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Three tales of endurance: Inside stories, luxurious squandering & the Aussie Ballet braves

April 11, 2017 – 4:25 am

If Wayne McGregorâ€™s mind could be tracked by GPS, the route might take us from a science lab, to a

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Australian Ballet, David Bintley, Faster, Infra, Julian Opie, Squandor and Glory, Tim Harbour, Wayne McGregor | Comments (0)

20:21: Shot out of the canon and onto the stage

November 9, 2015 – 9:26 am

The Australian Balletâ€™s triple bill begins and ends with jogging. The curtain opens to reveal a diagonal of dancers in

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged 48Nord, Ako Kondo, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Balanchine, Brett Chynoweth, Chengwu Guo, Daniel Gaudiello, Dimity Azoury, Filigree and Shadow, Igor Stravinsky, In the Upper Room, Jacopo Godani, Lana Jones, Marcus Morelli, Miranda Coney, Miwako Kubota, Natasha Kusch, Nicole Rhodes, Norma Kamali, Philip Glass, Raw Models, Ross Stretton, Shelley Washington, Simon Plant, Symphony in Three Movements, Tim Harbour, Twyla Tharp, Vicki Attard, Vivienne Wong | Comments (1)

To Life! Sydney Dance Company takes a step away from the dark side

March 23, 2014 – 12:50 pm

If youâ€™ve never attended a Jewish wedding itâ€™s hard to visualise the power of the Hora, danced by the wedding

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged 2 in D Minor, Andrew Crawford, David Woods, Gideon Obarzanek, Harriet Oxley, Inerplay, Jacopp Godani, L'Chaim, Nick Wales, Rafael Bonachela, Stefan Gregory, Sydney Dance Company, Veronique Serret, Zoe Coombs Marr | Comments (0)

The best came last in Sydney Dance Company’s new look of 2013

March 3, 2013 – 2:02 pm

With De Novo, the umbrella title for Sydney Dance Companyâ€™s new triple bill, Rafael Bonachela has put together a program

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Alexander Ekman, Cacti, Charmene Yap, De Novo, Dion Lee, Emergence, Fanatic, Jiri Kylian, Larissa McGowan, Nacho Duato, Rafael Bonachela, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sydney Dance Company | Comments (0)

An infinite array of storms, swans and stars

April 13, 2012 – 8:11 am

In 1996, the last year of her artistic directorship of the Australian Ballet, Maina Gielgud programmed a triple bill of

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Ako Kondo, Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Benedicte Bemet, Beth Dean, Brett Dean, Brooke Lockett, Calvin Hannaford, Charles Thompson, David McAllister, David Page, Edourard Borovansky, Ella Havelka, Gideon Obarzanek, Graeme Murphy, Infinity, Jake Mangakahia, Jarryd Madden, Jennifer Irwin, Lana Jones, Maina Gielgud, Melbourne Cup, Nearly Beloved, Nutcracker, Peggy van Praagh, Rex Reid, Robert Helpmann, Rumours, Stefan Gregory, Stephen Page, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, The Display, The Narrative of Nothing, There's Definitely a Prince Involved, Vivienne Wong, Warumuk | Comments (2)

Lights, camera, action: Bonachela orchestrates the pow! factor

March 15, 2012 – 9:10 am

Itâ€™s often the case that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In Sydney Dance Companyâ€™s new

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Amy Hollingsworth, Andrew Crawford, Charmaine Yap, Chen Wen, Janine Kyle, Juliette Barton, Justin Ridler, Natalie Allen, Nick Wales, Rafael Bonachela, Samuel Webster, Sydney Dance Company, Tom Bradley, Tony Assness | Comments (0)