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A dancer stands posed, arms outstretched and slightly crouched. She holds an arrow in her teeth. Behind her is a dramatic, green-tinted photograph of the sun depicting several solar flares.
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Dance review: Arkadia, RISING Festival, The Substation

An imaginative dance opera by choreographer Melanie Lane.

momenta. Around a dozen dancers on a dark stage wear tight leotards, and tights in muted tones of beige or grey. Their bodies are turned to the back but their heads look back towards the camera with their left hand touching their cheek as if showing their faces to the light.
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Dance: momenta, Roslyn Packer Theatre

Immense athleticism in the body's exploration of time and space.

Two Aboriginal men dance together, both dressed in orange prison overalls. One, fully dressed and with a shaved head, supports the other man, who has curly hair and is shirtless, his overalls tied around his waist.
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Remounting a Stolen Generations story told through dance

Remounting ‘The Other Side of Me’ has allowed NT choreographer Gary Lang to enrich its beauty and potency, he explains.

Embodied. Two female dancers on a dark stage, under two stage lights with barn doors are dressed in tight white skivvies and grey shorts, and are stretching their right arms up in the air.
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Dance review: EMBODIED, Dancehouse

A double bill of dance captivated and entranced.

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Dance Review: SILENCE, His Majesty’s Theatre, WA

SILENCE is a plea for treaty in dance form with drum-heavy soundscapes and a clever use of comedy.

A female dancer in white and grey costume stands in front of a colourful stringy sculpture against a black background.
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Dance Review: Wayfinder, Perth Festival

A dance work where colour and sound collide to spark both contemplative and euphoric energies.

Publicity image for Future D. Fidel's 'La Belle Epoque' at Theatre Works. Photo: Morgan Roberts. A black man is seen emerging from the shadows with a large chain necklace and what appears to be a floating crown above his head.
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What’s in store in 2024 for the performing arts (part five)

From indie theatre to choral masterpieces, 2024 has much to offer in the performing arts.

The Dream. image is of a large group of ballerinas in green tutus playing Shakespearean fairies.
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Dance review: The Dream/Marguerite and Armand, Sydney Opera House

As part of its 60th anniversary programming, The Australian Ballet shows its range with two tonally different productions.

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Dance review: CEASE/FIRE, C Shed, Fremantle, WA

A dance work which sharpens our eyes to difficult themes of war and its consequences, choreographed by May Greenberg and…

Two male dancers, wearing orange prison overalls rolled down to the waist. Their chests and arms and the floor are streaked with white ochre. Chandler Connell is to the left, in the background, kneeling, arms outstretched to his side. Alexander Abbot is to the right in the foreground. He is standing, legs wide, and leaning back. The background is black.
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Dance review: The Other Side of Me, Darwin Festival

The NT Dance Company's world premiere is truth-telling powerfully expressed by two dancers representing one First Nations man.

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