Contemporary dance Archives - Page 12 of 14

William Forsythe – It Wasn’t Me Who Redefined The Ballet

After fifty years in dance, superstar choreographer William Forsythe has heard it all; and he might be just as happy with an...

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A Seismic Dance Floor

Turning the horror of a massive earthquake into a world premiere Melbourne Festival piece By Paul Ransom. “The main impact is that...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Clouds Above Berlin

Sydney Opera House August 31 2012 As part of Spring Dance By Renata Ogayar. Clouds above Berlin was an 80 minute work...

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A Fire Made From Water

From the island of Java, via the deserts of Australia, Opal Vapour traverses the stage with ancient/modern rigour. By Paul Ransom. Picture...

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Street Dance Energy Onstage

Correria /Agwa Mourad Merzouki Sydney Opera House August 30 2012 As part of Spring Dance 2012 By Elizabeth Ashley. Spring Dance 2012...

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The Eifman Ballet – Anna Karenina

Capitol Theatre, Sydney 15- 19 August 2012 By Lynne Lancaster. Pretty ballet purists will hate this, but if you are into jaw...

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Melbourne’s Underground Celebrating Choreographers and Community

By Rain Francis. Collaboration The Project strives to provide Australian dancers, choreographers and artists with performance and creative opportunities on Australian shores....

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Briwyant by Vicki Van Hout

Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne July 5 2012 By Paul Ransom. It is obvious that Briwyant has been thought about long and hard. The...

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The Brilliantly Painted Dancer

Inspired by traditional painting, indigenous choreographer Vicki Van Hout brings ancient brush strokes to life in Briwyant. By Paul Ransom. Dance, like...

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Katrina Lazaroff to present Involuntary

By Jo McDonald. Emerging South Australian dance theatre and education company, One Point 618 will present a world premiere production, Involuntary, at...

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Bangarra farewells Patrick Thaiday

After ten years with Bangarra Dance Theatre, Patrick Thaiday is moving on from the company. Patrick’s performance of Stephen Page’s Warumuk-in the...

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Australian Dance Reviews

La Traviata

Mrs Macquarie’s Point in the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney March 22 2012 By Kristy Johnson. Thursday 22nd of March, media were treated...

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What is Dancehouse?

By Grace Edwards. This year marks Dancehouse’s first full year with Artistic Director, Angela Conquet at the helm; it also marks the...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Babel

Sydney Theatre January 2012 As part of Sydney Festival By Lynne Lancaster. One of this Sydney Festival’s major events, Babel is a...

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NZ’s Java Dance on the curious world of contemporary

By Rain Francis Contemporary dance often has an aura of mystery about it. It’s not ballet, it’s not hip hop, and it...

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Common Grounds: How DirtyFeet helped blur borders

By Leigh Schanfein Last year at this time, I was offered a pretty sweet deal: go to Sydney, where housing and various...

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Australian Dance Reviews

4Tell – YouMove Company

Parramatta Riverside Theatre October 27 2011 By Dolce Fisher The latest installment from youMove, presented by Form Dance Projects, showed how this...

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Political Mother – Hofesh Shechter Company

Melbourne International Arts Festival The Arts Centre October 2011 By Rain Francis. When, as the ushers check your ticket, you are handed...

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Chunky Move’s Assembly

Melbourne International Arts Festival Melbourne Recital Centre October 2011 By Grace Edwards Chunky Move’s Assembly is Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek’s final work...

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Gallery – Project Y

Jason Coleman’s Ministry of Dance, North Melbourne October 2011 By Deborah Searle Paul Malek’s Project Y presented the twisted, quirky, and intriguing...