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Dancing in the shadows and playing with pomposity

March 4, 2016 – 10:05 am

First impression of Rafael Bonachelaā€™s new work, Lux Tenebris: Tribal clusters struggling to escape confined spaces. Itā€™s hard to tell,

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Alexander Ekman, Bernard Knauer, Charmene Yap, CounterMove, Janessa Dufty, Josephine Weise, Juliette Barton, Lois Greenfield, Lux Tenebris, Nelson Earl, Nick Wales, Rafael Bonachela, Sydney Dance Company | Comments (0)

Alexander Ekman, from Cacti to the Cow

February 23, 2016 – 7:12 am

Next Friday, 26 February, Alexander Ekmanā€™s box office hit, Cacti, is opening in both Wellington and Sydney, with a premiere

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexander Ekman, Cow, National Ballet of Canada, Nederlands Dans Theater, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Semperoper, Sydney Dance Company, Tulsa Ballet | Comments (0)

2016: The past, the present, and a very big challenge of the future

January 3, 2016 – 1:13 pm

A hundred years ago the Ziegfeld Follies opened on Broadway with Bachelor Days, a vaudeville show that included a song

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Akram Khan, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Arthur Pita, Ballets Russes, Bolshoi Babylon, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Dieter Graefe, Ethan Stiefel, Fearful Symmetries, Forgotten Land, Giselle, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Ismene Brown, Jiri Kylian, Johann Kobborg, John Adams, John Cranko, John Macfarlane, La Scala, Leonard Bernstein, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Lowell Liebermann, Lucy Moore, Makhar Vaziev, Mark Franchetti, Max Weber, Natalia Osipova, Nick Read, Paul Taylor, Peter Martins, Queensland Ballet, Reid Anderson, Richard Buckle, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, Sadlers Wells, San Francisco Ballet, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Filin, Sergei Polunin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Stuttgart Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Tamara Rojo, Tamas Detrich, Till Eulenspiegel, Vaslav Nijinsky, Vitesse, Vladimir Urin, William Forsythe, World Ballet Day, Ziegfield Follies | Comments (0)

Forsythe’s letter to his wife opens Sydney Dance Company’s 2015 season

September 16, 2014 – 12:42 am

William Forsytheā€™s Quintett, created in 1993, is the centerpiece of Sydney Dance Companyā€™s 2015 season. Forsythe has said that Quintett

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexander Ekman, Astor Piazzolla, Ben Cisterne, Bryce Dressner, Fanatic, Frame of Mind, Gavin Bryers, Larissa McGowan, Le Grand Tango, Les Illuminations, Quintett, Rafael Bonachela, Sydney Dance Company, Toni Maticevski, William Forsythe | Comments (0)

Memories of the year that was, hopes for the year to come

December 31, 2013 – 3:14 am

Looking backwards before glimpsing forward, the two highlights of the Australian dance year were the season of the Paris Opera

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged 6000 Miles Away, Akram Khan, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Amber Scott, American Ballet Theatre, Anna Volkova, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Bach Partita, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Baz Luhrmann, Bolero, Bolshoi Ballet, Carlos Acosta, Chengwu Guo, Chroma, Cinderella, Coppelia, Daniel Gaudielo, David Hallburg, Dido & Aeneas, Don Quixote, DorothĆ©e Gilbert, Esmeralda, Expressions Dance Company, Fanatic, Fancy Free, George Balanchine, Gideon Obarzanel. Jacopo Godani, Giselle, Greg Horsman, iTMOi, Ivan Vasiliev, Jerome Robbins, Jiri Kylian, Kenneth MacMillan, Kevin McKenzie, Korper, La Bayadere, Larissa McGowan, Laurel Martyn, Leanne Stojmenov, Les Illuminations, Li Cunxin, Lynnette Wallworth, Manon, Marie-AgnĆØs Gillot, Mary Li, Mathieu Ganio, Multiverse, Natalia Osipova, Natalie Weir, Nederlands Dans Theater, Nicolo Fonte, Nils Christie, Olivia Bell, Paris Opera Ballet, Patyegarang, Proximity, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Rafael Bonachela, Red Shoes, Romeo & Juliet, Sarabande, Sasha Waltz, Serenade, Sergei Filin, Seven Sonatas, Short Dialogues, Stanton Welch, Stephen Baynes, Stephen Page, Steven McRae, Strelsa Heckelman, Strictly Ballroom, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, Tamara Rojo, The Beginning of Nature, The Bright Stream, Tim Flannery, Twyla Tharp, Ty KIng-Wall, Yosvani Ramos | Comments (2)

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 Companyā€™s new triple bill, Rafael Bonachela has put together a program

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

From Cacti to Rameau: the year ahead for Sydney Dance Company

October 21, 2012 – 7:59 am

Sydney Dance Companyā€™s 2013 season will begin with a double bill ā€“ a new work, Emergence by the companyā€™s artistic

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged 2 One Another, Alexander Ekman, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Dion Lee, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Josh Goot, Marie Camargo, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Nick Wales, Project Rameau, Rafael Bonachela, Sarah Blasko, Sydney Dance Company | Comments (0)

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