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All posts tagged "Contemporary dance"
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145Australian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company’s ‘PPY25 Revealed’: Future fabric of the sector
Carriageworks, Sydney.29 November 2025. Sydney Dance Company’s Pre-Professional Year program has long been recognised for shaping young dancers into adaptable, intelligent artists,...
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107FeaturedAakash Odedra’s ‘Songs of the Bulbul’ set for Melbourne premiere
Award-winning UK choreographer and dancer Aakash Odedra returns to Australia with his stunning, critically acclaimed dance work, Songs of the Bulbul at the Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne from 3...
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181FeaturedMax Simmons: From Brent Street to the USA
From the moment Max Simmons steps into a studio, you can feel it — the confidence of a dancer who has poured...
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120FeaturedSydney Dance Company’s Bold 2026 Season
In 2026 Sydney Dance Company ignites new artistic collaboration and presents bold choreographic ideas. 2026 will be an exhilarating year that reflects...
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120FeaturedDifferences, yet a deep sense of understanding: 4 choreographers reflect on ‘MSTM’
Bringing together four choreographers from different generations and distinct movement lineages, MSTM, presented by Campbelltown Arts Centre this past November, is a...
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161FeaturedVictor Zarallo and Mia Thompson: Nurturing the next generation at BTQ
The appointment of husband and wife Victor Zarallo as Director of Training, alongside Mia Thompson as Training Coordinator, marks an exciting new...
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227FeaturedArriving at the pivot point: Sydney Dance Company holds company auditions
She sets the scene. “You have zero control and, honestly, neither do they. They have no idea who’s going to walk in...
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200FeaturedAdelaide Festival 2026: Dance and Theatre Highlights from Matthew Lutton’s Bold Debut Program
The 41st Adelaide Festival, the first shaped by Artistic Director Matthew Lutton OAM, puts groundbreaking dance and theatre centre-stage across 17 exhilarating...
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839Australian Dance ReviewsCollaboration as conversation: del Amo, Healey, Dinh and Christie in ‘MSTM’
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Western Sydney.6 November 2025. In the current landscape of Australian dance, the conditions for independent artists to develop full-length...
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58EventsBangarra Dance Theatre Announces 2026 National Tour: ‘Sheltering’
Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, proudly unveils Sheltering, a...
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511FeaturedBangarra Dance Theatre and The Australian Ballet Unite for World Premiere of ‘Flora’
The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre present Flora, a bold and exhilarating new collaboration choreographed by Frances Rings. This marks the...
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554Australian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company’s ‘Continuum’: A cosmology of motion
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney.22 October 2025. A single inhalation opens Sydney Dance Company’s Continuum. One dancer stands alone in silence, the first sound...
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545FeaturedLucy Guerin Inc’s PIECES 2025 Marks 20 Years of Groundbreaking Dance
Lucy Guerin Inc and University of Melbourne Arts and Culture (UMAC) proudly announce PIECES 2025, a bold showcase of brand-new contemporary dance...
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654Australian Dance Reviews‘Dumulmeori (Where two rivers meet)’: The body interprets freely
Dancehouse, Melbourne.7 October 2025. The title sets the tone. Confluence. The point at which two rivers become one. Think Murray/Darling, Negro/Amazon, the...
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654Australian Dance ReviewsThis may be the legacy: James Batchelor’s ‘Resonance’
Substation, Melbourne.1 October 2025. We talk a lot about legacy; but what is it and how does it map out? In an...
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457Australian Dance ReviewsThe private humanity behind the curtain: Tegan Jeffrey-Rushton’s ‘Overture’
Eternity Playhouse, Sydney. 1 October 2025. What happens before the performance begins? Overture, directed and choreographed by Tegan Jeffrey-Rushton, takes audiences into the...
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339Australian Dance ReviewsA hint at Sydney’s choreographic future: Future Makers’ ‘Move FM’
Neilson Studio, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney.27 September 2025. Presented as a part of Sydney Fringe Festival, Move FM is the latest offering...
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685FeaturedNDT’s Genevieve O’Keefe on being reinvented by experience
Genevieve O’Keefe graduated from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She danced with the West Australian Ballet for two years before...
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525InterviewsA celebration of a moment of pause: Tra Mi Dinh’s ‘Somewhere between ten and fourteen’
In just a few short years, choreographer Tra Mi Dinh has carved an unmistakable path through Australia’s contemporary dance landscape. From the...
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543FeaturedNew Zealand Dance News – Oct/Nov 2025
Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news! Footnote New Zealand Dance is celebrating 40 years of daring, world-class, trailblazing contemporary...
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410Australian Dance ReviewsDirtyFeet’s ‘Out of the Studio’: Giving artists space to discover
Nielson Studio, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney.20 September 2025. DirtyFeet’s Out of the Studio remains one of Sydney’s most vital choreographic incubators, a...
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528EventsDRILL Performance Company Announces ‘Interwoven’
DRILL Performance Company, in collaboration with Tasmanian Youth Orchestras, proudly presents Interwoven, a captivating performance blending contemporary dance, live music, and structured...
