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3.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsRenae Shadler and Mirjam Sögner’s double bill: Single body, similar spirit
Dancehouse, Melbourne. May 11, 2018. The trouble with double bills is that they can often seem like two parts lumped together in...
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4.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsCLOC Musical Theatre’s ‘Strictly Ballroom the Musical’ brings characters to life
The National Theatre, Melbourne. 11 May 2018. Back in the era of VHS, mixtapes and handheld video cameras, Baz Lurhmann gifted the...
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2.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsBallet Revolucion sweeps through Sydney
State Theatre, Sydney. May 12, 2018. It’s been a long time between drinks for Australian audiences and Cuba’s Ballet Revolucion; it’s been five years since the...
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7.7KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Australian Ballet’s tribute to an iconic dancemaker: ‘Murphy’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 6 April 2018. An iconic Australian figure for over 50 years, Tasmanian boy Graeme Murphy OA carved out a...
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3.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsEight artists at the Keir Choreographic Award Semi-Finals
Dancehouse, Melbourne. March 6 and 9, 2018. Although artists often indulge in the fantasy of their own exceptionalism, and others are wont...
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7.8KAustralian Dance Reviews‘MAMMA MIA! The Musical’: A night of ABBA favourites!
Capitol Theatre, Sydney. 15 February 2018. MAMMA MIA! The Musical has the audience dancing in the aisles to a string of ABBA’s...
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8.7KAustralian Dance ReviewsFORM Dance Projects astounds with Omer Backley-Astrachan’s ‘WILDEBEEST’ and ‘Valley’
Riverside Theatres Parramatta. 16 February 2018. FORM Dance Projects has kicked off its 2018 season with two very striking works featuring sinuous,...
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4.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsMichael Clark Company plays it cool in ‘to a simple, rock ‘n’ roll … song’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 30 January 2018. The amazing dancers of the Michael Clark Company perform expertly and with great precision in...
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7.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsAt Sydney Festival, ‘Cella’ looks at wonder of the human body
Carriageworks, Sydney. 18 January 2018. Eloquently, elegantly and passionately performed, Cella is haunting, powerful and hypnotic. The work, intricate and fluid, is...
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6.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsDan Daw Creative Projects’ thought-provoking ‘BEAST’ premieres at Sydney Festival
Carriageworks, Sydney. 17 January 2018. Making its Australian premiere as part of Sydney Festival’s About an Hour series, BEAST by Dan Daw...
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5.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsGravity and Other Myths in ‘A Simple Space’: Contemporary circus at its best
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. 7 January 2018. Have you experienced the kind of kinaesthetic empathy that makes you gasp when you watch...
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12.6KAustralian Dance Reviews‘The Wizard of Oz’: A magical new musical
Capitol Theatre, Sydney. 4 January 2018. To adapt a much-loved iconic MGM movie musical from film to stage could be a difficult...
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4.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsForce Majeure presents the dark and mysterious ‘You Animal, You’ at Sydney Festival
Carriageworks, Sydney. 6 January 2018. The latest work from Force Majeure, You Animal, You is a world premiere that is dark, disturbing and,...
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6.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Australian Ballet offers a colourful, grand ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’
Capitol Theatre, Sydney. 18 December 2017. What spectacular Christmas fare to bring 2017 to an enchanting end. Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice in Wonderland...
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5.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsNew Adventures’ ‘The Car Man’ on DVD tells a gripping story through dance
Choreography: Matthew Bourne. A film – 115 minutes. Released November 2017. Welcome to the small town of Harmony… Hot, slick, steamy and...
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3.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company and Carriageworks offer fourth annual ‘New Breed’
Carriageworks, Sydney. 30 November 2017. New Breed 2017 marks the fourth year of the Sydney Dance Company (SDC)/Carriageworks’ partnership to support and...
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4.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre’s powerful ‘ONES COUNTRY: the spine of our stories’
Carriageworks, Sydney. 24 November 2017. A most exciting triple bill by Bangarra Dance Theatre, three world premieres combined under the umbrella title...
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9.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Australian Ballet’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ is lavish and beautifully danced
Capitol Theatre, Sydney. 20 November 2017. Currently showing at the Capitol Theatre is The Australian Ballet in a revival of David McAllister’s...
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4.9KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Common Anomalies’: A triple bill presented by FORM Dance Projects
Riverside Parramatta, Sydney. 3 November 2017. Part of Dance Bites, as presented by Form Dance Projects at Riverside Parramatta, Common Anomalies is an...
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4.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsFall for Dance New York: A celebration of dance
New York City Center, New York, NY. 3 October 2017. Dance fans in New York City clamoured for tickets to the 14th...
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5.7KAustralian Dance ReviewsEko Supriyanto’s solo work ‘SALT’ connects us to nature
Dancehouse, Melbourne. 3 November 2017. When Indonesian dancemaker Eko Supriyanto came to Melbourne earlier this year for AsiaTOPA, there were many who...
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3.9KAustralian Dance ReviewsMette Ingvartsen’s ‘7 Pleasures’ explores the body at Melbourne Festival
Arts Centre Playhouse, Melbourne. 19 October 2017. Early Judaeo-Christian mythologies indoctrinate us in the shame of our body. Eve feels this when she...
