Reviews

There are three different worlds to see in Sydney Dance Company's latest program, writes Michelle Potter.

Rhys Ryan reviews the first week of Frame, Melbourne's new contemporary dance festival.

Softly falling rain, a sea of umbrellas and a warm summers night in Melbourne. Nothing could keep ballet lovers away from the Australian Ballet’s first "Ballet Under the Stars" for some years, writes Susan Bendall.

'Bikutsi 3000' and 'Equations of a Falling Body' reviewed by Alana Kildea.

Lesley Graham reviews two programs presented by Tasmania's Festival of Music and Art.

Isabelle Leclezio reviews two Perth Festival performances held under the stars.

After a ten-year hiatus, Bangarra Dance Theatre's "Dance Clan" returned to the stage this year, opening on February 3 at Bangarra’s own Studio Theatre on Gadigal Country, Walsh Bay, in Sydney.

Two intriguing Sydney Festival premieres reviewed: one by Meryl Tankard, the other by French company Compagnie du Hanneton.

ADT's premiere of 'Tracker' and visiting artists Brigel Gjok and Rauf 'RubberLegz' Yasit in 'Neigbours'.

Each choreographer had 20 minutes to enthral the audience with a solo performed in the post-industrial hall of endless ceilings and tall heavy-curtained windows, writes Leila Lois.

This was a large-scale graduation performance that gave its 49 graduates ample space to collectively shine across five different works, writes Geraldine Higginson.

This program demonstrated the wide variety of choreography that is now demanded of the classical dancer, writes Karen van Ulzen

This was a somewhat obtuse evening of contemporary dance, writes Geraldine Higginson.

The naysayers said an annual 'Nutcracker' would not be as popular here as it is in the northern hemisphere. But here we are, ten 'Nutcracker's later, sitting in another packed house, as the oh-so-familiar overture begins.

This year, the triple-bill program was held in the Middar Room of the State Theatre Centre of WA (one of the rehearsal rooms) and presented the works of three dance makers, writes Alana Kildea.

This innovative version of Swan Lake is not only entertaining, but a step towards reconciliation for Western Australians, writes Alana Kildea.