After 35 years as Australia’s leading First Nations performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre moved last year from their residence of 20 years, the Drama Theatre at the Sydney Opera House, upstairs to the Joan Sutherland Theatre, which they now …
At 6pm there was a queue of people – maybe 100 – stretching half a block down Clarence Street waiting to enter the Machine Hall for the performance of AURA MECHANICA by Twisted Element Company. There seemed something grunge …
WAYFINDER recontextualises contemporary dance. It presents a visceral argument and affirmation for the human condition, both generally and in the apparently current strife torn times. Born in the constraints of Covid, the choreographic couple Amber Haines and Kyle …
Under a dazzling chandelier in an intimately sized room in the Sydney Town Hall, wegathered to enjoy the polka chinata, a near-forgotten Italian dance from the Bolognaregion. Traditionally a courtship ritual, the dance has been revived by Italian creative artist …
A dance party for the end of time. May it never end. What a blast. Move over contemporary dance – the Inter Asian mob are in town.
The creator Eun-Me Ahn (also Artistic Directior, Choreographer, Set and Costume Designer) explains …
Sydney Opera House, 21 November 2025. David McAllister’s decade-old production of The Sleeping Beauty returns, and from the first chord it is clear this is no children’s fairy tale but a glittering allegory of absolutist order. Premiered in 1890 by …
At first one might think that the title of the Australian Ballet’s contemporary dance program, PRISM, refers to the structure of the work, both in its three separate works and overall. This is undoubtedly, to a large degree, correct. Not …
When you walk into the theatre, the performers are already there, lined up across the stage, one performer is giggling, another stretches a leg, the performance hasn’t started yet, but the energy is already electric. What follows is Mass Effect,…
This piece of physical theatre leaps off a very active stage at the crowd.
New Theatre’s Touring Hub comes alive to the body percussion, sound effects, shouted counts and group movements from Danish queer art company HIMHERANDIT.
The piece …
Triptych
Australian choreographer Lewis Major is presenting his captivating contemporary dance work, Triptych, as part of this year’s Sydney Fringe Festival. This show has had a sold-out international tour through Australia, Ireland, Italy, Brazil, England and Scotland, and is now …