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Performance artist ends gruelling display

November 23, 2008 11:00:00

A controversial artist has emerged from a gruelling performance in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.[MORE]

Tags: performance-art, people, offbeat, hobart-7000

Performance artist ramps up

November 21, 2008 16:17:00

The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery will stay open around the clock while a gruelling performance is underway.[MORE]

Tags: performance-art, tas, hobart-7000

Collector donates Shakespeare texts to London theatre

November 8, 2008 17:43:00

A US collector will donate rare early editions of Shakespeare's plays to London's Globe Theatre, which specialises in performing the bard's works.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, books-literature, performance-art, theatre, united-kingdom, england

Artist prepares for wood work

October 31, 2008 11:36:00

A controversial artist is preparing for a gruelling performance piece at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart next month.[MORE]

Tags: libraries-museums-and-galleries, performance-art, tas, hobart-7000

Music academy to close

October 24, 2008 10:45:00

The Federal Government is to stop funding the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in South Melbourne.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, music, bands-and-artists, performance-art, government-and-politics, federal-government, australian-composers, australia, vic, south-melbourne-3205

Blaine survives 'Dive of Death'

September 25, 2008 14:11:00

David Blaine's "Dive of Death" wasn't after all - the magician and showman ended up alive on Wednesday night (local time) following his 60-hour stunt of hanging upside down in Central Park.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, performance-art, offbeat, united-states

Daredevil Blaine 'doing fine'

September 24, 2008 07:27:00

Doctors check on daredevil David Blaine, who's still suspended above Central Park.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, performance-art, offbeat, united-states

Blaine's latest stunt turns magic on its head

September 23, 2008 11:00:00

Magician David Blaine to spend 60 hours suspended above New York's Central Park.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, performance-art, offbeat, united-states

Students to show off wearable art

August 11, 2008 11:00:00

The coordinator of this year's wearable arts competition in Alice Springs says there will be an extra showing of pieces by children from the town's primary schools, due to popular demand.[MORE]

Tags: fashion, performance-art, alice-springs-0870

Drought play soaks up WA funding

July 22, 2008 11:20:00

A play about the impact of drought on mid-west Western Australian communities has secured more than $50,000 in WA Government funding.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, performance-art, business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, grief, disasters-and-accidents, drought, geraldton-6530

Artists hit town for Brisbane Festival

July 18, 2008 14:19:00

The Brisbane Festival kicks off tonight and has attracted celebrated international artists to theatres and stages across the city. [MORE]

Tags: carnivals-and-festivals, performance-art, qld, brisbane-4000

Ledger's name to live on in new arts centre

July 1, 2008 13:18:00

A new performing arts centre will be named after Heath Ledger in WA.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, feature-films, performance-art, theatre, actors, wa, northbridge-6003

Smart business the focus for performing arts industry

Feature

June 15, 2008 07:09:00

Performing arts companies are being warned to stay ahead of economic and social trends.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, opera-and-musical-theatre, performance-art, australia

Sheep mystery a box office hit

Feature

June 3, 2008 07:42:00

Mem Fox's mysterious Green Sheep captivate under fours the world over.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, performance-art, theatre, adelaide-5000

Business urged to put its money where its art is

May 16, 2008 19:47:00

A survey into arts funding in Tasmania has shown the state needs a boost from the business sector.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, dance, visual-art, libraries-museums-and-galleries, music, opera-and-musical-theatre, performance-art, theatre, business-economics-and-finance, tas

'Sound Walk' a feature of Hobart Fringe Festival

April 2, 2008 11:32:00

Tasmania's best experimental artists will showcase their talents in a month-long festival, which starts this afternoon. [MORE]

Tags: visual-art, digitalmultimedia-art, performance-art, community-and-society, tas, hobart-7000

Queanbeyan performing arts centre open

March 3, 2008 15:46:00

After 12 years of planning, Queanbeyan finally has a performing arts centre.[MORE]

Tags: performance-art, local-government, act, nsw, queanbeyan-2620

Buskers add festival colour

February 29, 2008 08:08:00

Buskers will add colour to Rundle Mall and Rymill Park in Adelaide when the city's International Buskers Festival begins today.[MORE]

Tags: comedy, dance, carnivals-and-festivals, music, performance-art, sa, adelaide-5000

Record sales for annual Fringe

February 18, 2008 12:45:00

Just days before its official opening, the Adelaide Fringe festival has announced that advance ticket sales are a record.[MORE]

Tags: comedy, dance, carnivals-and-festivals, music, performance-art, sa, adelaide-5000

Calwell 'rocks' at eisteddfod with Kokoda performance

December 17, 2007 06:11:00

Canberra's Calwell High has become the first school outside New South Wales or Victoria to place in the top three finalists of the national Rock Eisteddfod.[MORE]

Tags: performance-art, act, calwell-2905

Promise of bigger guitar event next year

December 3, 2007 11:21:00

Thousands of people have packed Elder Park in Adelaide to enjoy the final concert of the Adelaide International Guitar Festival.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, carnivals-and-festivals, performance-art, sa, adelaide-5000

Elcho Island dancers take 'Yolngu Zorba' to the world

Feature

November 2, 2007 15:49:00

Traditional dancers from Arnhem Land have risen to fame on YouTube with their unique interpretation of Zorba the Greek.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, dance, music, dance-music, indigenous-music, performance-art, popular-culture, indigenous, indigenous-culture, multiculturalism, information-and-communication, internet, australia, nt, ramingining-0822

Arnhem dancers the latest YouTube hit

November 2, 2007 12:07:00

A group of traditional dancers from Arnhem Land have become a sudden smash hit on the internet - with a unique interpretation of the Greek Zorba.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, dance, digitalmultimedia-art, performance-art, popular-culture, indigenous, indigenous-culture, multiculturalism, information-and-communication, internet, australia, nt, ramingining-0822, greece

Queen awards Humphries CBE

October 11, 2007 07:19:00

Barry Humphries, the creator of Dame Edna Everage, has been made a CBE by the Queen.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, performance-art, television, human-interest, royalty, united-kingdom, england

Mime artist Marceau dies

September 23, 2007 19:15:00

The world's best-known mime artist, Marcel Marceau, has died. He was 84.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, performance-art, france