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All posts tagged "review"
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2.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsMark 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...
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2.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsStephanie Lake’s ‘Colossus’ is grand and beautiful
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. 27 September 2018. Colossus is the realisation of a dream for Stephanie Lake, who has always been fascinated by the...
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2.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsDirtyFeet’s double bill is exciting and inspiring
Shopfront Theatre, Carlton, Sydney. 22 September 2018. This was a most exciting challenging double bill of new works in development from the...
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2.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsAustinmer Dance Theatre sets fire with ‘Connect’
Dancehouse, Melbourne. 27 September 2018. The thing I most look for in an artist, especially in live performance, is vulnerability. For a...
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3.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsVisual, alive and young: Phillip Adams’ ‘Paradise’
Temperance Hall, South Melbourne. 26 September 2018. There is something romantic and bittersweet about this short, 30-minute work, and it’s not just...
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3.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsHarrison Hall’s ‘The Venusian Slip’: Bringing decades together
Mycelium Studios, Melbourne. 20 September 2018. If anything, The Venusian Slip points at a phenomenon in the arts (and quite probably in all...
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3.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney City Youth Ballet and SYO Philharmonic come ‘Together Live’
The Concourse, Chatswood, Sydney. 13 September 2018. The Sydney City Youth Ballet (Artistic Director Lucinda Dunn OAM) and the SYO Philharmonic (conducted...
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3.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Australian Ballet School’s Showcase 2018 and the future of classical ballet
Arts Centre, Melbourne. 9 September 2018. School showcases don’t get much slicker than this; yet, for all the production value and rigorous...
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4.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsVicki Van Hout navigates cultural issues in ‘plenty serious TALK TALK’
plenty serious TALK TALK is a new work by acclaimed Indigenous dancer and choreographer Vicki Van Hout that premiered at Riverside Theatres Parramatta for a...
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4.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsBecoming entangled in Rhiannon Newton’s ‘We Make Each Other Up’
Dancehouse, Melbourne. 29 August 2018. Usually, if there’s a fern on stage, it’s either a prop or a decorative object. Yet, in...
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3.0KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’: A show about frocks that rocks!
Festival Theatre, Adelaide. 23 August 2018. It’s been an iconic piece of Australian film history since the film first exploded onto our...
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3.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsMarrugeku asks cultural and political questions in ‘Le Dernier Appel’
Carriageworks, Sydney. 15 August 2018. Marrugeku is dedicated to Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians working together to develop new dance languages and operates...
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4.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsLooking in and overlooking: Jo Lloyd’s ‘Overture’
Arts House, Melbourne. 14 August 2018. “Meta” may well be the new ordinary, but, cleverly and playfully employed, it can still be...
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4.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsLucy Guerin Inc mesmerises Sydney with ‘SPLIT’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 8 August 2018. The audience are seated in the ‘Studio’ at the Sydney Opera House, where graduated seating...
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3.3KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Irish Celtic’ provides a warm welcome to traditional Ireland
Capitol Theatre, Sydney. 8 August 2018. Irish Celtic, Spirit of Ireland brings a flavour of traditional Irish culture to Sydney’s Capitol Theatre...
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3.5KAustralian Dance Reviews‘STOMP’ is back with force
Capitol Theatre, Sydney. 2 August 2018. After a successful season in 2013, STOMP is back in Australia, and is funnier and louder...
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6.3KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Swan Lake on Ice’ brings the fairy tale to new heights
The beauty of Swan Lake rises to new heights in the Imperial Ice Stars’ production of Swan Lake on Ice. This traditional...
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4.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre brings Aboriginal history to life in ‘Dark Emu’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 14 June 2018. Bangarra Dance Theatre’s latest work, Dark Emu, is visually stunning and superbly choreographed and danced. More abstract...
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4.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsA journey through the Andalucia region in Spain with Studio Flamenco
Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, Adelaide. 15 June 2018. Studio Flamenco’s new work, Recuerdos, aimed to conjure vignettes of Spanish daily life in...
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3.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsFORM Dance Projects presents Liz Lea’s powerful ‘RED’
Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Sydney. 1 June 2018. The latest work, RED, presented by FORM Dance Projects at Riverside Parramatta, as choreographed and...
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5.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsFrance’s Ballet Preljocaj presents its striking ‘Snow White’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 6 June 2018. Ballet Preljocaj’s Snow White is not your squeaky clean Disney-fied Snow White but rather a darker, sinister...
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3.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Devdan Show gives audiences an epic tour of Indonesia
Bali Nusa Dua Theatre, Indonesia. 11 May 2018. It’s rare that this writer is lost for words. The biggest part of my...
