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Sydney Opera House, November 30. The Australian Ballet doesn't have an annual tradition of presenting The Nutcracker, although on present indications it could. The ballet doesn't have as tig…
Brisbane's Expressions Dance Company has a new name to go with its new leadership. Amy Hollingsworth, who became artistic director of EDC at the beginning of 2019, announced at her 2020 seas…
His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, November 21. Septime Webre's ALICE (in wonderland) was made in 2012 for Washington Ballet, where he was artistic director from 1999 to 2016, and shortly after w…
Brisbane Powerhouse, November 9. This year's Bespoke triple bill could hardly be more diverse. It starts with neo-classicism and finishes with emotions, memories and personalities to the for…
Works by Stephanie Lake and Ma Bo. Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, NSW, November 7. New works by Australia's Stephanie Lake and China's Ma Bo make up a double bill where similarities are …
Sydney Opera House, November 8 The dash for bathrooms and bars was substantially less frantic than usual after the close of Act I of Stanton Welch's Sylvia. Heads everywhere bowed over their…
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney, November 2 What better way to mark a milestone birthday than by getting some of the old gang back together again? Gideon Obarzanek's Us 50, choreographed for S…
Queensland Ballet announced its 2020 season in mid-September; West Australian Ballet in this past week. The nation's leading state ballet companies are different in scale and usually in repe…
As David McAllister announced his last full season as artistic director of The Australian Ballet, the company formally launched its search for McAllister's successor. McAllister retires in D…
His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, September 13 and 14. Was there ever a man who said his life's ambition was to dance Hilarion? Probably not. He is the spurned lover in Giselle, a gamekeeper who…
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, August 28. When Queensland Ballet staged Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet in 2014 the then-small company took a huge risk, although one mi…
Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, August 29. Natalia Osipova is the most arresting classical dancer of her generation. Others may have an inner fire that burns brightly but she has a furnac…
Amy Hollingsworth can't be too specific about the first season she is curating as artistic director of Brisbane-based Expressions Dance Company " details for 2020 will be announced later thi…
Based on the film by P.J. Hogan. Book by P.J. Hogan, music and lyrics by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall. Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures. Lyric Theatre, Sydney, July 4 Murie…
QPAC International Series, Brisbane, June 27 and June 29 The Bolshoi's pairing of Yuri Grigorovich's Spartacus and George Balanchine's Jewels could not be more fascinating. They were m…
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, June 28 Synergy is a small, unpretentious program that's partly a place where emerging choreographers can test their capabilitie…
Bangarra Dance Theatre, Sydney Opera House, June 14 What a marvellous idea to include Jiřà Kylián's Stamping Ground in this celebration of Bangarra's three decades of dance. …
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, May 17 and 18 (matinee) Old politicians are never the ones who die in battle, are they? Jiřà Kylián's Soldier's Mass (1980) isn't th…
The Australian Ballet, Sydney Opera House, May 8 For many ballet-lovers the second act of Giselle is what brings them back repeatedly and Maina Gielgud's much-revived production for The A…
Sydney Opera House, May 1 Graeme Murphy fell ill earlier this year and was unable to complete his new ballet, The Happy Prince, in time for its premiere in Melbourne, which was to have been …
Sydney Opera House, April 5 The Australian Ballet's contemporary triple bill Verve, having a Sydney season this year after its premiere in Melbourne last year, presents works from the compan…
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney, March 27 Bonachela/Nankivell/Lane ushers in Sydney Dance Company's 50th anniversary celebrations with three works that foreground the dancers. There are …
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, March 23. Dangerous Liaisons is not suitable for children, advises Queensland Ballet. Too true. Sex is the currency in this world and there's …
Carriageworks, Sydney, November 29. Holly Doyle's sweet, sad, funny, goofy, utterly captivating Out, Damned Spot! is exactly why Sydney Dance Company's New Breed exists and why it work…
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney, October 18. Antony Hamilton says his new work for Sydney Dance Company developed from thoughts about order, chaos, human nature and popular culture. And yes, y…
