Dance Informa Magazine
International Dance Reviews
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778‘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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566Handa 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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737Raghav 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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782Book 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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751The 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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626‘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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743‘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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718Harrison 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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843‘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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897‘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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910Flying 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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774Book 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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729‘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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911Sydney 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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822‘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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688The 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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506Sydney 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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833Kate 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...
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879Up close and personal: Sydney Dance Company in ‘Somos’
Neilson Studio at Sydney Dance Company, Sydney.1 November 2023. The world premiere and opening night of Somos – which translates to “we are” in...
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1.1KWilliam Kentridge’s ‘Sibyl’: A work to see, hear and experience
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.2 November 2023. William Kentridge’s original work Sibyl is currently playing at the Sydney Opera House...
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904Scimm. Dance Company in ‘Mechorstra’: Dazzling in innovation
Trades Hall, Melbourne.18 October 2023. If, after only a few minutes, you are reminded of both Fantasia and Esther Williams swimming pool...
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831What is fair? Deepa Mani and Sheena Chundee’s ‘TOUCH’
Dancehouse, Melbourne.5 October 2023. “Why can’t the art speak for itself?” she asks, in a tone more accusative than enquiring. The short...
