International Dance Reviews Archives - Page 7 of 17

Deanne Butterworth's 'Slow Calm Drama'. Photo by Laura Banfield.

In this unsettling world: Deanne Butterworth’s ‘Slow Calm Drama’

Dancehouse, Melbourne. 22 April 2021. These days, it can be difficult not to look at things through the pandemic prism. At first glance,...

Circa's 'Shaun the Sheep'. Photo by Prudence Upton.

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Circa’s ‘Shaun the Sheep’: Forget the TV, get to the circus

Regent Theatre, Melbourne. 14 April 2021. Brisbane’s Circa is back with a show for preschool and primary kids. Director Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa ensemble have crafted a contemporary...

The Living Room Theatre's 'The Foul of the Air'. Photo by Lucy Baird.

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‘The Foul of the Air’: Not so easily forgotten

The Landlord, Summer Hill, Sydney. 31 March 2021. The Foul of the Air by The Living Room Theatre and directed by Michelle St Anne, as...

Opera Australia in 'La Traviata'. Photo courtesy of Opera Australia.

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‘La Traviata’: Verdi’s opera outdoors on Sydney Harbour

The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. 26 March 2021. It was a week of torrential rain and flooding, but on opening night of Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour, the clouds cleared to...

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The mysterious ‘Sounds Of Digital’ at March Dance

Online, as part of March Dance.17 March 2021. Sounds Of Digital is a striking interactive event, part film, part workshop developed by Adrina...

Stale Biskitz. Photo by Rolling Media Productions.

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March Dance gives it up for hip hop in Happy Hour ‘Street Elite’

13 March 2021. ReadyMade Works, Sydney. The second week of March Dance, Sydney’s festival of independent dance, marked the first time that hip...

Australian Dance Theatre's 'Supernature'. Photo by Sam Roberts Photography.

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Questions of existence: Australian Dance Theatre’s ‘Supernature’

Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide.12 March 2021. The eery, shadowed stage filled with fog and imposing cocoon like sculptures overhead. We eagerly awaited...

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‘A Small Spectacle’: A glimpse of an artist coping during COVID lockdown

7 – 9 March 2021. Online, as part of March Dance. A Small Spectacle is a solo show, created and performed by Phaedra Brown...

Sydney Dance Company's 'Impermanence'. Photo by Pedro Greig.

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Transported at Adelaide Festival: Sydney Dance Company’s ‘Impermanence’

Festival Theatre, Adelaide.10 March 2021. I’m not sure we all need a reminder of how impermanent our comfortable lives are after the...

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Fear of loneliness and solitude: ‘Oh Boy!’ at March Dance

Dance Cinema online screening.1 March 2021. As part of March Dance, we are privileged to see Oh Boy! by Hadi Moussally. It is...

Gravity & Other Myths's 'The Pulse'. Photo by Darcy Grant.

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Defying gravity at Adelaide Festival: Gravity & Other Myths’s ‘The Pulse’

Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide.26 February 2021. In a time of limited crowds and social distancing, The Pulse felt liberated and effervescent. Sixty performers all...

Niki Johnson, Georgia Anderson, Salina Myat, Peta Anderson and Lisa Purmodh in 'Drummer Queens'. Photo by David Hooley.

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‘Drummer Queens’: Hits the right beat

Drummer Queens is an original all-Australian theatrical show created and composed by Joe Accaria. Featuring the talents of eight female performers, Accaria...

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The re-opening of Melbourne commercial theatre following lockdowns with ‘Come From Away’

Comedy Theatre, Melbourne.28 January 2021. Come From Away is a musical based on a true story. Amidst the September 11 attacks in 2001,...

Bangarra Dance Theatre in 'Ones Country'. Photo by Daniel Boud.

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Marking Bangarra’s 30th anniversary in film: ‘Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra’

February 2021. Bangarra is a Wiradjuri word which means “to make fire”. Firestarter is a stunningly photographed film directed by Nel Minchin and Wayne...

Bangarra's 'Spirit'. Photo by Lisa Tomasetti.

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‘Spirit’ at Sydney Festival: The Bangarra retrospective 2021

The Headland Barangaroo Reserve, Sydney.22 January 2021. After 10 months in hibernation, Bangarra Dance Theatre has returned to the stage with a...

Julie Lea Goodwin as Hanna Glavari and the Opera Australia Chorus in Opera Australia’s production of 'The Merry Widow' at the Sydney Opera House. Photo by Prudence Upton.

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The triumphant return of Opera Australia’s ‘The Merry Widow’

Sydney Opera House, Sydney.9 January 2021. There was a buzz and excitement as well as quite a few bedazzled masks, as audiences...

Jemma Rix, Matt Lee and Courtney Monsma in 'Frozen'. Photo by Lisa Tomasetti.

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‘Frozen’: The hit Broadway musical is taking Sydney by storm

10 December 2020. Capitol Theatre, Sydney. It was seven years ago when Disney’s animated film Frozen opened in cinemas in the USA, smashing records...

The case of 'PIPPIN'. Photo by Brian Geach.

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Thank God for theatre: ‘PIPPIN’ reopens Broadway in Australia

Sydney Lyric at The Star, Sydney.3 December 2020. After what seemed like an eternity, Sydney audiences are once again eagerly sitting in...

Jesse Scales's 'Inertia'. Photo by Pedro Greig.

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Sydney Dance Company’s ‘New Breed’ 2020: Performing under the new normal

Carriageworks, Sydney.26 November 2020. As large swathes of the globe were undergoing renewed COVID second wave lockdowns, Sydney Dance Company was tentatively...

Karma Dance's Raina Peterson and Govind Pillai.

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Looking into lockdown: Govind Pillai and Raina Peterson in ‘Drishti’

Melbourne Fringe Festival’s Take Over! 2020.17 November 2020. Firstly, what jumps out is the control both Govind Pillai and Raina Peterson exhibit....

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Jonathan Homsey’s ‘I Am Maggie’: A participatory biography

Melbourne Fringe Festival’s Take Over! 2020.13 November 2020. There is an unsettling disjuncture at the digital heart of Jonathan Homsey’s I Am Maggie, presented...