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What is contemporary dance these days?

By Rebecca Martin. When I was a young dance student, contemporary dance was weird angular movement that was abstract and uncommon. As...

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Australian Dance Reviews

R&J – Expressions Dance Company

Parramatta Riverside, Sydney May 16, 2013 By Lynne Lancaster. Sydney has been very lucky this past week to have visits from both...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Blak – Bangarra Dance Theatre

Arts Centre Melbourne May 3, 2013 By Paul Ransom. Despite the fact that Bangarra Dance Theatre is often judged by measures others...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Birds with Skymirrors – MAU

Carriageworks, Sydney May 1, 2013 By Elizabeth Ashley. New Zealand-based dance company MAU first presented Birds with Skymirrors to critical acclaim at...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Tasdance – Luminous Flux

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta, Sydney 5-6 April 2013 By Lynne Lancaster. Fresh from the Ten Days on the Island festival, in a blink-and–you...

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Remember When You Moved That Way?

Dance is all about movement. Or is it more like memory? Perth-based choreographer Sue Peacock takes time to reflect on this in...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Future Perfect – Jo Lloyd

Arts House Meat Market, Melbourne March 21, 2013 As part of Dance Massive By Meg Evans. The future perfect tense is expressed...

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And All Things Return to Nature, Tomorrow – BalletLab

Southbank Theatre, Melbourne March 15, 2013 By Rain Francis. I think the words “audience involvement” can strike dread into the heart of...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Chunky Move’s 247 Days

Merlyn Theatre, Malthouse, Melbourne March 16 2013 As part of Dance Massive By Grace Edwards. Chunky Move’s 247 Days is described as...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Anthony Breslin’s ‘Trybe – An Opera In Paint’

Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne 14 March, 2013 By Rebecca Martin. Take Anthony Breslin’s tribal and masculine painting style, add in Stephen Agisilaou’s...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Slow Dances for Fast Times

Carriageworks, Sydney March 6 2013 By Elizabeth Ashley. In Slow Dances for Fast Times Australian choreographer and dancer Martin del Amo brings...

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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...

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Bangarra Dance Theatre’s latest, ‘Blak’

By Grace Edwards. Drawing on the cumulative life experiences of the company’s fourteen members, Bangarra Dance Theatre’s forthcoming production Blak explores rites...

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Dance News Australia

New Things for Sydney Dance Company

SDC leaps into 2013 with a stunning mixed bill performance in Sydney, before hitting the road to showcase the best in contemporary...

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Dance News Australia

Ballet Revolución Returns in 2013

“Their jumps are astounding, their control is as strong as steel and their free-spirited joy for dance is infectious.” – Sunday Herald Sun ...

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Features

Dancing With The Light – Olaf Meyers

Is pixel management the next frontier of dance? Digital artist Olaf Meyers insists his multimedia light show for Antony Hamilton’s Black Projects...

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Features

Bach To The Beat

Eighteenth-century breakdance? Yes, it is possible; and as Yui Kawaguchi explains, even Japanese ballerinas love breaking to Bach. By Paul Ransom. Think...