Final bow for dance legend Ruth Osborne
QL2 Dance is presenting its annual major production in The Playhouse titled Subject To Change. It will be the last for founding director Ruth Osborne, who, after 25 years is stepping down, reports HELEN MUSA.
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"Watching bodies gliding through and hovering in space, as if defying gravity, then gracefully leap from one to another... became strangely relaxing." SAMARA PURNELL reviews Humans 2.0.
Australian Dance Week has been launched at CMAG, with a preview of Australian Dance Party’s Co_Lab:24 performed at the Courtyard Theatre.
Dance Week is always a joyous time in the Canberra arts scene and 2024 looks to be no exception, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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Dalman celebrates 35 years of Mirramu
Clad in regal purple, dance legend Elizabeth Cameron Dalman greeted old friends, collaborators and colleagues to her property on the edge of Lake George on Saturday to mark 35 years of Mirramu Creative Arts Centre.
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Busy festival of ‘bold bites’ and dance delights
Local dance dynamo Liz Lea, has led the annual BOLD Festival in bringing together dance aficionados of all genres of dance to meet, perform, discuss and swap ideas and opinions on all things dance, reports BILL STEPHENS.
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Subdued festival still brings out some stars
Liz Lea, a former CityNews Artist of the Year, once again shows herself to be a force of nature as she embarks on her fourth dance summit, Bold, reports HELEN MUSA.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews A Sun Dance at the National Gallery.
In an unusual mix of architecture, dance and art, this week the National Gallery of Australia is paying homage to its original architect, Col Madigan.
The dancing in Jungle Book Reimagined "is nothing short of spectacular", says reviewer MICHELLE POTTER.
Dance pioneer, choreographer, teacher, and now writer, Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, is celebrating her 90th birthday this week. She speaks to arts editor HELEN MUSA...
In an impressive coup for the Canberra Theatre, Akram Khan’s The Jungle Book reimagined will make its Australian debut at the Canberra Theatre in early February.
MICHELLE POTTER writes in praise of the remarkable rise of Queensland Ballet, outraged the company isn't better funded by the federal government.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews "On Course”, QL2's last dance production for the year.
TwentY-eight elite gymnasts from the National Danish Performance Team livened up Civic Square on Saturday morning with dance routines and a bit of juggling, reports HELEN MUSA.
Australian Ballet dancer Amy Harris says there will be happiness and tears when the curtain falls on her 22-year career.
BILL STEPHENS reviews a performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Queensland Ballet.
Excitement was mounting at Merici College on Monday as its Year 11 & 12 dance students put the finishing touches to their entry in the 2023 Ausdance ACT Youth Dance Festival, a contemporary work called “Trance”.
In her first review for "CityNews", distinguished dance critic, writer and researcher Dr MICHELLE POTTER senses change in the air at QL2.
