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Drumming spectacular misses a beat
Presentation fails to live up to its promise of musical richness.
- by Jill Sykes
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Ballet plans to ‘open up doors’ with new prize for choreographers
The new artistic director at The Australian Ballet has invited the country’s dance creators to show him their “joy in dance”.
- by Nick Miller
Counting time, this pendulum art dances in the dark
This installation, where dancers play with an array of dozens of pendulums, features an incredible ensemble of women in a quiet symphony.
- by Andrew Fuhrmann
Little Prince Review: Bittersweet journey to the stars casts magic spell
Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s timeless tale has been brought to life in a new dance and music adaption that is stunning on all levels.
- by Jill Sykes
Australian Ballet loses millions in box office takings as lockdown furthers pain
The company lost more than half its usual income and was forced to raid its reserves and sell off investments.
- by Nick Miller
Solo show fails to enthral
Angela Goh explores the boundaries of movement in this stripped-down dance work.
- by Jill Sykes
This sprawling celebration of all things abnormal is a wild ride
Yumi Umiumare’s distinctive antipodean take on the art of Butoh combines avant garde cabaret, queer performance art, punk theatrics and a kind of gritty burlesque.
- by Andrew Fuhrmann
NARCIFIXION will hopefully strike a chord with school students
This expression of self in the digital age has neat and polished movement yet lacks creative interest.
- by Jill Sykes
How a dance about the plague helped a ballet school through the chaos
The Australian Ballet School is about to stage its first work since the pandemic hit, and the process of learning the work helped many deal with their demons.
- by Catherine Lambert
Home studios and 400 costumes: The Sleeping Beauty wakes Queensland Ballet
From a makeshift home studio, ballerina Lucy Green rehearsed for the biggest role of her career as Princess Aurora in Queensland Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty.
- by Cloe Read
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Ancient corroboree rites reimagined in ecstatic dance fantasy
Wiradjuri choreographer Joel Bray has made a daring, original work that explores sexual revolution before and after colonisation.
- by Andrew Fuhrmann