Dance goes online for a day
One of Canberra’s newest dance groups, Canberra Dance Collective, is hosting a day of online workshops for dancers in Canberra and beyond this weekend.
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One of the highlights of the winter events season and National Science Week in Canberra this year will be a dance show with a difference, the brainchild of former “CityNews” artist of the year, Liz Lea.
Ausdance ACT recently announced that Canberra dancer Ade Suharto had won a coveted Pina Bausch Fellowship for Dance in Germany.
JOEL Bray wants to demystify contemporary dance for his audience.
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Performance matches ensemble’s brilliant choreography
Reviewer BILL STEPHENS thrills to the "delightfully entertaining as well as brilliantly choreographed and performed 'Unveiled'."
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Stories of lost innocence and a new history
Bangarra has created a sumptuous feast for the senses and food for thought in another beautiful, texturally rich production, writes reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
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Bangarra’s ‘bold, epic’ dance hits home for Rika
When Rika Hamaguchi was a young schoolgirl in Broome, she never dreamt that one day she’d be dancing and travelling the world with Bangarra Dance Theatre.
Elements of texture, imagery, music, dance, song and storytelling were utilised in a softly-lit, soothing performance, writes reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
TALENTED, young ACT dancers are poised for the biggest contemporary dance performance of their lives.
Fresh Funk, under the artistic direction of Leena Wall, have chosen a wonderful theme, giving them a lot of scope for characters, production elements and dance styles, says reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
Founder of the Australian Dance Theatre, Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, says its new artistic director, Daniel Riley, is "a wonderful performer, a talented choreographer and already has a great vision for the company".
IN a splendid affirmation of Canberra’s reputation as a seeding ground for dancers, former Canberran Daniel Riley has been been appointed as the new artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre in Adelaide.
"The dancers commanded unwavering attention from the opening moments of the performance, to the lengthy curtain call with a standing ovation." Thumbs up from reviewer SAMARA PURNELL for the Sydney Dance Company's new show.
QL2 Dance's "Rebel" is a thought-provoking, challenging and thoroughly entertaining evening of dance, says reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
The production “REBEL: Then.Now.When?”, is a revolutionary look at how culture and collective action can stimulate change.
Artistic director of QL2 Dance, Ruth Osborne, and her collaborator, Steve Gow, believe that change and revolution are still of intrinsic interest to young people, no less now than back in the revolutionary years from 1966 to 1970.
“The Point”, which premiered at the Belconnen Arts Centre last night is another in a long line of memorable creations by Liz Lea.
There were “Happy Dance Day" greetings all round this morning (April 19) at Belco Arts, with the launch of International Dance Day and Ausdance ACT’s Dance Week.
When it comes to bringing contrasting cultures into close proximity, no one does it better than Canberra Dance Artist and 2017 “CityNews” Artist Of The Year, Liz Lea.
