Performing Arts
Attracting new audiences to contemporary dance
By turns abstract and emotive, celebratory and confronting, contemporary dance can be a difficult art form to sell to audiences.
Training for an unpredictable world
In a fast-changing, technology-led world, arts training needs to embed interdisciplinary practice at the foundation of creativity.
Candy Royalle + The Freed Radicals
'They say poetry is dead, but it’s only some white man’s poetry that’s dead!' and everyone cheered.
Beethoven Festival – Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3
Two fine concerto performances separated by five exquisite miniatures.
The Australian Boys Choir – Byrd to Britten
A real achievement for a valuable, long-established boys’ choir.
Snow White
A gothic, murderous remake of an enduring fairy tale.
The Measure of A Man
Gavin Roach’s second instalment of the Anxiety Trilogy, if intriguing, leaves a lot to be desired.
Working the artist-designer collaboration
Advice for aspiring designers and visual artists on how to move from concept to design realisation.
Discount tickets for industry insiders at Sydney Festival
Applications for the 2017 Sydney Festival Arts Industry Program are now open.
Avoiding the over-promisers
Even the most successful crowdfunding campaigns can over-promise and under deliver.