Dance Informa Magazine
International Dance Reviews
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5.8KSydney 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...
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‘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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3.7KDirtyFeet’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...
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4.6KCelebrating 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...
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4.6KSydney 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...
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4.0KBallet 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...
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4.1KSwept 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...
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3.0KDance 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”,...
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4.4KBeauty 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...
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6.6K‘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...
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4.3K‘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....
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4.2K‘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...
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4.1KChunky 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...
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4.3KPilobolus 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...
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4.9KCirque du Soleil’s ‘Kooza’ twists, flips and delights
The Showring at the Entertainment Quarter, Sydney. August 25, 2016. Kooza is such a fun show. Many years after commencing its vast...
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5.2KCircus Oz offers brilliance in ‘TWENTYSIXTEEN’
Circus Oz Big Top, Birrarung Marr, Melbourne. July 9, 2016. Going to the circus is the perfect thing to do on a...
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5.5K‘Singin’ in The Rain’ opens with a splash!
Sydney Lyric Theatre, Sydney. July 9, 2016. One of old Hollywood’s finest and much-loved screen musicals, Singin’ in the Rain, opened to...
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5.6KBangarra Dance Theatre’s ‘OUR land people stories’
Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney. Thursday, June 16, 2016. This most impressive triple bill, OUR land people stories, fuses visual arts, history, family and...
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5.4KTransit Dance in ‘Rainbows and Elephants on the Stairway to Itchy Fruit’
Transit Dance, Kensington VIC. April 13, 2016. What an intriguing title! What type of fruit, and why are there rainbows and elephants?! The...
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4.2KChunky Move’s ‘Lucid’: Like a dream
Chunky Move Studios, Melbourne. May 27, 2016. Who am I? How do I fit in? Or do I? These and other questions...
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4.7K‘Both Sides’ from Limitless Dance Company
NIDA Playhouse, Sydney. Saturday, May 21, 2016. Stark, dramatic and intense, Mitchell Turnbull’s Both Sides was explosive and powerful, a most impressive debut programme by...
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3.9KFour finalists’ work at the 2016 Keir Choreographic Awards
Carriageworks, Sydney May 5, 2016. Sydney was privileged to have Carriageworks host the 2016 Keir Choreographic Awards. This year’s selection of finalists featured four...
