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Victorian Arts
Centre
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| Melbourne is Australia's undisputed cultural
capital, leading the way in arts, theatre and enter- |
| tainment. The heart of this cultural precint
is the extraordinary Victorian Arts Centre (VAC) |
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complex with four stunning theatres. The arts complex is immediately
recognizable because of the
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| 115-metre-high spire-topped theatre, which soars
into the air as a symbol of artistic freedom. |
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| VAC plays host to more than one million theatre
patrons a year, and features performances by |
The Australian Ballet Company |
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Opera Australia |
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The Melbourne Theatre Company |
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra |
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presenters. Apart from staging high production cost |
| presentations, the Centre also has free and
low cost events to enable people to share arts experience. |
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| Facilities of VAC includes: |
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The State theatre |
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Playhouse |
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George Fairfax Studio - the Melbourne Concert Hall, |
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The Performing Arts Museum, |
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The Westpac Gallery |
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The Sidney Myer Music Bowl |
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| Other amentities includes: |
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Box office |
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Car park, |
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Arts Centre Shop, |
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Sunday Market |
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Visual Arts exhibition gallery |
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| Famous performing art works that has performed
in VAC are |
| La Boheme, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet,
etc ... ... |
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| The Centre's activity is aimed at nuturing
audiences, artists and teachers of performing arts. |
| The Centre has established a performing arts education
program consisting of 3 elements : |
| ArtEd Performance Program, Winterarts and VRAP 9 program.
VAC is also committed to |
| educating arts to people of all ages in programs
like training music technology function and also |
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initial workshop funds and co-produce new works.
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