Dance
Performance review: After Erika Eiffel, Let Me Dry Your Eyes, and Zinc (MONA FOMA)
Three new works presented as part of MONA FOMA 2021, created by BIG hART, Second Echo Ensemble and Hobart-based artist…
Dance Review: The Complication of Lyrebirds, C-A-C (Sydney Festival)
This debut work by Jasmin Sheppard is a potent and poetic metaphor for many First Nations Australians as they confront…
Dance Review: Explicit Contents (Sydney Festival)
Rhiannon Newton's latest offering is a meditation on the human body’s relationship to its sensory environment.
Dance Review: All Expenses Paid, Stompin (MONA FOMA)
Stompin's latest work was originally supposed to be presented in April 2020, and has benefitted from the extra-long development process.
Performance review: Bhoomi: Our Country (Sydney Festival)
A collective of musicians, dancers and writers weave ancient texts, myths and traditions into a recital exploring collective connection to…
Artists of the South Asian diaspora ‘share the future’ in program launch
Over 100 artists have been announced for the return of the Sangam Festival 2021. Held over four weekends in Melbourne,…
Tasmania dances out of lockdown
Writer Lesley Graham takes a retrospective look at Tasmania's dance sector, highlighting the range of works performed in late 2020…
Outside the capitals, COVID-era festivals adapt to the new normal
Festivals in regional Victoria and the Gold Coast demonstrate their adaptability as the sector adjusts to COVID-safe conditions.
So you want my arts job: Producer, Perth Festival
If you're organised, a good listener, good humoured and comfortable sitting with fear, being a producer might be the job…
Dance Review: SITU-8, State Theatre Centre of WA
The quote describing 'dancers as space-eaters' was not coined with site-specific works directly in mind, but it certainly rings true…