Dance Informa Magazine
International Dance Reviews
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666Sydney Dance Company in ‘Momenta’: Transcending physical limitations
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney.28 May 2024. In Momenta, Sydney Dance Company strips back to reveal the physics of human connection through time....
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637Unwrapped ‘SILENCE’: Karul Projects at Sydney Opera House
Studio Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.8 May 2024. Gold Coast based Karul Projects presented SILENCE, created by Thomas E.S. Kelly (Minjungbal-Yugambeh, Wiradjuri...
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1.0K‘& JULIET’: The pop culture masterpiece
Sydney Lyric Theatre, Sydney.12 April 2024. & Juliet, created by pop music’s #1 hitmaker Max Martin, Emmy Award-winning writer from Schitt’s Creek...
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792‘The Rocky Horror Show’: Shiver with antici…pation!
Theatre Royal, Sydney.3 April 2024. In a dazzling spectacle that ignites the stage of the Theatre Royal Sydney, The Rocky Horror Show...
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896‘Grease The Musical’ at the Capitol Theatre is a nostalgic journey, with a reinvented image!
Capitol Theatre, Sydney.2 April 2024. The Capitol Theatre in Sydney became a portal to the vibrant era of the late 1950s as...
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680Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour’s ‘West Side Story’: The classic story in a whole new light
Sydney Harbour, Sydney.22 March 2024. Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour opened its 2024 season of West Side Story with an impressive bang...
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819Raghav Handa’s ‘The Assembly’: A Mind and heart journey
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney.7 March 2024. Raghav Handa is an acclaimed Indian Australian choreographer, whose latest work The Assembly, presented by and...
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895Book review: ‘Dance Cultures Around the World’
Book: Dance Cultures Around the WorldAuthor: Lynn E. Frederiksen and Shih-Ming Li Chang, Human Kinetics, July 2023. Edited by Lynn E. Frederiksen...
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883The Australian Ballet transports us in ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’
Capitol Theatre, Sydney.20 February 2024. Down the enchanting rabbit hole of creativity, The Australian Ballet’s whimsical production of Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures...
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707‘GATSBY at The Green Light’: The party where the 1920s meet with the 2020s
Sydney Opera House, Sydney.23 February 2024. Step into the extravagant and exhilarating world of GATSBY at The Green Light where the fictional...
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828‘Flesh Vessel’: Unleashing our imagination
Dancehouse, Melbourne.23 February 2024. It begins slowly, with dancers’ bodies cloaked, obscured. The score hovers, the white stage bordering on sterile. But...
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779Harrison Ritchie-Jones and Michaela Tancheff’s ‘Cuddle’: Transplanting a common language
Arts House, Melbourne.20 February 2024. Question. What makes a cuddle a cuddle, as opposed to something more amorous? Answer. Context. As dance...
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955‘Elvis: A Musical Revolution’: The vibe of the era
State Theatre, Sydney.9 February 2024. Elvis: A Musical Revolution, produced by David Venn Enterprises, began its 2024 new and exciting revamped season...
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1.0K‘Malevo’: A South American spectacle of rhythm and tradition
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.17 January 2024. The Sydney Opera House Concert Hall witnessed an explosion of raw energy and cultural...
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1.0KFlying Fruit Fly Circus in ‘Tempo’: Rhythm in athleticism
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne.17 January 2024. The Flying Fruit Fly Circus is Australia’s national youth circus for children and young people 12-18...
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865Book review: ‘The Boy from Kyiv: Alexei Ratmansky’s Life in Ballet’ by Marina Harss
Book: The Boy from Kyiv: Alexei Ratmansky’s Life in Ballet.Author: Marina Harss, Macmillan Publishers, October 2023. Marina Harss’s The Boy from Kyiv:...
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849‘Swan Lake’ closes The Australian Ballet’s 60th year with resounding crescendo of artistry and innovation
Sydney Opera House, Sydney.1 December 2023. David Hallberg’s reimagination of Anne Woolliams’ Swan Lake for The Australian Ballet’s 60th anniversary celebration proved...
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1.1KSydney Dance Company’s New Breed: A treat for the senses
Carriageworks, Sydney.6 December 2023 Sydney Dance Company is celebrating a decade of New Breed this December, an annual season of works by...
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902‘Mass-bloom explorations’: A possible future without us
Dancehouse, Melbourne.16 November 2023. The notion of a seven-hour durational performance may be anathema to some. Yet, as the writer Ida Marie...
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792The Australian Ballet School Showcase: A celebration of classical and contemporary dance
The Concourse Theatre, Sydney.September 2023. The programme, filmed at The Concourse Chatswood and streamed by the Australian Digital Concert Hall, opened with...
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601Sydney 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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909Kate Prince’s ‘Message in a Bottle’: Dance as it should be
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.26 October 2023. Message In A Bottle comes to the Sydney Opera House, as a part...
