Here comes the joyous leap into Dance Week
Dance Week is always a joyous time in the Canberra arts scene and 2024 looks to be no exception, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
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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.
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Dance shows daytime colours in a new light
SAMARA PURNELL reviews A Sun Dance at the National Gallery.
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Madigan’s building honoured through dance
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.
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Reimagined Jungle Book ‘crosses boundaries’
The dancing in Jungle Book Reimagined "is nothing short of spectacular", says reviewer MICHELLE POTTER.
Dance pioneer, choreographer, teacher, and now writer, Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, is celebrating her 90th birthday this week. She speaks to arts editor HELEN MUSA...
In an impressive coup for the Canberra Theatre, Akram Khan’s The Jungle Book reimagined will make its Australian debut at the Canberra Theatre in early February.
MICHELLE POTTER writes in praise of the remarkable rise of Queensland Ballet, outraged the company isn't better funded by the federal government.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews "On Course”, QL2's last dance production for the year.
TwentY-eight elite gymnasts from the National Danish Performance Team livened up Civic Square on Saturday morning with dance routines and a bit of juggling, reports HELEN MUSA.
Australian Ballet dancer Amy Harris says there will be happiness and tears when the curtain falls on her 22-year career.
BILL STEPHENS reviews a performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by Queensland Ballet.
Excitement was mounting at Merici College on Monday as its Year 11 & 12 dance students put the finishing touches to their entry in the 2023 Ausdance ACT Youth Dance Festival, a contemporary work called “Trance”.
In her first review for "CityNews", distinguished dance critic, writer and researcher Dr MICHELLE POTTER senses change in the air at QL2.
"For those wondering if there is still an audience for the classics, a place and space for tradition, the answer is a resounding yes." Reviewer SAMARA PURNELL's been to see "The Sleeping Beauty” performed by the Royal Czech Ballet.
Father-and-son duo Stephen Page and Hunter Page-Lochard have collaborated on Bangarra's first children's production, telling the journey of a small turtle.
Reviewer SAMARA PURNELL spent a night watching "two worlds colliding in the most beautiful way".
