Young choreographers step into the spotlight
MICHELLE POTTER reviews the Emerging Choreographers Program 2025 by Quantum Leap Australia.
Dance
The Dance Development Centre is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary with a gala production, Now & Then, at the Canberra Theatre, reports HELEN MUSA.
MICHELLE POTTER reviews ECDysis, a dance performance by Elizabeth Cameron Dalman and friends.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews Main Character Energy, The Chaos Project, a dance performance by QL2.
Dance
Dracula, a ballet of beauty, but gory, primal and human
"Not every spin and jump is landed in total control, but the dancers are going at 110 per cent every time which is spectacular for the audience." SAMARA PURNELL reviews Dracula.
Dance
Sugar’s intimate story is not always sweet
SAMARA PURNELL reviews Fortuna, a dance performance by Sugar Kaye Grefaldeo.
Dance
Batchelor focuses on the legacy of lost dancer
MICHELLE POTTER reviews Resonance, a dance work celebrating choreographer Tanja Liedtke.
"The appreciative opening night audience rode every throw, hold, balance and dismount, with the performers quickly moving on from a couple of minor mistakes." SAMARA PURNELL reviews Circa's quirky production of Duckpond.
"The movement began with arms and hands twisting and turning around and across each other. It was small but complex movement done with arms and hands remaining close to the body but never touching." MICHELLE POTTER reviews Superposition.
Queanbeyan's Bom Funk Dance Studio will head to Japan to perform across Tokyo and Osaka.
"The 2025 Step into the Limelight schools arts showcase invites students to step into new creative territory, celebrating 'imagination, innovation and the thrill of exploring what lies beyond the familiar'," writes HELEN MUSA.
MICHELLE POTTER reviews Mandolina Ballerina, a performance by the Canberra Mandolin Orchestra and guest dancer Tessa Karle.
In the relentless search for freshness and novelty, the Canberra Mandolin Orchestra is embarking on an unusual new presentation called Mandolina Ballerina, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
"After decades of involvement in dance-related activities – performing, choreographing, teaching, writing – Marrow was one of the most difficult productions to understand and enjoy I have come across," says dance reviewer MICHELLE POTTER.
"Bangarra's Illume is a visually striking work, with impressive set design, an intriguing video installation and a stark depiction of glaring lights of modern design and the beauty of the natural world," writes reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
BILL STEPHENS reviews a regional performance of the Australian Ballet's The Nutcracker Act 11 and other works.
"Choreographer Johan Inger surprises with his fast, complex movements... All recall balletic movements but they push that recall beyond expectations." MICHELLE POTTER reviews The Australian Ballet's production of Carmen.
The arts are in full swing as HELEN MUSA's latests Artsweek column will attest.
“Contemporary dance has allowed me to step outside the shackles of ballet which were created by white men in the 1800s.” HELEN MUSA meets former ballet dancer Mia Rashid.
