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The Australian Ballet's 'Carmen', 2025, choreographed by Johan Inger, featuring Jill Ogai in the role of Carmen. A dark-haired woman in a red, ruffled dress, her legs bare, gestures dramatically and powerfully towards the camer. Three man are faintly visible in the gloom behind her. All four people are ballet dancers performing in the ballet 'Carmen'.
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Ballet review: Carmen, Regent Theatre

A fresh interpretation of a centuries old story that sizzles and provokes on stage.

A man wearing sparkly top and pants is mid pose. His face is hidden by his hand touching his hat.
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Musical review: MJ The Musical, Sydney Lyric Theatre

‘MJ the Musical’ is a dazzling production. But be warned: you may come away from it feeling uncomfortable, sad and…

A dance performance at where dancers wear an exoskeleton of prosthetic limbs. The stage is illuminated in white light and five of the dancers are conjoined, facing a single dancer with their back to the camera. U>N>I>T>E>D
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Dance review: U>N>I>T>E>D, Asia TOPA 2025

A futuristic epic that turned philosophical.

Sebastian Geilings in Australian Dance Theatre's 'A Quiet Language', Adelaide Festival 2025.
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Dance review: A Quiet Language, Australian Dance Theatre, Adelaide Festival 2025

A complex, compelling production, by turns anguished and joyous, angry and elegiac, honouring six decades of radical dance history.

Two performers wearing black leotards and crustacean masks.
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Ballet review: Relâche: The Last Dance on Earth, Odeon Theatre, Hobart 

A fusion of dance, Dadaist performance art and silent film.

A large screen depicting a black and white screen showing a group of people in a field. There are musicians playing in the foreground.
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Performance reviews: Samsara: A Cine-Concert, Ultimate Safari, LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches) Perth Festival

Three short-run shows at Perth Festival explore a range of topics and mediums.

Three performers. One standing up, two crouch on the ground. They form a triangle shape.
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Dance review: Bunyi Bunyi Bumi, Bunjil Place, Asia TOPA 2025

A dance performance showcasing the interconnectedness of cultures.

A man is standing, with a woman on top of him, He's holding up a sign with 'Love" on it. There is a crowd around them holding up signs with other words including 'Power', 'Mind', "rest' and "Sense'
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Dance review: Perth Moves: Manifest, Forrest Place, Perth Festival

Moroccan-Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui brings his creative vision to Perth.

A bare-chested man with black pants is holding onto a woman in white. There is a white railing behind them.
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Ballet review: Nijinsky, Regent Theatre

The Australian Ballet is in its element for John Neumeier's 'Nijinsky'.

'Garry Starr: Classic Penguins' at The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide Fringe 2025. A photoshopped image of a fair-skinned man with curly black hair and a neat beard wearing an orange-coloured Elizabethan ruff. His arms from the elbows down, and his body from the waist down, have been photoshopped to appear like a penguin. He leans on his left flipper and sits on his left penguin hip, his orange penguin feet and right flipper raised.
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Performance reviews: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins and Thunderstuck: A Night of Classic Rock, Adelaide Fringe 2025

From brilliant, in-your-face clowning to contemporary dance performed to a virtuosic live violin score of rock classics, two fascinating but…

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