORM | Katrina Sayce
Image by Tella Photography Contributed by Katrina Sayce, Townsville Academy of Performing Arts “This girl needs to learn ballet”. I had an arched back and curvature of the spine, so a doctor’s recommendation was the reason I began my dance journey. However, it was not until the age of 7 that I fell in love […]
IN|FORM | Andrea Lam
Contributed by Andrea Lam, Dance Masala (Bollywood Dance Company) What is your first memory of dance? My first clear memory of dance is the baby ballet classes my mum sent me to as a 6-year-old at ‘Sayers Dance’ in Kenmore. Mum took great pleasure in making me full length chiffon tutus with sew-on jewels bedazzling […]
IN|FORM | Joel Gallarde
Contributed by Joel Gallarde, Triple8 Funk Dance Company What first got you into dance / What is your first memory of dance? In my first year of uni, it was a good idea to join a university club to meet new friends so my roommate and I, with no dance experience, decided to audition for […]
IN|FORM | Amy Hollingsworth
An interview with Amy Hollingsworth Artistic Director, Australasian Dance Collective Do you still dance for pleasure? What kind of thing? This question made me laugh out loud…one might say I am always dancing. I am in perpetual motion in everything I do. When I talk, I tend to gesticulate expansively, and I simply cannot stand […]
IN|FORM | Rosetta Cook & Michelle White
Founders and co-directors of 2ballerinas dance school for adults. In 2007 we started our school with 4 ballet classes a week in a church hall. At the time there were no schools in Queensland dedicated to teaching adult ballet. Michelle and I were catching up and chatting about how we were missing dancing and realised […]
IN|FORM | Adapting
Contributed by Lauren Watson
IN|FORM | Creating Options
Contributed by Ashleigh Musk & Michael Smith