Performing Arts

Street dance: from community to the stage
A diverse style propelled by the power of community and collaborations, here are three street dancers expanding its reach.

Architecture commission reimagines The Parthenon, but is it appropriation?
Graffiti, rock concerts and a call against selective democracy, The Parthenon is ‘defaced’ for a contemporary audience.

Dance review: Terrain
This award-winning show about the convergence of body, land and spirit returns for its tenth year anniversary.

Theatre review: Chalkface
The dust flies as teacher versus teacher in this comedy about educational methodologies.

Season cancelled after theatre abruptly condemned
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s Fremantle theatre has been condemned without warning, disrupting the company’s season, revenue and other activities.

Opportunities and awards
Call out for pilot Ballet residency, National Regional Arts Fellowships plus celebrating designers, First Nations musicians and WA’s performing arts…

How a life at NIDA helped shape Australian talent
In his new memoir, An Eye for Talent: A Life at NIDA, former Director John Clark remembers the institution and…

Theatre review: Request Programme
A devastating portrait of existential loneliness.

Embrace spontaneous encounters at tropical festival
The 60th Cairns Festival is a unique chance to catch Patricia Piccinini’s hot air balloons, music from classical to indie-pop,…

Theatre review: The One
An exploration along racial lines about belonging and identity.