Leila Lois
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![A silhouette of a figure in black on a stage holding a guitar. Behind them there is an orange haze.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Yves_Tumor-10_Andrew-Faram1.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Yves Tumor, RISING Festival, The Forum
An enigmatic performer-singer, Yves Tumor wowed the audience with experimental sonic expression.
![Jen Valender, still from ‘Artist as Animal’. Image: Supplied. The top half of a harp stands out among a field of golden flowers with a tree into the distance. She is seen holding the harp.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/IMG_3848-e1702431395391.jpeg?w=310)
From the bottom of her harp: contemporary women artists finding their songÂ
Three artists share their insights on working with a traditional instrument to forge new collaborations and audiences.
![Mary Lattimore. A figure with dark, shoulder length blond hair looks to the left side. She is wearing red lipstick and a blue neck scarf. She is standing in a natural environment with ferns in the background.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/IMG_3857-e1702593902939.jpeg?w=310)
Performance review: Mary Lattimore + Eric Avery + Benjamin Skepper, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
Three musicians whose performances invited an extended moment of peace and transcendent reflection.
![Maria Callas. The image is a holograph of a woman in a floating white dress with dark piled up hair, hugging herself and singing.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/12/022-Maria-Callas-1.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Maria Callas: A Concert in Hologram, Arts Centre Melbourne
3D hologram technology brings one of the world's greatest divas back to the stage, using the original vocal tracks of…
![Shower Thots’. 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.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/IMG_3752-e1698360919655.png?w=310)
Dance review: Shower Thots, Melbourne City Baths, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Dance at the pool offers amphibious playfulness and chlorinated whimsy.
![Ballet Confidential. A two part image with a man in dark suit, white shirt and white tie with very defined cheekbones on the left and a book cover of the torsos of a male and dancer lifting a female dancer on the right.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/conf.jpg?w=310)
Book review: Ballet Confidential by David McAllister
Behind the scenes of the glamorous world of tights, tiaras and tutus.
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Dancing on a tightrope: young dancers creating independent work for Fringe
Melbourne Fringe Festival continues its legacy of promoting cultural democracy and emerging artists with an exciting dance program for 2023.
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Iconoclastic and empowered: the new wave of Middle Eastern Australian women writers
MENA women writers are gaining momentum in major literary prizes and across the nation’s bookstores, but is this movement iconoclastic?
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Dance review: Jewels, Arts Centre Melbourne
Pretty and charming traditional ballet, though it lacks gravitas.
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Ballet review: Don Quixote, Arts Centre Melbourne
In its 60th anniversary year, The Australian Ballet is at the top of its form.