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780Australian Dance Reviews‘Grease The Musical’ at the Capitol Theatre is a nostalgic journey, with a reinvented image!
Capitol Theatre, Sydney.2 April 2024. The Capitol Theatre in Sydney became a portal to the vibrant era of the late 1950s as...
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572Australian Dance ReviewsHanda Opera on Sydney Harbour’s ‘West Side Story’: The classic story in a whole new light
Sydney Harbour, Sydney.22 March 2024. Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour opened its 2024 season of West Side Story with an impressive bang...
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742Australian Dance ReviewsRaghav Handa’s ‘The Assembly’: A Mind and heart journey
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney.7 March 2024. Raghav Handa is an acclaimed Indian Australian choreographer, whose latest work The Assembly, presented by and...
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759Australian Dance ReviewsThe Australian Ballet transports us in ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’
Capitol Theatre, Sydney.20 February 2024. Down the enchanting rabbit hole of creativity, The Australian Ballet’s whimsical production of Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures...
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630Australian Dance Reviews‘GATSBY at The Green Light’: The party where the 1920s meet with the 2020s
Sydney Opera House, Sydney.23 February 2024. Step into the extravagant and exhilarating world of GATSBY at The Green Light where the fictional...
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747Australian Dance Reviews‘Flesh Vessel’: Unleashing our imagination
Dancehouse, Melbourne.23 February 2024. It begins slowly, with dancers’ bodies cloaked, obscured. The score hovers, the white stage bordering on sterile. But...
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719Australian Dance ReviewsHarrison Ritchie-Jones and Michaela Tancheff’s ‘Cuddle’: Transplanting a common language
Arts House, Melbourne.20 February 2024. Question. What makes a cuddle a cuddle, as opposed to something more amorous? Answer. Context. As dance...
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849Australian Dance Reviews‘Elvis: A Musical Revolution’: The vibe of the era
State Theatre, Sydney.9 February 2024. Elvis: A Musical Revolution, produced by David Venn Enterprises, began its 2024 new and exciting revamped season...
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903Australian Dance Reviews‘Malevo’: A South American spectacle of rhythm and tradition
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.17 January 2024. The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall witnessed an explosion of raw energy and cultural...
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912Australian Dance ReviewsFlying Fruit Fly Circus in ‘Tempo’: Rhythm in athleticism
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne.17 January 2024. The Flying Fruit Fly Circus is Australia’s national youth circus for children and young people 12-18...
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733Australian Dance Reviews‘Swan Lake’ closes The Australian Ballet’s 60th year with resounding crescendo of artistry and innovation
Sydney Opera House, Sydney.1 December 2023. David Hallberg’s reimagination of Anne Woolliams’ Swan Lake for The Australian Ballet’s 60th anniversary celebration proved...
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921Australian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company’s New Breed: A treat for the senses
Carriageworks, Sydney.6 December 2023 Sydney Dance Company is celebrating a decade of New Breed this December, an annual season of works by...
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827Australian Dance Reviews‘Mass-bloom explorations’: A possible future without us
Dancehouse, Melbourne.16 November 2023. The notion of a seven-hour durational performance may be anathema to some. Yet, as the writer Ida Marie...
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695Australian Dance ReviewsThe Australian Ballet School Showcase: A celebration of classical and contemporary dance
The Concourse Theatre, Sydney.September 2023. The programme, filmed at The Concourse Chatswood and streamed by the Australian Digital Concert Hall, opened with...
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508Australian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company in Rafael Bonachela’s intimate ‘Somos’
Neilson Studio, Sydney Dance Company.1 November 2023. Sydney Dance Company debuted Rafael Bonachela’s new work Somos in the Neilson Studio Theatre at...
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833Australian Dance ReviewsKate Prince’s ‘Message in a Bottle’: Dance as it should be
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.26 October 2023. Message In A Bottle comes to the Sydney Opera House, as a part...
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888Australian Dance ReviewsUp close and personal: Sydney Dance Company in ‘Somos’
Neilson Studio at Sydney Dance Company, Sydney.1 November 2023. The world premiere and opening night of Somos – which translates to “we are” in...
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1.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsWilliam Kentridge’s ‘Sibyl’: A work to see, hear and experience
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.2 November 2023. William Kentridge’s original work Sibyl is currently playing at the Sydney Opera House...
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909Australian Dance ReviewsScimm. Dance Company in ‘Mechorstra’: Dazzling in innovation
Trades Hall, Melbourne.18 October 2023. If, after only a few minutes, you are reminded of both Fantasia and Esther Williams swimming pool...
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836Australian Dance ReviewsWhat is fair? Deepa Mani and Sheena Chundee’s ‘TOUCH’
Dancehouse, Melbourne.5 October 2023. “Why can’t the art speak for itself?” she asks, in a tone more accusative than enquiring. The short...
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749Australian Dance ReviewsDance as storytelling: Bangarra Dance Theatre in ‘Yuldea’
Arts Centre, Melbourne.29 September 2023. In her first year as the Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre, Frances Rings was always going...
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1.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsFeeling the rhythm in Paulina Quinteros’ ‘Water Mirror’
Neilson Studio, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney.15 September 2023. After a short but successful run in 2022, Paulina Quinteros’ Water Mirror made a...
