Richard Watts
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The essential skills of a great choreographer
Craft, collaboration, inspiration, communication: leading choreographers share the secrets of their art.
Best of performing arts 2014
From around the nation, here are our picks for the ten best performances, productions and concerts of the year.
Art versus spectacle
Contemporary circus is positioned between the need to evolve the art form, and the need to entertain: which will dominate?
Perth arts community mourns David Blenkinsop
Formerly the Artistic Director of Perth Festival from 1976 to 1999, Blenkinsop has died aged 77.
Piano profits music for charities' ears
Trucking magnate Lindsay Fox's share of profits from The Exclusive Piano Group, the national distributor for Steinway & Sons, will…
Creating and critiquing children’s theatre
Other than an awareness of the audience’s age, is there any difference in how theatre-makers and theatre critics approach work…
Australian opera – a dying art?
Diminution, diversification, hybridity and new audiences are essential if opera is to thrive in the 21st century.
Adelaide Fringe: how big is too big?
A record number of events will be presented at the 2015 Fringe, but Director Greg Clarke has no fears the…
Art without borders
From dance to live art, the challenges of international collaboration can result in inventive and unexpected outcomes.
Taking the pulse of Australian puppetry
Puppetry has featured prominently in recent mainstage productions including Storm Boy and King Kong, but how healthy is the sector…