Australian Dance Reviews Archives - Page 14 of 34

'Classical Symphony'. Photo by Winkipop.

Sydney City Youth Ballet and SYO Philharmonic present ‘Together Live’

The Concourse Theatre, Chatswood. 23 September 2017. Together Live was a most exciting and impressive mixed bill that had something for everyone. It combined...

5.7K

Rakini Devi’s ‘Urban Kali’ for FORM Dance Projects is dramatic and powerful

Riverside Parramatta, Sydney. 22 September 2017. Part of FORM Dance Projects’ series at Riverside Parramatta, Urban Kali is a darkly dramatic, intense and...

Russian National Ballet in 'Romeo and Juliet'. Photo by Xu Daqing.

4.9K

Russian National Ballet brings ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to Sydney

State Theatre, Sydney. 20 September, 2017. Unfortunately, I was somewhat disappointed in the Russian National Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet. It...

NICA's 'Precipice'. Photo by Aaron Walker.

4.8K

National Institute for Circus Arts’s ‘Precipice’: Proves NICA is worth a view

NICA, Prahran, Melbourne. 23 September 2017. The National Institute for Circus Arts (NICA) is Australia’s training ground for contemporary circus arts. It...

6.5K

‘My Fair Lady’: A ‘loverly’ night at the theatre

Capitol Theatre, Sydney. 27 August 2017. Celebrating its 60th Diamond Jubilee since first opening on Broadway, My Fair Lady received a standing...

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

3.8K

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...

Michael Keegan-Dolan's 'Swan Lake/Loch na hEala'. Photo by Prudence Upton.

3.6K

No tutus involved in Michael Keegan-Dolan’s drama theatre work ‘Swan Lake/Loch na hEala’

Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 1 September 2017. Strange and unsettling, bleak and raw, Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Swan Lake/Loch na hEala is not your standard traditional...

Andrew Morrish. Photo by Tuva Nordelius.

6.6K

Andrew Morrish in ‘Oh Well’ last world tour

Dancehouse, Melbourne. 25 August 2017. Improvisation is a volatile element in the overall chemistry of performance, not simply because it promises a...

Lucia Mastrantone and Shaun Parker in 'Blue Love'. Photo by Simon Wachter.

9.1K

Shaun Parker’s ‘Blue Love’: A relationship brought to life

Seymour Centre, Sydney. 23 August 2017. Shaun Parker’s Blue Love was at the Seymour Centre for one performance only. Sorry, readers, but I was...

3.7K

Dance as story: Gabrielle Nankivell’s ‘Split Second Heroes’

Space Theatre, Adelaide. July 29, 2017. Split Second Heroes is the culmination of over three years of development by Gabrielle Nankivell and her...

4.3K

‘Relève: History of a Creation’

Directors: Thierry Demazière and Alban Teurlai. A film – 122 minutes. A day-to-day view of a dance creation amidst institutional change. Relève...

5.4K

Ev & Bow Full Time students showcased in ‘Inner Landscape’

NIDA Playhouse, Sydney. 28 July 2017. Inner Landscape is a collection of three works choreographed by leading industry professionals and performed by...

4.2K

‘Velvet’: Where skill explodes out of every single sequin

Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney. 27 July 2017. From little things, big things grow. Beginning at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2015 to...

5.9K

Djuki Mala: Going beyond indigenous dance

MAP57, St Kilda’s Winter Garden, Melbourne. 22 July 2017. Djuki Mala means “chicken mob”. The Djuki Mala ensemble has refined a startlingly...

'The Adventures of Peter Pan and Tinker Bell'. Photo by Robert Catto.

5.2K

Bonnie Lythgoe Productions’ magical PantoLand of Peter Pan and Tinker Bell

State Theatre, Sydney. 8 July 2017. Landing in time for the Sydney school holiday season is Bonnie Lythgoe’s latest pantomime production, The...

Tara Robertson, Beau Dean Riley Smith and Kaine Sultan-Babij in Bangarra's 'Bennelong'. Photo by Vishal Pandey.

8.2K

Bangarra Dance Theatre’s ‘Bennelong’: Of loss and longing

Sydney Opera House, Sydney. July 4, 2017. Another visually stunning, sensationally danced work from marvellous Bangarra Dance Theatre, Steven Page’s Bennelong is also...

The Royal Ballet's Francesca Hayward and Steven McRae in 'The Winter's Tale'. Photo by Darren Thomas.

5.2K

The Royal Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’

Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane. July 5, 2017. In another stellar International Series, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has delighted audiences with...

5.6K

Natalie Abbott’s ‘(re)PURPOSE: the MVMNT’

Dancehouse, Melbourne. July 5, 2017. Sometimes, even relatively tired ideas can be woken up. We’ve witnessed the whole “artist making work about...

Melbourne Ballet Company in 'Archè'. Photo by Taylor-Ferné Morris.

8.4K

Melbourne Ballet Company’s ‘Archè’: A striking and unusual ‘Swan Lake’

The Concourse, Sydney. 29 June 2017. Earlier this year, also at The Concourse, we saw Melbourne Ballet Company’s Being In Time. The...

Sydney Dance Company in Rafael Bonachela's 'Frame of Mind'. Photo by Pedro Greig.

5.5K

Sydney Dance Company presents double bill ‘Frame of Mind’

Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Sydney. 23 June 2017. Under the umbrella title Frame of Mind, we were treated to revivals of two dazzling,...

Caitlin Dear's 'Qualia'. Photo by Paul Sutherland.

5.5K

Caitlin Dear stimulates the senses in ‘Qualia’

Owl and Cat Theatre, Melbourne. 20 June 2017. Referring as it does to specific instances of subjective conscious experience, the philosophical term “qualia”...