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Dan 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...

'You Animal, You'. Photo by Prudence Upton.

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Force 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,...

Narelle Benjamin in 'Cella'. Photo by Pippa Samaya.

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In conversation with Narelle Benjamin: Sydney Festival and ‘Cella’

Collaborating and dancing with Paul White in their own creation, Cella, at Sydney Festival 2018, Narelle Benjamin shared with Dance Informa details about...

'Still Life' at the Sydney Festival. Photo by Julian Mommert.

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‘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...

Gecko's 'Institute'. Photo by Prudence Upton.

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Gecko 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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Is 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...

Company 605 in 'Inheritor Album'. Photo by Jamie Williams.

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Company 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...

Dancenorth's 'Spectra'. Photo by Prudence Upton.

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Dancenorth’s ‘Spectra’ brings contemporary and butoh to Sydney Festival

Seymour Centre, Sydney Festival, Sydney. January 11, 2017. Spectra is the inaugural work for North Queensland company Dancenorth’s newest artistic director, Kyle...

EkosDance Company's 'Balabala'. Photo by Jamie Williams.

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EkosDance Company brings Indonesian culture to Sydney Festival

Carriageworks, Sydney. January 8, 2017. As part of this year’s Sydney Festival, Indonesia’s EkosDance Company brought us two intriguing dance works: first,...

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Dancenorth celebrates a phenomenal year

Dancenorth has experienced phenomenal success in 2016, and the company is not slowing down, with a focus on festivals and touring taking...

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‘Champions’: A female football festival frenzy

It was the late Dutch maestro Johan Cruyff who once said that “dancers are the cleverest with their feet [and] next are...

Mason Kelly of Dancenorth. Photo by Amber Haines.

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Kyle Page, artistic director of Dancenorth, talks 2016 season

Dance Informa had the opportunity and pleasure to interview dancer and choreographer Kyle Page. Formerly a Dancenorth and Australian Dance Theatre dancer,...

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. Photo by Anne Van Aerschot.

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In conversation with Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker

As part of Sydney Festival 2016, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, a world-renowned Belgian choreographer and dancer, was in Sydney with her contemporary...

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Stephanie Lake’s ‘Double Blind’ at Sydney Festival

Carriageworks, Sydney. Thursday, January 21, 2016. Double Blind opens with a stark, sterile, floodlit stage where two dancers immediately engage in a...

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‘Vortex Temporum’ by Rosas at Carriageworks

Carriageworks, Bay 17. January 16, 2016. Austere, minimalist and quite severe, this production, combining both the marvellous dancers of dance troupe Rosas...

Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Tale Dolven perform Fase at 2016 Sydney Festival

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Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s ‘Fase’ at Sydney Festival

Sydney Opera House. January 10, 2016. Fase is considered a seminal work in the history of contemporary dance. First conceived and performed...

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2016 Sydney Festival offers a feast of dance

The 2016 Sydney Festival, running January 7-26, has a strong dance offering with both international and local representation alike. A few highlights...