Dance Informa Magazine
Australian Dance Reviews
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1.5KBook review: ‘Ed Watson: A Different Dance’ by Sarah Crompton
Book: Ed Watson: A Different DanceAuthor: Sarah Crompton, Prestel Publishing, May 2023 Sarah Crompton’s Ed Watson: A Different Dance is a visually...
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1.3KEnglish National Ballet in Akram Khan’s ‘Creature’: Giving us much to ponder
Streamed online.April 2023. Akram Khan’s Creature for the English National Ballet is a most intriguing, desolate work that is perhaps a bit...
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1.1KBallett Zürich’s ‘Messa da Requiem’ at Adelaide Festival: A sensory experience
Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide.8 March 2023. This Adelaide Festival, audiences were indulged with a world-class experience in Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem,...
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1.7KLucy Guerin Inc’s ‘NEWRETRO’: An epic installation of retrospection and creation
The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.26 March 2023. NEWRETRO is Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI)’s latest offering, a celebrative collation of 21...
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1.3KSydney Dance Company ascends in triple bill
Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.15 March 2023. Sydney Dance Company started its 2023 season with a bang this March at Sydney...
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1.2K‘The Rocky Horror Show’ echoes the era it emerged from
Theatre Royal, Sydney.18 February 2023. The Rocky Horror Show is currently playing in Sydney at the Theatre Royal for its 50th Anniversary...
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1.5K‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’: Can’t help but leave with a smile
Capitol Theatre, Sydney.17 February 2023. Almost half a century after its original performance as a short school production in West London 1968,...
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1.5KGravity & Other Myths in ‘The Mirror’: A unique circus experience
Sydney Opera House, Sydney.14 February 2023. Gravity & Other Myths (GOM) have brought their latest offering The Mirror contemporary circus show to...
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1.3KBangarra Dance Theatre’s ‘Dance Clan’ continues the tradition of storytelling
The Studio Theatre at Bangarra, Sydney. 10 February 2023. We are welcomed to the performance of Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Dance Clan by...
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1.4KNo limits in Tra Mi Dinh’s ‘(Up) Holding’
Brand X, Sydney. 27 January 2023. Tra Mi Dinh brought her newest work, (Up) Holding, to the Brand X stage, and this latest instalment in her body...
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1.3KMeryl Tankard’s ‘Kairos’: A long-awaited collaboration
Sydney Festival, Carriageworks.19 January 2023. Meryl Tankard AO’s long-awaited collaboration with composer Elena Kats-Chernin AO and visual artist Régis Lansac OAM has finally graced the stage for...
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1.4KStorytellers Co.’s ‘Alice in Wondergram’: A feast for the imagination
Queensland Multicultural Centre, Queensland.15 January 2023. Storytellers Co. recently presented its newest production, a fresh take on the well-known story of Alice...
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1.4KCo3 Contemporary Dance in ‘GLORIA’: Grieving with a sense of hope
Digital screening, co3.org.au/show/gloria.December 2022. I was privileged to catch a digital screening of Co3 Contemporary Dance’s GLORIA to review, filmed during a...
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1.4KBook review: ‘Cranko: The man and his choreography’ by Ashley Killar
Book: Cranko: The man and his choreographyAuthor: Ashley Killar, Troubador Publishing, December 2022 Ashley Killar’s book, Cranko: The man and his choreography,...
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1.4KAaron Orzech and Collaborators’ ‘NEVERNEVERNEVERNEVERNEVERNEVERNEVER’
Arts House, North Melbourne.10 November 2022. Sometimes, concept is king, and what we are watching is an idea playing out. Such is...
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1.5KBook review: ‘Falling Through Dance and Life’ by Emilyn Claid
Book: Falling Through Dance and LifeAuthor: Emilyn Claid, Bloomsbury Publishing, July 2022. Falling Through Dance and Life is a dense, medium sized...
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1.4KRodger’s + Hammerstein’s ‘Cinderella’ brings all the sparkle with a twist
Sydney Lyric Theatre. 29 October 2022. Rodger’s + Hammerstein’s Cinderella delivers the magic and sparkle that fairy tales are made of, with a modern twist....
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1.3KKeeping culture alive: The United Ukrainian Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’
Darling Harbour Theatre, ICC, Sydney.29 October 2022. In February, the war in Ukraine broke out, and the instability in the country has...
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1.5KSydney 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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1.3KEliza Cooper’s eerie and captivating ‘Bat Lake’
Riverside Theatres, Sydney.13 October 2022. Bat Lake is an eerie, gripping, atmospheric astonishing piece by Sydney dance artist Eliza Cooper, evoking the dark...
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1.4KA scenic world in Lu Yang’s ‘DOKU, The Binary World’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney.Friday 7 October. Lu Yang is a multidisciplinary artist whose body of work looks at contemporary issues through a...
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1.6K‘Julia’: A riveting performance of ‘not now, not ever’
Filmed at the Don Russell Performing Arts Centre and streamed by the Australian Digital Concert Hall.September 2022. Julie is an extraordinary performance,...
