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Sydney Dance Company in Rafael Bonachela's 'Somos'. Photo by Pedro Greig.

Sydney 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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Australian Dance Reviews

Up 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...

Sydney Dance Company in 'Somos'. Photo by Pedro Greig.

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Sydney Dance Company presents ‘Up Close: Somos’ with Spanish flavour

Sydney Dance Company’s inaugural Up Close series presents Somos – a world premiere by Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela. Somos, meaning “we are” in Spanish, features a cascade...

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Creative intellect at its best: Sydney Dance Company presents ‘Ascent’

Ascent, co-commissioned by Canberra Theatre Centre, is an inspired triple bill that will be performed by Sydney Dance Company at the Sydney Opera...

Stephanie Lake's 'The Universe Is Here'. Photo by Pedro Greig.

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Sydney Dance Company dazzles in triple bill ‘Resound’

Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney.29 October 2022. Sydney Dance Company’s Resound is a challenging, thought-provoking triple bill that showcases the superlative dancing of the Sydney...

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Sydney Dance Company’s ‘ab [intra]’: A work that captures the mood of our current world

Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney.2 June 2022. It was curious to see what Sydney Dance Company would showcase after a couple of years...

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‘Grey Rhino’: Big societal issues translated into dance

Carriageworks, Sydney.20 January 2022. Sydney Festival 2022 central theme has been “finding your Sydney” and has been an opportunity to showcase and...

Bhenji Ra, Emmanuel James Brown, Miranda Wheen, Zachary Lopez, Chandler Connell, Feras Shaheen, Issa el Assaad, Luke Currie-Richardson and Ses Bero in 'Jurrungu Ngan-ga' by Marrugeku. Photo by Abby Murray.

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Carriageworks presents world premiere of new dance work by resident company Marrugeku

Carriageworks will present the world premiere of a new dance work by resident company and Australia’s leading Indigenous intercultural dance company Marrugeku. Originally announced...

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‘Grey Rhino’: Heeding the danger hidden in plain sight

Grey Rhino is the first full scale co-production of award-winning dancer and choreographer duo Charmene Yap and Cass Mortimer Eipper that will premiere...

SDC in Gabrielle Nankivell's 'Neon Aether'. Photo by Pedro Greig.

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‘Season One’ celebrates 50 years of Sydney Dance Company

Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney. 5 April 2019. Season One is the first programme celebrating the 50th anniversary of Sydney Dance Company (SDC) – a...

'You Animal, You'. Photo by Prudence Upton.

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Force Majeure presents the dark and mysterious ‘You Animal, You’ at Sydney Festival

Carriageworks, Sydney. 6 January 2018. The latest work from Force Majeure, You Animal, You is a world premiere that is dark, disturbing and,...

ADT's 'Be Your Self Redux'. Photo by Chris Herzfeld Camlight Productions.

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Australian Dance Theatre presents signature work ‘Be Your Self Redux’

Riverside Theaters Parramatta, Sydney. 2 September 2017. This was the one and only Sydney performance of Adelaide-based contemporary dance company Australian Dance Theatre’s...

ADT's 'Be Your Self'. Photo by Chris Herzfeld at Camlight Productions.

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Australian Dance Theatre’s ‘Be Your Self’ tours the country

Melbourne audiences are in for a treat as Australian Dance Theatre (ADT), in partnership with Melbourne Theatre Company, presents the exhilarating physical...