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6Australian Dance ReviewsChunky Move’s ‘U>N>I>T>E>D’ leaves us uplifted
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne.27 Feb 2025. Techno paganism seems to beat at the cyborg heart of Chunky Move’s maximalist sci-fi vision...
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12Australian Dance ReviewsOpera Australia’s ‘Guys & Dolls’ on Sydney Harbour is everything it should be and more
Sydney Harbour, Sydney.21 March 2025. Guys & Dolls opened with literal bang, complete with fireworks over the picturesque backdrop of Sydney Harbour....
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32Australian Dance ReviewsLucy Guerin Inc in ‘One Single Action in an Ocean of Everything’: Intent communicated through movement
AC Arts, Main Theatre, Adelaide.1 March 2025. We wait in the dark theatre. The sounds of the audience murmuring fills the space, while...
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110Australian Dance ReviewsOpera Australia’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’: A triumph of innovation and artistry
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney.13 March 2025. Opera Australia’s recent production of Dido and Aeneas was a bold and visually...
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234Australian Dance Reviews‘MJ The Musical’: Iconic music, dynamic dancing; you can’t beat it!
Sydney Lyric Theatre, Sydney.7 March 2025. Four-time Tony® Award Winning hit MJ The Musical has received critical acclaim from Broadway New York...
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210Australian Dance ReviewsEmma Riches delivers a unique and creative work with ‘never are’
East Sydney Community and Arts Centre, Sydney.1 February 2025. If you are not an avid supporter of the contemporary dance in Sydney,...
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106Australian Dance ReviewsMelati Suryodarmo’s ‘Lapse’: A quiet and thunderous journey
Martin Myer Arena, Melbourne.6 March 2025. It is sometimes said that we live on the border of order and chaos, embracing and/or...
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167Australian Dance ReviewsMelanie Lane’s ‘Pulau’: A dark but ecstatic realm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.22 February 2025. As choreographer Melanie Lane told Dance Informa back in December, “I always work in these...
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490Australian Dance Reviews‘Strictly Ballroom’: A life lived in fear is a life half lived
The Court Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand.12 December 2024. If you’re seeking a night filled with heart, lively dance and an inspiring message...
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358Australian Dance ReviewsStephanie Lake’s ‘The Chronicles’: Transcending boundaries of movement, music and emotion
Stephanie Lake’s The Chronicles is a mesmerizing and evocative dance work that transcends the boundaries of movement, music and emotion. Playing at...
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695Australian Dance Reviews‘Moving Portraits’: The choreography of dance on film
Dancehouse, Melbourne.27 November 2024. Early in 2015, I was lucky enough to see the first iteration of Sue Healey’s On View during...
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495Australian Dance Reviews‘Holiday Inn’ at Hayes Theatre Co: Not just a show but a celebration
Hayes Theatre, Sydney.24 November 2024. Step into a world of snowflakes, song and dance as Holiday Inn, presented by Well Done Creative...
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662Australian Dance ReviewsHolly Childs and Angela Goh’s ‘Cliffhanger’: A palette of finely detailed movement
Arts House, Melbourne.13 November 2024. Sisyphus, Scheherazade, scrolling. It goes on…and on…and on. Always suspended between starting and ending. As if we...
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541Australian Dance ReviewsChunky Move in the magic of Antony Hamilton’s ‘4/4’
Union Theatre, Melbourne.1 November 2024. As a language, mathematics is universal. Beautiful and brutal, its truths as unforgiving as its mystery. Perhaps...
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810Australian Dance Reviews‘Dear Evan Hansen’: A much-needed narrative
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney.24 October 2024. Dear Evan Hansen, directed by Dean Bryant, is a coming-of-age musical about teenager Evan Hansen, who...
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592Australian Dance ReviewsDirtyFeet’s Out of the Studio 2024: Emerging voices
Neilson Studio at Sydney Dance Company, Sydney.20 September 2024. This year celebrates 10 years of DirtyFeet’s proudly Out of the Studio program,...
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629Australian Dance ReviewsArabella Frahn-Starkie’s ‘Pictures & Ghosts’: Still things moving
Guild Theatre, Melbourne.9 October 2024. We know that everything is ephemeral, even though we mostly reside in the delusion of permanence. In...
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859Australian Dance Reviews‘Molly’ at Melbourne Fringe: We are all actors
Guild Theatre, Melbourne. 2 October 2024. The arcs of narrative and the more figurative trajectories of dance can make for troublesome geometry; not...
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739Australian Dance ReviewsChou Kuan Jou’s ‘Tomato’: Turning the lens on us
Dancehouse, Melbourne.3 October 2024. Pomme d’amour. Love apple. Call it what you will, the humble tomato has always been vaguely sexy. Yet,...
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760Australian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company in double bill ‘Twofold’: The world we live in
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney.18 September 2024. Sydney Dance Company presented its second Sydney season for 2024 at the Roslyn Packer Theatre this...
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1.0KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Sister Act’: A groovy family friendly show
Capitol Theatre, Sydney.11 September 2024. The most heavenly of musicals Sister Act has hit the Sydney stage this spring. Based on the 1992...
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944Australian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre’s ‘Horizon’: The importance of home
Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne.28 August 2024. There was something in the air on opening night of Bangarra Dance Theatre’s latest work, Horizon,...
