Melbourne International Arts Festival Archives

Lucy Guerin's 'Pendulum'. Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti.

Going above and beyond: RISING Festival

“I feel that people are more open to those experiences now, considering the pretty epic world events of late,” she says. “They...

Chunky Move's 'Token Armies'. Photo by Zan Wimberley.

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Australian Dance Reviews

‘Token Armies’: Chunky Move’s genre defying guerilla war dance

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...

Yang Liping's 'Rite of Spring'. Photo by Yijian Li.

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Eastern aesthetics and philosophy in Yang Liping’s ‘Rite of Spring’

State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne.6 October 2019. The Rite of Spring was made famous first by the collaboration between Stravinsky and Diaghilev...

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Yang Liping’s epic re-imagining: ‘Rite of Spring’

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,...

Hofesh Shechter's 'Grand Finale'. Photo by Rahi Rezvani.

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Hofesh Shechter: Dance’s ‘Grand Finale’

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's 'High Performance Packing Tape'.

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Branch Nebula’s ‘High Performance Packing Tape’: Everyday risks

Branch Nebula is a Sydney-based performance company that curates works combining a street aesthetic with engaged contemporary performances – Food Fight, Snake Sessions...

Stephanie Lake's 'Colossus'. Photo by Mark Gambino.

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Sharing the big umbrella: Jo Lloyd and Stephanie Lake at Melbourne Festival

This year’s Melbourne International Arts Festival has already made news. Not only is it Jonathan Holloway’s final year as Artistic Director, but...

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Yang Liping’s ‘Rite of Spring’: The universal ritual

For choreographers, The Rite Of Spring is as close to a rite of passage as it gets. Made famous by the scandalous Ballets...

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William Forsythe’s ‘A Quiet Evening of Dance’ is simply the body in motion

Arts Centre, Melbourne. 17 October 2018. There are few, if any, other people in dance as bold and electrifying as American-born choreographer...

Mark Morris' 'Layla and Majnun'. Photo by Susana Millman.

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Mark Morris’ ‘Layla and Majnun’ at Melbourne International Arts Festival

Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. 10 October 2018. One of the core challenges for scribes tasked with “doing reviews” for the edification of...

Mark Morris' 'Layla and Majnun'. Photo by Beowulf Sheehan.

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Mark Morris’ ‘Layla and Majnun’: Love will tear us apart

The template is well known: doomed young lovers are cruelly kept apart, staring down death rather than yielding the truth and beauty...

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Gideon Obarzanek’s ‘One Infinity’: The mandala of infinite participation

At some point, most of us find ourselves yearning to be part of something bigger. This desire frequently manifests in either the...

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Features

NZ Dance News September

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...

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Australian Dance Reviews

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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Hofesh Shechter – Dancing or Politics?

By Rain Francis Hofesh Shechter, Artistic Director of Hofesh Shechter Company, is recognised as both a choreographer and a composer. Born in...

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Australian Dance Reviews

We Came From The East

Melbourne International Arts Festival Malthouse Theatre October 2011 By Grace Edwards. Indonesian choreographer Jecko Siompo’s Melbourne Festival offering, We Came From The...

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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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Dance @ MIAF

The 2011 Melbourne International Arts Festival brings dance, theatre, art, opera and film to Melbourne from October 6 to 22. A truly...

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Win Tickets – We Came From the East @ MIAF

Win Tickets to Jecko Siompo’s We Came from the East. In an Australian premiere, Jecko Siompo and Jecko’s Dance present We Came...

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Adapting For Distortion & Haptic – Hiroaki Umeda

Melbourne International Arts Festival The CUB Malthouse October 2010 By Natalie Papps. As part of the Melbourne Festival 2010, creator and performer...