The internationally acclaimed fusion of choreography and monologue, co-created by Hepi with Mish Grigor, is a witty exploration of beginnings.
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From Belfast’s streets to the end of the world, Oona Doherty and Florentina Holzinger delivered some of the most arresting dance works in this year’s program.
Through Sheltering, Bangarra Dance Theatre proves one of its greatest strengths is in nurturing talented new voices.
Flora optimistically and lavishly captures the characteristics and complexities of our contemporary nation.
From Australia, the United Kingdom and Italy, here are the highlights of the 2026 Sydney Festival dance program.
The Lyon Dance Biennale is Europe’s largest dance festival, bringing together dancers – and audiences – from across the world.
This triple bill from William Forsythe, Jerome Robbins and Stephanie Lake is quite unlike anything the Australian Ballet has done before.
Illume is ambitious, smart and timely, with its powerful combination of visual and choreographic arts.
The highlights of the 2025 Perth Festival embraced Australian First Nations and contemporary Southeast Asian storytelling.
Sometimes dancers in the Sydney Dance Company production momenta suggest atoms under a microscope. They collide and react, constantly forming new molecules and compounds.
Christopher Wheeldon’s new production is a bold and cinematic venture bringing Oscar Wilde’s legacy to the big stage.
Shelley Lasica was the first dance artist represented by an Australian commercial gallery. But how do you stage an exhibition on dance?
The theatre, dance and music works at this year’s festival have helped fulfil a three-pronged vision from some two decades ago.
In their 60-year history, this will be The Australian Ballet’s fifth take on Swan Lake. It has opened in Melbourne before touring nationally.
The Australian Ballet’s new double-bill Identity stages the work of Daniel Riley and Alice Topp in a reflection of the identity of Australian dance – and Australia.
Some offerings were political and academic, some were celebratory. Some told us personal or cultural stories, some had 100 dancers, some had one.
Choreographer Krzysztof Pastor reproduces something familiar with a dash of local flavour.
With former Chunky Move founder and choreographer Gideon Obarzanek as co-director, dance had a heavy presence at this year’s Rising festival.
Choreographer Stephanie Lake brings together nine dancers and nine drummers in this thrillingly original work.
Rachel Arianne Ogle’s new chorography is an exploration of mortality and death.
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PhD Candidate in Dance and Dance History Tutor, The University of Melbourne
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