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Audiences love to hear Alice Topp's unique voice
Thousands of women have danced in the Australian Ballet, hundreds have worked in the wardrobe department and four women reached the creative pinnacle as artistic directors.
- by Valerie Lawson
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Li Cunxin takes his Queensland Ballet home to China
'Mao's Last Dancer', as artistic director of Queensland Ballet, is taking the 'best' Midsummer Night's Dream ballet to Melbourne then China.
- by John Bailey
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Australian Ballet pulls no punches in new rendition of Spartacus
The Soviet-era ballet has been given an update, with ballet dancers swapping swords for fisticuffs.
- by Jordan Beth Vincent
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Blood on the dance floor as Spartacus gives ballet a political update
The Australian Ballet reworks Spartacus with contemporary themes and some expertly choreographed fight sequences.
- by Stephen A. Russell
Performing arts
Dance as history lesson: Bangarra's Dark Emu demands a rethink
Bangarra's latest dance work challenges the idea that pre-colonial Aborigines were solely hunter-gatherers.
- by Jordan Beth Vincent
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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Arts
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
Arts
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