Dance
Dance review: Shower Thots, Melbourne City Baths, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Dance at the pool offers amphibious playfulness and chlorinated whimsy.
Butoh – the art of darkness, movement and now … food
A dance form originating from the desire to interrogate the darker side of humanity, butoh continues to evolve ... now…
Ballet review: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Canberra Theatre Centre
A charming and exquisite production, Queensland Ballet’s interpretation of the Shakespeare classic is likely to bring a little bit of…
Dance review: tiaen tiamen Episode 1, Dunstan Playhouse
Experimental and futuristic, but with its heart grounded in Indigenous culture, this work is the first part of a trilogy…
Shifting the dial on pregnant dancers on stage
It wasn’t long ago that pregnancy could signal the end of a dancer’s career. Thankfully, things have changed, with companies…
Australian Performing Arts Forum 2023: an overview and summary
An overview of the recent Australian Performing Arts Forum 2023, held in Meanjin/Brisbane.
Performance review: I Am (Not) This Body, Arts House, Melbourne Fringe Festival
A a cross-disciplinary exploration of the performer's relationship with her body in the world.
Dance review: Architect of the Invisible, State Theatre Centre of Western Australia
Contemporary dance merges with classical literature in this symbolic reimagining of Dante Alighieri’s 'The Divine Comedy'.
Performance Reviews: HIGH PONY, LOOPS, Black Widow, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Four Melbourne Fringe Festival works show the range on offer, from comedy to circus, cabaret and street tours.
Dance review: Angela Goh Axe Arch Echo, AGNSW
Goh's meta-narrative of obstruction and negative space projected intrigue in fearful symmetry.