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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 …

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