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6.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsDjuki Mala: Going beyond indigenous dance
MAP57, St Kilda’s Winter Garden, Melbourne. 22 July 2017. Djuki Mala means “chicken mob”. The Djuki Mala ensemble has refined a startlingly...
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8.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsBangarra Dance Theatre’s ‘Bennelong’: Of loss and longing
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. July 4, 2017. Another visually stunning, sensationally danced work from marvellous Bangarra Dance Theatre, Steven Page’s Bennelong is also...
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5.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Royal Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘The Winter’s Tale’
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane. July 5, 2017. In another stellar International Series, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has delighted audiences with...
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5.7KAustralian Dance ReviewsNatalie Abbott’s ‘(re)PURPOSE: the MVMNT’
Dancehouse, Melbourne. July 5, 2017. Sometimes, even relatively tired ideas can be woken up. We’ve witnessed the whole “artist making work about...
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8.4KAustralian Dance ReviewsMelbourne Ballet Company’s ‘Archè’: A striking and unusual ‘Swan Lake’
The Concourse, Sydney. 29 June 2017. Earlier this year, also at The Concourse, we saw Melbourne Ballet Company’s Being In Time. The...
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5.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company presents double bill ‘Frame of Mind’
Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Sydney. 23 June 2017. Under the umbrella title Frame of Mind, we were treated to revivals of two dazzling,...
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5.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsCaitlin Dear stimulates the senses in ‘Qualia’
Owl and Cat Theatre, Melbourne. 20 June 2017. Referring as it does to specific instances of subjective conscious experience, the philosophical term “qualia”...
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5.7KAustralian Dance ReviewsNICA’s ‘Circosis: Left Brain, Right Brain’
NICA National Circus Centre, Melbourne. 24 June 2017. National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) has been training circus artists since 1999. NICA...
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6.8KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe Australian Ballet in Graeme Murphy’s magical ‘Nutcracker: The Story of Clara’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 15 May 2017 This glorious revival of Graeme Murphy’s Nutcracker: The Story of Clara by The Australian Ballet...
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5.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsKAGE’s ‘Out of Earshot’: Language at its core
Chunky Move, Melbourne. June 1, 2017. It opens quietly. Then, a few seconds later, it moves, using the most basic language of...
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8.9KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Matilda’ is magic
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre. 26 May 2017. Who doesn’t love the story of Matilda, the smart, bold and “a little bit...
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4.7KAustralian Dance ReviewsLimitless Dance Company returns with ‘SE7EN’
NIDA’s Playhouse Theatre, Sydney. 13 May 2017. “Everyone tries their best to be a good person — but sometimes, we let the...
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6.6KAustralian Dance ReviewsSydney Dance Company’s ‘Orb’: Eastern mysticism meets urban mythology
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney. 29 April 2017. Sydney Dance Company’s latest work, Orb, was met with great anticipation and proved to be a...
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4.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsNicola Gunn’s ‘Piece For Person and Ghetto Blaster’ at Dance Massive
Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne. 16 March 2017. Is there anything more narcissistic than an artist? How about an artist/philosopher? A really smart, self-aware,...
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4.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsFinding peace in Lilian Steiner’s ‘Noise Quartet Meditation’ at Dance Massive
Dancehouse, Melbourne. March 19, 2017. Whenever we conceive of order, we are, by extension, also conceiving of chaos. Likewise with classic dualities...
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6.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsLucy Guerin Inc and Arts House presents ‘Split’ at Dance Massive
Arts House, Melbourne. 17 March 2017. Lucy Guerin loves to deconstruct cultural phenomena in her work. In Spilt, presented as part of...
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5.1KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Attractor’ at XO State: A collaboration between Lucy Guerin and Gideon Obarzanek
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne. February 26, 2017. The tagline proclaims: “ecstatic music/dance ritual for non-believers”. For once, the marketing mavens may have...
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4.3KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Still Life’: Patiently unfolding at the Sydney Festival
Carriageworks, Sydney Festival, Sydney. January 27, 2017. Still Life was created by the multi-talented Dimitris Papaioannou, best known for his work in...
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4.0KAustralian Dance ReviewsGecko brings thought-provoking ‘Institute’ to Sydney Festival
Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre, Sydney Festival, Sydney. January 25, 2017. As part of this year’s Sydney Festival, we were brought Institute by...
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6.5KAustralian Dance ReviewsIs Form Dance Projects’ ‘Champions’ really dance as sport?
Carriageworks, Sydney Festival, Sydney. January 18, 2017. I had been anxiously awaiting this – Champions, presented by Form Dance Projects as part of...
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7.3KAustralian Dance ReviewsCompany 605’s ‘Inheritor Album’ explores succession at Sydney Festival
Carriageworks, Sydney Festival, Sydney. January 15, 2017. As part of the 2017 Sydney Festival, Canada’s Company 605 brought us its Inheritor Album, an...
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5.9KAustralian Dance Reviews‘Ladies in Black’: A bright new Aussie musical
Sydney Lyric Theatre, Sydney Festival, Sydney. January 6, 2017. After completing successful seasons in Brisbane and Melbourne and with a prestigious Helpmann...
