Leila Lois

Leila Lois is a dancer and writer of Kurdish and Celtic heritage. Her poetry, essays and reviews have been published in Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada by Southerly Journal, LA Review of Books, Honey Literary Journal, Right Now, Delving Into Dance and more.

Leila Lois's Latest Articles

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Dance review: Now Pieces

The bright stars of Melbourne's dance sector improvise at Dancehouse.

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Dance review: SandSong

A powerful display of connection to Country by Bangarra Dance Theatre.

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Exhibition review: WHEN I AM NOT THERE

A performance-exhibition that includes components from the artist's earlier works of costumes, soundscapes and text.

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Book review: After Sappho, Selby Wynn Schwartz

A series of vignettes, featuring the reimagined lives of feminists, sapphists, artists and writers in the late 19th and early…

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Dance review: Bodytorque

Six emerging choreographers showcase their wares in The Australian Ballet's annual program.

Features

Dancing on Glass: ballet is more than ‘dying swans and madmen’

We love the genre but are ballet dancer’s voices and bodies being authentically represented on our screens?

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Dance review: Jagad

Inner worlds merge with the outer universe in this mystical work of contemporary dance.

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Book review: Another Australia, edited by Winnie Dunn

The follow up collection to After Australia, this book offers the lived experience of Indigenous and writers of colour.

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Dance review: ab [intra]

An emotionally resonant work of connection and dissolution.

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Dance review: Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk]

A powerful exploration of Australia's racially skewed records of incarceration and detention.

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