One of the undisputed cultural treasures of the ACT is QL2 Dance, and the annual showcase by its Quantum Leap Dancers is coming up at The Playhouse, reports HELEN MUSA.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
Arts editor HELEN MUSA files another "Arts in the City" column highlighting what's what and who's who in the local arts scene this week.
"This concert satisfied on all levels" writes reviewer HELEN MUSA of the Canberra International Music Festival performance by the Brodsky Quartet and William Barton.
Robert Macklin’s long-awaited biography of the late media and publishing giant, Trevor Kennedy, has been published privately by his widow, Christina.
Dance critic BILL STEPHENS is drawn to the promise of seeing a work inspired by the teachings of modern dance pioneer Gertrud Bodenwieser.
"This is a play about family trauma that teases out the backgrounds of the characters exhaustively," writes arts editor HELEN MUSA in her review of Rep's production of "Crimes of the Heart".
Music from a composer collective of various Bachs, Mozarts and Haydns sounded like an impressive way to launch a music festival. And it was, says reviewer IAN McLEAN.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA reviews the opening singing, dancing concert of the Canberra International Music Festival.
Australian Dance Week begins on Friday and Canberra hoofers past and present are gathering in the nation’s capital it for a terpsichorean feast, reports HELEN MUSA.
A new book for children launches on Friday at the National Museum of Australia, taking its place in a distinguished group line-up of bunyip books emanating from the national capital, reports HELEN MUSA.
A new studio built by the National Film and Sound Archive for the Strehlow Research Centre within the Museum of Central Australia, Alice Springs, has opened.
A centrepieces in the coming Canberra International Music Festival is Benjamin Britten’s pacifist composition “The Children’s Crusade”. It was inspired by Brecht’s poem, and will be sung by Luminescence Children’s Choir, reports HELEN MUSA.
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