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Missing set diminishes impact of slimmed-down work
Why was it that a work I had found exhilarating before now ran out of steam?
Why was it that a work I had found exhilarating before now ran out of steam?
A fascinating collaboration between a Bangarra dancer and an American rapper creates a unique performance.
Jack Riley and Alexander Hunter have teamed up for the first production of the Ralph Indie season.
This version of Swan Lake is a tragic Irish tale of a sad young man dragged down by melancholy. His father has died and his mother, from her wheelchair, is trying desperately to get him married.
There's plenty to see and do in Canberra this week.
Virtual reality film VIA Alice follows the journey of two talented dancers through the Australian outback.
The Australian Ballet's Symphony in C starts begins with one dancer in an extravagant red dress and ends with lines of dancers, resplendent in white tutus.
What a welcome surprise. A group I had never heard of, dancers and choreographers whose names were unfamiliar – and they turned out to be smart, well produced and very entertaining.
Michael Keegan-Dolan's reimagining of Swan Lake seems calculated to offend traditionalists.
A slice of history comes to life on stage from Bangarra Dance Theatre.
The collaborative elements of music, design and lighting are visually and aurally stunning.
Shaun Parker's Blue Love takes the audience on a multi-media journey
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was the jumping-off point for a new work about the oceans.
The Wolf and Peter has a light touch and plenty of action.
The dancer and dance teacher had a long and distinguished career.
There have been suggestions a ballet about dance legend Rudolf Nureyev was too controversial.
Moira Finucane's complex persona pulls the audience in different directions.
The Winter's Tale is wonderful old-fashioned theatre magic, a truly Shakespearean epic of love and hate, jealousy and purity – all told in the language of dance.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner inspired Quantum Leap's next show.
The traditional Swan Lake is a huge production with dozens of dancers. Arche is the Melbourne Ballet Company's version of the Swan Lake story, danced by nine performers.
Bennelong is an extraordinarily powerful work, a benchmark in Australian dance creativity.
Bangarra's tribute to a warrior and diplomat opens at the Opera House, on land that now bears his name.
The Unsettling turned out to be a non-event, but it gave the audience a look at the new Carriageworks space.
Quick, light movements that energise the traditional sequences are translated into showbiz routines.
Stephen Page has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to performing arts and contemporary dance, and for presenting indigenous arts to the world.
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