Dance
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Perth Festival midpoint round-up
Halfway through Iain Grandage's fifth and final Perth Festival and there's plenty of entertainment and provocation to enjoy. Even for…
![Four male and female performers in casual clothing dancing spot lit under smoky lights on an open stage. Coalescing Towards. Perth Festival](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Coalescing-Towards-by-Michele-Rizzo-6160_RESIZED.jpg?w=310)
Dance Review: Coalescing Towards, State Theatre Centre of WA, Perth Festival
A feast of hypnotic movement delivered in idiosyncratic style by a stellar cast of independent dancers.
![Benjamin Millepied's 'Romeo & Juliet' with female-female, male-male, and female-male couples. Photo: Josh Rose. Two female performers balance with holding hands with each other. They appear to be on a tall platform outdoors, overlooking a city scape and blue sky.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Romeo-Juliet-FF-credit-Josh-Rose-e1707792672874.jpg?w=310)
Rediscovering Romeo & Juliet through universal love
Benjamin Millepied and L.A. Dance Projects bring a twist to 'Romeo & Juliet', giving it cinematic elements and same-sex couples.
![Mutiara, Marrugeku. Perth Festival. A dancer in silhouette in front of a curtain of ropes.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/PF24_PER_Marrugeku_Mutiara_credit-Michael-Jalaru-Torres-2.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: Mutiara, Perth Festival
Dance storytelling inspired by Broome’s pearling industry.
![The Jungle Book Reimagined. Image is a group of actors on a stage with a backdrop lit blue. They are stretching and crouching, playing jungle animals.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/HERO.Akram-Khan_s-Jungle-Book-reimagined-G4A5337-©Ambra-Vernuccio.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Jungle Book reimagined, Perth Festival
A dystopian-tinged dance interpretation of Kipling's classic work.
![Black and white photo of a female dancer's body twisting in mid-air.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/ADC_Photography-Justin-Ridler_51752-1.jpg?w=310)
Australasian Dance Collective launches new vocational training program
Based in Brisbane and supported by the Queensland Government, the ADC will offer full-time pre-professional dance training for emerging dancers…
![RENT: The Musical. Image is a diagonal shot of a line-up on stage of young men and women looking off to the left and singing.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/RENT-PHOTO-@piajohnsonphotography.jpg?w=310)
Musical review: RENT: The Musical, QPAC
This latest iteration of Jonathan Larson's hit show will captivate a new generation of music theatre lovers.
![‘Skid’ by Damien Jalet for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. Photo: Lennart Sjoberg. Dancers battling gravity on a tilted white stage. They are upright with knees bent and arms in different movements.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/gallery_skid_credit-lennart-sjoberg-2-e1706525889625.jpeg?w=310)
Dance review: GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Sydney Festival
Two works by starkly different choreographers exemplified the uniting vision of this leading Swedish contemporary dance company.
![It Lights the Whole Sky. Image is a choral group spread through a gallery space, standing on a multicoloured rug surrounded by 19th century paintings of weather phenomena and storms, singing. They all wear black suits and ties, and white shirts.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/ngv-fur.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Alchemy Consort: It Lights the Whole Sky, National Gallery of Victoria
Choral music performances that explored the connection between humanity and natural phenomena.
![Dangerous Goods. Three black clad performers wear T shirts that say 'show up' and sing into microphones while spotlights shine down on them.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/dangerous-JadeEllis-highres-697-4.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Dangerous Goods, QPAC
A high-octane cabaret that includes circus, aerials, drag and burlesque.