Sydney Dance Company’s New Breed is an annual showcase of some of Australia’s most exciting emerging choreography. With New Breed, Australian choreographers...
Chunky Move Studios, Melbourne. 14 June 2024. It looks like a simple proposition. Two dancers, a plain set and an orb hung like a moon. In a...
The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne.26 March 2023. NEWRETRO is Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI)’s latest offering, a celebrative collation of 21...
Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI), in partnership with the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), will present NEWRETRO, a new performance installation by...
Ian McDougall, Chair of leading Australian dance company Lucy Guerin Inc (LGI), has announced that Chloe Munro AO, the former LGI Chair...
Arts House, Melbourne.16 March 2022. Simply being there was a thing. As in, live, with unpixellated people. How appropriate it was that...
“I feel that people are more open to those experiences now, considering the pretty epic world events of late,” she says. “They...
A new residency program for Senior First Nations dance artists has been announced by Lucy Guerin Inc and BlakDance, with Narangga and...
Sitting in the theatre in late February, watching Lucy Guerin’s Metal, with its metaphors of strength, fluidity and animal imperative, we knew it...
Arts Centre, Melbourne. 24 February 2020. It does not take long for the boundaries to be tested. Indeed, at times Metal pushes into terrain that...
Ensemble Tikoro has a motto: And contemporary music for all. Metalheads will recognise this as a paraphrasing of …And Justice For All, the title...
“In the same space, there are two things working,” says Chinese dance star Hu Shenyuan. We are in a rehearsal break, sitting...
This year’s Melbourne International Arts Festival has already made news. Not only is it Jonathan Holloway’s final year as Artistic Director, but...
It seems strange to be writing an article about contemporary dancers and choreographers carrying a legacy from the pioneers of the artform...
Arts House, Melbourne. 12 March 2019. Dance Massive 2019’s first night saw the gallery near capacity as one of Australia’s favourite contemporary...
Just a couple months in, 2019 has already proven to be a busy and creative year for Australia’s legion of dancers, dance...
Dancers can become memorable through a number of ways: Sometimes they are lionised for their youthful athleticism, sometimes for their technical virtuosity,...
On 1 November, Lucy Guerin Inc moved into its new home, WXYZ Studios, in north Melbourne. It’s not just a new home...
Dance Informa had the opportunity to chat with freelance dancer/choreographer Lilian Steiner, fresh off the back of the Sydney leg of the...
Stephanie Lake has been described as “one of the most important voices in contemporary choreography”, with “gutsy physicality and kooky poetics”. With...
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 8 August 2018. The audience are seated in the ‘Studio’ at the Sydney Opera House, where graduated seating...
Lucy Guerin’s work has been described as “poignant” and “provocative”, “contemporary dance that reaches back to the roots of ancient theatre”. Dance Informa...