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67Australian Dance Reviews‘Annie the Musical’: Making the sun come out
Capitol Theatre, Sydney.3 April 2025. The sun came out in Sydney last night as Annie the Musical opened at the Capitol Theatre,...
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129Australian Dance ReviewsEmma Harrison places women at the centre of her exploration in ‘High Octane’
Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney.28 March 2025. Emma Harrison’s High Octane bursts onto the stage with the energy of a revved-up engine, a...
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162Australian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company in ‘Somos’: Breathing in the essence of Spain
27 March 2025.Neilson Studio, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney. Sydney Dance Company has revived Rafael Bonachela’s Somos for a second season, once again...
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167Australian 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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169Australian 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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162Australian 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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246Australian 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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377Australian 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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294Australian 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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165Australian 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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231Australian 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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566Australian 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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396Australian 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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763Australian 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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540Australian 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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707Australian 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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583Australian 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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863Australian 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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636Australian 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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659Australian 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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902Australian 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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781Australian 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,...
