Adelaide Festival Archives - Dance Informa Magazine

'Enter Achilles'. Photo by Hugo Glendinning.

Except for that heel of his: DV8 Physical Theatre’s ‘Enter Achilles’

The last time DV8 Physical Theatre performed Enter Achilles at the Adelaide Festival, it was 1996. Since then, the nascent internet has become...

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Australian Dance Theatre’s double announcement: 2020 program and new executive director

Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) will be celebrating its 55th year in 2020, and that’s not the company’s only news. With an ambitiously...

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Dance 2020: Our most anticipated dance shows of the year

2020 promises to be another busy and creative year for Australia’s legion of dancers, dancelovers and creatives. In the mix includes the...

Hofesh Shechter's 'Grand Finale'. Photo by Rahi Rezvani.

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Hofesh Shechter: Dance’s ‘Grand Finale’

The Hofesh Shechter Company’s Grand Finale returns to Melbourne this month after performing in the Adelaide Festival in March earlier this year. There...

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The hottest and most anticipated dance events of the year

Just a couple months in, 2019 has already proven to be a busy and creative year for Australia’s legion of dancers, dance...

L-E-V Dance Company in 'OCD Love'. Photo by Regina Brocke.

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Sharon Eyal’s L-E-V Dance Company: The heart of ambiguity

You can almost hear the cogs whirring in her head. There is a pause. Then: “I think in life, everything is emotional,”...

'Un Poyo Rojo'. Photo by Ishka Michocka.

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‘Un Poyo Rojo’ at Adelaide Festival: Look what’s in the locker

There’s no need to be shy, even though the correct terminology, direct from one of the horses, is cock. A red cock,...

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Interviews

Meryl Tankard’s ‘Two Feet’: To fly and to fall

Ballet loves its beautiful lines and its graceful symmetries. It also loves a skinny ballerina; and for every dying swan, there is...

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Hofesh Shechter’s ‘Grand Finale’: This might be the start of something else

“I stole it from the world of classical ballet,” declares Israeli-born, London-based, Tony-nominated choreographer Hofesh Shechter of his widely acclaimed 2017 work, Grand...

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Events

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Comes to Adelaide

By Paul Ransom of Dance Informa. Going out on a limb is one thing; allying that with solid technique is another. When...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Sadeh21 – Batsheva Dance Company

Festival Theatre, Adelaide March 5, 2014 By Deborah Searle of Dance Informa. Adelaide Festival brought Batsheva Dance Company in Sadeh21 to the...

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Dance News Australia

Bone structure

With its pop objects, x-ray screens and technical precision, Larissa McGowan’s full-length debut Skeleton stands poised to flesh out a very promising...