Leila Lois
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Dance review: Anna Karenina, The Australian Ballet
All the creative forces join to ensure power and sublimity in this dance interpretation of a classic novel.
Dance review: Make Your Life Count, Arts House
A beguiling blend of dance and video that explores the vagaries of contemporary life.
Dance review: Handsome, The Substation
A dance work that riffs on family history and legacy.
Opera review: Wagner's Die Walküre, Melbourne Opera
Sublime and powerful as a storm.
Dance review: Act V (digital), Australia Ballet
As part of the Bodytorque.Digital online series by Australian Ballet, Act V explores the 'tension between exhaustion and renewal.'
Dance review: Clay (digital), The Australian Ballet
As part of the Bodytorque.Digital online series by the Australian Ballet, Clay offers a reminder of the powerful intimacy and…
Dance review: Death and the Discotheque, The Butterfly Club
Sonic loudness almost drowns out the delicacy of the dance in this rave setting.
Dance review: Butterfly, Australian Ballet School
Herald the metamorphosis of a new generation of dancers.
Dance review: The Australian Ballet Celebration Gala
A triumphant return to Melbourne with classical and contemporary pieces.
Book review: This Dark Country, Rebecca Birrell
Women artists create a space for themselves to allow for permissiveness and dreaminess.