Leila Lois
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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?
Dance review: Jewels, Arts Centre Melbourne
Pretty and charming traditional ballet, though it lacks gravitas.
Ballet review: Don Quixote, Arts Centre Melbourne
In its 60th anniversary year, The Australian Ballet is at the top of its form.
Dance review: SHOP I AM, Melbourne Fashion Festival
Experimental dance that explored whether fashion is intertwined with identity.
Dance review: I am Carisma
A playful and improvisational tribute to a lost friend.
Dance review: Dance X part 3
Dance as reflection and provocation in the last of the commissioned series.
Dance review: Kenneth MacMillan's Manon
A little staged romantic tragedy makes a triumphant return.
Opera review: Siegfried in Concert
The third opera in Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle stripped back to its musical core.
Opera review: Women of the Pietà
Soprano Miriam Allan is joined by a chorus of 12 women and an ensemble of expert orchestral players in service…
Dance review: Double Double
A basketball court provides an unusual dance setting.