"Curtains are swept from side to side, revealing and sweeping away vignettes of the ensemble in human towers, tricks or an amusing subterfuge." SAMARA PURNELL reviews The Mirror, a physical theatre performance by Gravity & Other Myths.
"Well pointed feet make a huge difference to the quality of ballet dancing and poor use of the feet prevented this Swan Lake being as strong as it might have been." MICHELLE POTTER reviews the Victorian State Ballet.
"It is a strong exhibition that captures its subject – alleged war crimes by Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan – with honesty and strength. ROB KENNEDY reviews The Reckoning by Braidwood artist Kate Stevens.
MICHELLE POTTER reviews Essor a solo dance performance by Yolanda Lowatta at the National Portrait Gallery.
Matriarch of dance and former Canberra CityNews Artist of the Year, Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, must be heaving a loud sigh of relief as her creative arts centre, Mirramu, is about to turn a new page, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
There’s some serious celebrating at Bom Funk Dance Studio, after a top-notch year of success at the 2024 Australasian Dance Education Awards, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews the Emerging Choreographers Program, by QL2 Dance, saying: "The experience of adapting a studio practice to a theatre... gives these young artists the chance to expose their vulnerabilities and receive feedback."
"This delightful production was enjoyed by all ages, who came dressed in ballet-inspired outfits, ready to bask in nostalgia and introduce the next generation to the magic that is The Nutcracker" writes reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
MICHELLE POTTER reviews Liz Lea's A Stellar Lineup.
MICHELLE POTTER reviews Bangarra Dance Theatre's performance of Waru – Journey of the Small Turtle.
Celebrating its 40th anniversary with the theme of What do You Dream, Ausdance ACT is staging one of its biggest Youth Dance Festivals, featuring live dance made by secondary schools from all over Canberra and its immediate regions.
The phenomenon of light is central to Bangarra's 2025 production, Illume, and marks the first collaboration between the troupe and an indigenous visual artist.
MICHELLE POTTER reviews the Elemental, the QL2 Dance Chaos Project 2024.
The Australian Ballet School's 60th gala performance draws on past and present students in a celebration of artistic growth and legacies turned new.
"Love Lock is a work for this century. It is brash at times but always demanding of our thoughts about humanity. A triumph for its choreographer and her collaborators." MICHELLE POTTER reviews a new work from the Sydney Dance Company.
The Australasian Dance Education Awards are coming up on October 26, but it’s time to start crowing now, as Queanbeyan’s Bom Funk Dance Studio has been named a finalist in seven categories.
"The work pulled no punches but certainly gave us a profound examination of shameful issues, largely those emerging from incarceration and the detention of refugees," writes dance reviewer MICHELLE POTTER.
"The truly outstanding feature of Silence & Rapture was the theatricality that permeated the evening, especially in the use of the stage space," writes reviewer MICHELLE POTTER.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA talks to Joel Burke, the 23-year-old founder of the phenomenally successful Ballet International Gala.
