QL2’s Bangkok gig for king’s birthday
Canberra’s QL2 Dance has been invited by the Australian embassy in Bangkok to perform as part of a large-scale event to celebrate the birthday of Thailand’s King at the weekend.
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After three years of presenting contemporary twists on the classics, The Training Ground ballet ensemble in Canberra is taking a leap into a more "conceptual" kind of ballet, based on a true-crime episode.
"Horizon is an admirable undertaking and, as is usual with Bangarra productions, the collaborative elements were exceptional," writes reviewer MICHELLE POTTER.
Former ANU academic PETER BROWN writes from Tahiti’s biggest cultural event of the year, the Heiva festival.
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Canberra Legs dancers head for Chinese festival
Canberra dancers from Legs Performing Arts is soon heading to the 2024 Tianjin International Children’s Festival, the only Australian delegation to be invited this year.
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Humanity rises from a dark and digital world
SAMARA PURNELL reviews the Australian Dance Party's performance of The Dataset.
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Beautiful Momenta’s moving performance
"Creating a symbiosis of movement, space and time and timelessness in endless space, this beautiful production leaves a lasting impression." SAMARA PURNELL reviews the Sydney Dance Company's performance of Momenta.
"The production is easy to watch, with no demands on the audience other than to enjoy a pleasant and uplifting night." SAMARA PURNELL reviews the Victorian State Ballet's production of Beauty and the Beast.
"Subject to Change was one of Quantum Leap’s strongest productions and a fitting farewell to Ruth Osborne who has been at the helm of QL2 Dance since the beginning of its existence some 25 years ago," writes reviewer MICHELLE POTTER.
QL2 Dance is presenting its annual major production in The Playhouse titled Subject To Change. It will be the last for founding director Ruth Osborne, who, after 25 years is stepping down, reports HELEN MUSA.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews a Dance Week performance by Warehouse Circus called We're Home.
"Watching bodies gliding through and hovering in space, as if defying gravity, then gracefully leap from one to another... became strangely relaxing." SAMARA PURNELL reviews Humans 2.0.
Australian Dance Week has been launched at CMAG, with a preview of Australian Dance Party’s Co_Lab:24 performed at the Courtyard Theatre.
Dance Week is always a joyous time in the Canberra arts scene and 2024 looks to be no exception, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Clad in regal purple, dance legend Elizabeth Cameron Dalman greeted old friends, collaborators and colleagues to her property on the edge of Lake George on Saturday to mark 35 years of Mirramu Creative Arts Centre.
Local dance dynamo Liz Lea, has led the annual BOLD Festival in bringing together dance aficionados of all genres of dance to meet, perform, discuss and swap ideas and opinions on all things dance, reports BILL STEPHENS.
Liz Lea, a former CityNews Artist of the Year, once again shows herself to be a force of nature as she embarks on her fourth dance summit, Bold, reports HELEN MUSA.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews A Sun Dance at the National Gallery.
In an unusual mix of architecture, dance and art, this week the National Gallery of Australia is paying homage to its original architect, Col Madigan.
