Performing Arts
![A single dancer is spotlit. She is all in white and covered in powder that falls off her as she poses.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Hero_Epilogue_Photo-by-Alessandro-Botticelli1.jpg?w=310)
Dance reviews: Sixbythree, Riverside Theatres
A contemporary dance festival at Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres saw three separate dance works presented over two days.
![A string orchestra playing in the atrium of a large retail space in front of a staircase. The musicians are masked and wearing black tie dress, with many colourful dresses included.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/ROCO-performs-at-POST-Houston-horizontal-Daniel-Ortiz_RESIZED.jpg?w=310)
The performing arts company breaking every convention in the book … and winning
For a company working in an art form steeped in tradition, the choice to break away from some of its…
![Imogen Batt-Doyle, winner of The Cloncurry Poetry Prize 2024 with an ode to the Outback. Photo: Supplied. A person squatting on the peak of a mountain with the sun setting in the background.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Imogen-Batt-Doyle_winner-2024-1-e1720506159677.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Residency to create site-responsive work inside chic hotel, winners of Bush Music Fund, crime book finalists, and more!
![A group of people all dressed in black leotards are looking up, about to catch a single performer who is dressed in gold and is seen in mid-air. They are standing in front of gold drapery.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/CircaDuckPond_photoPiaJohnson_0156-3.jpg?w=310)
Circus review: Duck Pond, Sydney Coliseum Theatre
Circa presented a modern take on Tchaikovsky’s ‘Swan Lake’ and Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Ugly Duckling’ in a collision of…
![A crouching crowd all in black wearing gold masks.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/1L3A69891.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Mysterion: Descent Into Hades, Hellenic Museum
An immersive, interactive production where the audience has to undergo quests to unlock the secrets of immortality.
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Theatre review: Little Blue Dot, Monash University
What do a team of astrophysicists have to do with making children’s theatre?
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Dance review: Wet Hard Long, Dancehouse
Contemporary dance performed in eight-inch heels is spellbinding.
![Two men dressed casually in hoodies stand between another man who is stuck inside a tall, caged structure.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/IMG_21331.webp?w=310)
Theatre review: Famished Future Feeders, New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts
Exploring diverse elements of a darkly dystopian future, this well-staged production features promising new talent.Â
![live music: a male musician playing the drums in darkened bright blue light on a small stage.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/greyson-joralemon-wfBXHhMG67o-unsplash_RESIZED.jpg?w=310)
NSW's sound investment in musicians
Live music and touring acts get a $4.8 million boost in NSW.
![A woman dressed in pants and a long coat is standing in front of a large screen with an image of a close up headshot of a fuzzy pink and long-haired creature with fangs.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/drac.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Dracula, Roslyn Packer Theatre
Director Kip Williams returns with his third 'cine-theatre' production of a Gothic trilogy.