Entertainment
Dance
Above Ground review: Looks good – but what does it all mean?
Legs on the Wall had a great start more than 30 years ago as a physical theatre group exploring ideas they expressed in movement rather than words. Their success wasn't only in their difference, but the depth of complexity they managed to reveal in seemingly simple situations.
- by Jill Sykes
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Afterglow Generations review: More dancing, less talking, please
The performance will be two hours, including interval, it was announced as we went in. It turned out to be three hours less 10 minutes. And it felt like six.
- by Jill Sykes
Dark Emu review: A brutal, tragic story beautifully told
Bangarra Dance Theatre's Dark Emu is beautiful to look at but tragic in its theme: the achievements in farming, fishing and land management of Australia's Indigenous people being ignored and dismissed by the colonial settlers.
- by Jill Sykes
The Merry Widow is a fun and heart-warming night of ballet
Misunderstandings, comic high-jinx and the rediscovery of long lost romance set the scene for this light-hearted romantic comedy.
- by Jordan Vincent
Snow White review: Dark tale enlivened by death duet
Angelin Preljocaj's Snow White is in many ways a dark dance piece.
- by Jill Sykes
Canberra life
Rhythms of nature inspired Australian Dance Theatre's new work
Choreographer Garry Stewart has combined movement, music and an Indigenous language in his latest production.
- by Ron Cerabona
Liz Lea mines her own pain in affecting performance
Liz Lea has always been very particular about her subjects for making dance pieces, but RED goes further than any others I have seen, describing her own experience with endometriosis.
- by Jill Sykes
Famed choreographer Angelin Preljocaj on the 'age of the Snow White complex'
Those seeking a soothing evening of tutus, tights and expiring swans would be advised to look elsewhere. Ballet Preljocaj's Snow White has little to do with Walt Disney's cheerful animated rendition of the fairytale.
- by Richard Jinman
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ab [intra] review: Rafael Bonachela's work is bold and attractive
The Latin expression ab intra means "from within", and choreographer Rafael Bonachela uses it to symbolise "an energy transfer between the internal and the external".
- by Jill Sykes
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Rafael Bonachela's ab [intra] connects with emotion
When Rafael Bonachela, artistic director of Sydney Dance Company, was conceiving his new full-length production, ab [intra], he invited his dancers to improvise a series of movements in response to their deepest feelings.
- by Neha Kale
Canberra
National Film and Sound Archive makes it to Museum Dance Off Final
A Canberra institution could soon be representing the national capital internationally in a museum dance off.