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Performing arts
Superstar David Hallberg to head up Australian Ballet
In a major coup for the Australian Ballet, legendary US dancer David Hallberg will replace David McAllister as artistic director of the company.
- by Valerie Lawson and Nick Galvin
Latest
Graeme Murphy
Lots to enjoy with charming prince
Choreographer Graeme Murphy has some fun up his sleeve in his latest work.
- by Jill Sykes
Review
Balinese dance an epic delight for eyes, ears and soul
Contemporary dance meets Balinese tradition in The Seen and Unseen, an epic story with a captivating soundtrack.
- by Kim Dunphy
Review
In Matou, dancer shows the flexibility to astonish
Japanese dancer-choreographer Ruri Mito contorted her body into shapes that felt beyond human capacity. It brought the house down.
- by Kim Dunphy
Review
Review
In a shower of camp excess, Joel Bray explores his Daddy issues
Arising from a bed of fairy floss, Joel Bray delivers a powerful, intimate exploration of gay and Indigenous identity.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Performing arts
Ballet tour cancelled after choreographer suspended over sexual misconduct claims
Queensland Ballet's star choreographer, Briton Liam Scarlett, was accused of being sexually inappropriate with ballet students in London.
- by Nick Miller
Religion
Australian training to be professional hijabi ballerina
Sydneysider Stephanie Kurlow has just wrapped up a national tour with The Wiggles. She aspires to be one of the first hijabi ballerinas to join a professional ballet company.
- by Taylor Denny
What's on
Sound and fury signifying plenty
Choreographer and composer Hofesh Shechter has excelled himself.
- by Jill Sykes
Performing arts
Acclaimed choreographer holds up twisted mirror to our times
Israeli-born choreographer Hofesh Shechter mines the dystopian shadows of his own childhood.
- by Steve Dow
Performing arts
Romances Inciertos: an athletic ode to Spanish culture
Inspired by Virginia Woolf's Orlando, the Elizabethan courtier who undergoes a sex change, Romances Inciertos combines baroque music, cabaret and flamenco.
- by Jill Sykes
Sydney Festival
Colossus: a production of power and precision
This infectious piece of contemporary dance proved a must-see at the Sydney Festival.
- by Jill Sykes