Australian Dance Reviews Archives - Page 16 of 34

The Australian Ballet School in 'The Snow Queen'. Photo by Sergey Konstantinov.

Australian Ballet School delights with fairytale ‘The Snow Queen’

Playhouse Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. 9 December 2016. A delightful alternative to The Nutcracker, The Snow Queen feels well-suited to the...

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‘From Sand to Stage’ honors 40th anniversary of NAISDA

Carriageworks, Sydney. November 19, 2016. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA), From Sand to Stage also examined...

Matthew Day's 'Assemblage #1'. Photo by Nellie de Boer.

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Matthew Day’s ‘Assemblage #1’: A private ritual

Dancehouse, Melbourne. November 27, 2016. The notion of durational performance is one packed with ironies. Indeed, we could very well argue that...

Sydney Dance Company's PPY. Photo by Gez Xavier Mansfield Photography.

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Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year shows great potential

Carriageworks, Sydney. December 7, 2016. Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year (PPY) 2016 Season showcased some very exciting performances and great talents of the...

Stephen Baynes' 'A Singular Sequence'. Photo by Sergey Konstantinov.

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Australian Ballet School brings end-of-year showcase to Sydney

Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney. December 4, 2016. After a gap of a decade, the Australian Ballet School brought its...

Richard Cilli's 'Hinterland'. Photo by Pedro Greig.

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Sydney Dance Company features new works in ‘New Breed’ 2016

Carriageworks, Sydney. November 29, 2016. The current season of New Breed by Sydney Dance Company (SDC) features four exciting, challenging works showcasing...

‘From Sand to Stage’ pays tribute to NAISDA and Aboriginal activism

Carriageworks, Sydney. 19 November 2016. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) Dance College, the Circle of Cultures season at...

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Ashley Dyer’s ‘Tremor’: Where space is the star of the show

Arts House, Melbourne. November 16, 2016. It’s trendy in dance circles at the hour to talk loftily of “the space”, and we...

Ivey Wawn's 'Adventure Dances; summoning sensation'. Photo by Kate Disher-Quill.

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DirtyFeet’s new works come Out of the Studio

Shopfront Theatre, Carlton, NSW. October 28, 2016. The latest offering from DirtyFeet at this year’s Out of the Studio was a double...

Dance Makers Collective's 'DADS'. Photo by Dominic O'Donnell.

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Celebrating fathers in Dance Makers Collective’s ‘DADS’

Riverside Parramatta, Sydney. November 4, 2016. DADS is part of the wonderful FORM Dance Projects season at Riverside Parramatta and was produced by the...

Rafael Bonachela's 'Anima'. Photo by Pedro Greig.jpg

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Sydney Dance Company’s ‘Untamed’ is a tour de force

Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney. October 19, 2016. Sydney Dance Company Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela has once again used his collaborative skills to...

Ballet Flamenco in 'Voces'. Photo by Santana de Yepes.

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Ballet Flamenco’s ‘Voces’: Flamenco energy but wanting more

Hamer Hall, Melbourne. October 21, 2016. The standing ovation surely tells you something; but the question is: what? The technique, energy and...

Alexandre Riabko in 'Nijinsky'. Photo by Jeff Busby.

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Swept away by Australian Ballet’s ‘Nijinsky’

Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. September 9, 2016. With stunning sets, costumes and a wildly dramatic narrative, John Neumeier’s Nijinsky is the epitome...

Nacera Belaza's 'The Shout'. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

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Dance Territories double bill: ‘Border Lines’

Dancehouse, Melbourne. October 14, 2016. The thing that unifies this sometimes provocative evening of dance and installation is the notion of “overlooking”,...

Le Patin Libre's 'Vertical Influences'. Photo by Jim Lee.

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Beauty at the ice rink: Le Patin Libre’s ‘Vertical Influences’

O’Brien Group Arena, Melbourne. October 15, 2016. Sometimes beauty is incongruous. Case in point: the Quebecois quintet Le Patin Libre (The Free...

'Hidden Sydney - The Glittering Mile'. Photo by Jamie Williams.

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‘Hidden Sydney – The Glittering Mile’: A glimpse of history

The World Bar, Sydney. September 23, 2016. Hidden Sydney – The Glittering Mile, is an immersive theatre production in the Promenade Theatre...

'Emptying the Bucket'. Photo by Kiarash Zangeneh.

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‘Emptying the Bucket’: A sweating paean to love

Meat Market, North Melbourne. September 28, 2016. Emptying The Bucket starts quietly, almost frozen. A girl runs, two boys remain in pose....

'Metadata'. Photo by Sam James, courtesy of Dancehouse.

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‘Metadata’ combines dance and science in compelling ways

Riverside Theatre Parramatta, Sydney. September 16, 2016. Metadata is a striking, hypnotic performance work comprising two connected pieces, Pure Light and Moths and Mathematics, created by...

Jo Lloyd and Nicola Gunn. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

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Chunky Move’s ‘Next Move’: Extending the vocabulary

Chunky Move Studios, Melbourne. Friday, September 9, 2016. Now in its ninth year, Chunky Move’s annual “emerging” showcase umbrella, Next Move, has...

Pilobolus in 'Shadowland'. Photo by John Kane.

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Pilobolus brings ‘Shadowland’ to Sydney

State Theatre, Sydney. Friday, September 2, 2016. Pilobolus’ Shadowland was an absolute theatrical treat. With the company’s unique performance style and movement...