Having your cake and dancing it
Are cake and dancing mutually exclusive? Not if you're Canberra dance artist, Pilates practitioner and co-director of Mirramu Creative Arts Centre, Vivienne Rogis, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Dance
MICHELLE POTTER reviews Canberra's dance community devoting an evening at The Street Theatre to exploring Viennese-born Gertrud Bodenwieser's technique and legacy as her influence lives on in Australian dance.
BILL STEPHENS reviews director Bradley McDowell and Canberra Philharmonic Society's newest iteration of the high popular 'Grease', turning it into a high-energy dance extravaganza, thereby avoiding some of the darker aspects of the script.
With the ongoing bid to see Canberra recognised as a UNESCO City of Design in mind, the 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival was launched in fine style at the National Film and Sound Archive on Thursday evening.
Dance
National Folk School returns to Canberra
To be held at the ANU School of Music from March 23 to 25 next year, the three-day school National Folk Festival will return to Canberra, bringing six international musicians and dancers, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Dance
Diamond confronts ageing with unflinching candour
MICHELLE POTTER reviews Liz Lea and her colleagues's "distinctively varied' performance in Diamond, the second part of a projected dance trilogy at The Q Theatre.
Dance
Sparkling tribute to resilience of ageing women
Inspired by the strength, resilience and many facets of a diamond, Liz Lea's new dance-cum-cabaret show, Diamonds, reflects on how we are shaped by experience, pressure and the determination to keep shining, reports HELEN MUSA.
Mettle was an hour of almost continuous movement from every dancer. They attacked the choreography, with its spectacular twists and turns, with determination and skill," writes reviewer MICHELLE POTTER.
A First Nations dance company is set to be awarded a major accolade at the Venice Biennale - but says it represents just 35 of 65,000 years of stories.
The "unusual" title of Sydney Dance Company’s latest production, 'Engine' refers to "an intensity of movement seen in the full-on, engine-like physicality that characterised all three works" that it's composed of, reviews MICHELLE POTTER.
"A remount of Sheoak, premiered in 2015 and choreographed by Bangarra artistic director Frances Rings, was the final piece in Sheltering." SAMARA PURNELL reviews Bangarra Dance Theatre's latest production.
Sphere, with original music from Sia Ahmad, was "an exceptional and unusual" tenth birthday event of the Australian Dance Party at the Vault in Fyshwick, reviews MICHELLE POTTER.
Australian Dance Party is gearing up to celebrate its 10-year coming of age with its new work, Sphere, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews the dance film Pointe: Dancing on a Knife’s Edge, which features dancer Floeur Alder.
"Djilba was created by Floeur Alder in the months following the death of her father, Canberran Alan Alder, as a means of grieving, healing and of celebration," writes dance reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
It was a toss-up between the bling and the perfect autumn weather for centre stage at the launch of International Dance Week by Ausdance ACT atop Mount Ainslie on Wednesday morning, reports HELEN MUSA.
A dancer with a remarkable family history and a horrifying tale to tell is at the centre of Ausdance ACT’s Australian Dance Week celebrations, the biggest in the country, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
The name Australian Dance Party has a cheeky political edge, fitting for a professional contemporary dance company based in Canberra. Ten years on, founding director Alison Plevey tells HELEN MUSA how that identity came to be.
"It was disappointing that Aimee Brown’s performance was not made more visible." MICHELLE POTTER reviews the dance element of Salut! Baroque's Invitation to Dance concert.
