“I feel that people are more open to those experiences now, considering the pretty epic world events of late,” she says. “They...
Meat Market, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne.16 October 2019. Attending Token Armies is like being invited by a radical friend who is clued-in to...
State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne.6 October 2019. The Rite of Spring was made famous first by the collaboration between Stravinsky and Diaghilev...
Arts Centre, Melbourne.3 October 2019. Extraordinary! Spectacular! Lavish, colourful! All the superlatives apply. Yang Liping’s re-imagined Rite Of Spring is an exquisitely detailed,...
The Hofesh Shechter Company’s Grand Finale returns to Melbourne this month after performing in the Adelaide Festival in March earlier this year. There...
Branch Nebula is a Sydney-based performance company that curates works combining a street aesthetic with engaged contemporary performances – Food Fight, Snake Sessions...
This year’s Melbourne International Arts Festival has already made news. Not only is it Jonathan Holloway’s final year as Artistic Director, but...
For choreographers, The Rite Of Spring is as close to a rite of passage as it gets. Made famous by the scandalous Ballets...
Arts Centre, Melbourne. 17 October 2018. There are few, if any, other people in dance as bold and electrifying as American-born choreographer...
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. 10 October 2018. One of the core challenges for scribes tasked with “doing reviews” for the edification of...
The template is well known: doomed young lovers are cruelly kept apart, staring down death rather than yielding the truth and beauty...
At some point, most of us find ourselves yearning to be part of something bigger. This desire frequently manifests in either the...
By Rain Francis. Pre-eminent choreographer and award-winning writer Douglas Wright’s work rapt is set to be performed in The Hague at the...
Melbourne International Arts Festival The Arts Centre October 2011 By Rain Francis. When, as the ushers check your ticket, you are handed...
By Rain Francis Hofesh Shechter, Artistic Director of Hofesh Shechter Company, is recognised as both a choreographer and a composer. Born in...
Melbourne International Arts Festival Malthouse Theatre October 2011 By Grace Edwards. Indonesian choreographer Jecko Siompo’s Melbourne Festival offering, We Came From The...
Melbourne International Arts Festival Melbourne Recital Centre October 2011 By Grace Edwards Chunky Move’s Assembly is Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek’s final work...
The 2011 Melbourne International Arts Festival brings dance, theatre, art, opera and film to Melbourne from October 6 to 22. A truly...
Win Tickets to Jecko Siompo’s We Came from the East. In an Australian premiere, Jecko Siompo and Jecko’s Dance present We Came...
Melbourne International Arts Festival The CUB Malthouse October 2010 By Natalie Papps. As part of the Melbourne Festival 2010, creator and performer...
Melbourne International Arts Festival The Arts Centre, State Theatre October 2010 By Rebecca Martin The ubiquitous picture of two dancers clad in...
The anticipated 2010 Melbourne International Arts Festival is this month! Running from October 8 to 23 in venues across Melbourne, this year’s...