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Plenty Serious Talk Talk review: Spoken and unspoken, Vicki Van Hout has much to say
Vicki Van Hout is a bold personality on Sydney's dance scene, and this is reflected in her solo show.
- by Jill Sykes
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A haunting, beautiful rendition of a classic still relevant today
Giselle is an important period piece in the classical ballet canon.
- by Jordan Beth Vincent
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Bangarra stand on solid ground with Dark Emu
The Indigenous dance company has interpreted Bruce Pascoe's revealing history book for the stage.
- by John Bailey
Le Dernier Appel/The Last Cry review: United in anger at lack of recognition
When Kanak performers from New Caledonia and dancers from the Broome-based multicultural company Marrugeku get together, they have a common meeting point: recognition of their Indigenous people.
- by Jill Sykes
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Earthquake of ideas fails to stick together
Alison Currie's dance work Concrete Impermanence uses props and shapes in an interesting way but the work doesn't quite gel as a whole.
- by Jordan Beth Vincent
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Artistic risk pays off in challenging dance work
Jo Lloyd's Overture is strange but satisfying for those who are open to it.
- by Jordan Beth Vincent
Split review: Two halves combine perfectly in space
Split raises a dozen or more intriguing questions and answers none of them. It is an exploration in dance that is physical, psychological, emotional, visual, visceral – geographical even. And all in less than one intense hour.
- by Jill Sykes
Irish Celtic review: A cutesy celebration of my Ireland home
Irish Celtic is the name of an imaginary pub in this dance show that presumably hopes to bring back memories and audiences from Riverdance.
- by Jill Sykes
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Finer points of bondage-style Snow White lost in the dark
Ballet Preljocaj enlists Jean Paul Gaultier and an old-meets-new soundtrack, but the sum is less than its parts.
- by Jordan Beth Vincent
Flamenkisimo review: Fast, intense and exhilarating
This modest flamenco show presented by Flamenkisimo received a warm welcome from an audience that listened acutely, watched intently and rewarded the performers with participating comments of appreciation and encouragement.
- by Jill Sykes
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Australians line up for a chance to dance at the Moulin Rouge
It's not just "beautiful, long-legged girls" who are being sought by the famous Paris cabaret.
- by Steve Meacham