Dance, Reviews, Stage Sydney Festival: Fase review Martin Portus Staff at Sydney Festival smile indulgently at the habit of giving last time artistic directors more than usual freedom to …
Dance, Reviews, Stage SDC's New Breed (Carriageworks, Sydney) Martin Portus The foundations of Neil Balnaves and Phillip Keir are each notable for the ground-breaking support they give to contemporary dance …
Dance, Reviews, Stage Ochres review (Carriageworks, Sydney) Martin Portus How rarely we revive and reappraise our landmark works of the Australian stage and contemporary dance. Stephen Page and his …
Dance, Reviews, Stage Dance Rites review (Sydney Opera House) Martin Portus The traditional dances of nine First Nations returned to the headland of the Sydney Opera House with the debut yesterday, …
Stage Sydney Dance Company: Triptych review (Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney) Martin Portus It must be the music. With this Sydney Dance Company triple bill, all to the music of Benjamin Britten, Rafael …
Stage Sylvie Guillem: Life in Progress (Sydney Opera House) Martin Portus When you’ve been celebrated as the world’s greatest dancer, it’s not easy finding the best way to leave the stage. …
Film, Stage ON VIEW: LIVE PORTRAITS review (Carriageworks, Sydney) Martin Portus Everyone is up and dancing these days. From thousands of fashionable classes and clubs for junior and senior, across the …
Stage Ballet Revolucion review (State Theatre, Sydney) Martin Portus I’ve wanted to go to Cuba for years. The rush is surely on before Havana’s facades finally crumble, its old …
Stage Bangarra: Lore review (Sydney Opera House) Martin Portus Bangarra’s palette of local indigenous stories has grown slowly, given Stephen Page’s initial devoted focus on the clans of North …
Stage Mark Morris Dance Group review (Sydney Opera House) Martin Portus I hate to sound jaded but Mark Morris has become a little too joyful for me. The prolific American choreographer …
