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Annmarie Clifton-James headshot of young woman with light brown skin and long dark hair smiling as she studies dance at WAAPA.
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Why I'm studying... Honours in Performing Arts (Dance) at WAAPA

West Australian dancer Annmarie Clifton-James graduated from WAAPA in 2022, but chose to continue study with an Honours year. She…

New Reality. Image is a woman dancing in front of a fence like structure
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Performance review: New Reality, Immigration Museum

Multidisciplinary performance that paid homage to Chinese roots while exploring themes of identity, belonging and self-worth.

The Unconformity. Image is of performance participants sitting in kayaks on a lake.
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Festival review: The Unconformity, Queenstown

The Unconformity is a festival that interacts with the Queenstown landscape in unexpected ways.

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Dance review: CEASE/FIRE, C Shed, Fremantle, WA

A dance work which sharpens our eyes to difficult themes of war and its consequences, choreographed by May Greenberg and…

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Dance review: Somos, Neilson Studio, Sydney

A world dance premiere with a distinctly Spanish flavour.

Infinitely Closer. Image is three dancers in tight flesh coloured t-shirtsa and grey pants, two close to the camera, one at the back of the stage, spotlit and bent over, with large screens covered in projections of other dancers. Audience members can be seen seated to the far right and far left.
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Dance review: Infinitely Closer, Festival Theatre

A boundary-pushing experiment with a powerful impact.

Features

Summer festival season heats up as programs launch nationwide

Adelaide, Perth and Sydney Festivals launched their 2024 programs this week, with Mona Foma waiting eagerly in the wings.

Shower Thotsā€™. Figure in a green/blue dressing gown crouches over in a huddle on the tiles beside a pool, while holding a toothbrush between their toes.
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Dance review: Shower Thots, Melbourne City Baths, Melbourne Fringe Festival

Dance at the pool offers amphibious playfulness and chlorinated whimsy.

butoh. Image is an stark industrial or ruined building with two white painted figures in the centre. Both have wires streaming from their mouths and one is being piggy-backed by the other.
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Butoh ā€“ the art of darkness, movement and now ā€¦ food

A dance form originating from the desire to interrogate the darker side of humanity, butoh continues to evolve ... now…

A Midsummer Night's Dream. Image is of ballet dancers against a black backdrop, fairies all reaching up with one arm and the other reaching down, behind two principals - a male in black and a female in traditional white tutu - in the same pose.
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Ballet review: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Canberra Theatre Centre

A charming and exquisite production, Queensland Balletā€™s interpretation of the Shakespeare classic is likely to bring a little bit of…

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