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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.

Theatre review: Dorr-e-Dari
Stories about love from Afghan-Australian hosts.