Melbourne Reviews

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 16 March 2009

A Volume Problem, The Counting, Puck | Rogue

A highly technical post-modern dance vocabulary underpins the choreography and each offering has its own unique mood and motivation.

Details: Simonne Michelle-Wells; 13 March 2009

Untrained, a new work by choreographer Lucy Guerin and part of the first Dance Massive, is a wholly satisfying theatre experience.

Details: Stephanie Glickman; 13 March 2009

Morphia Series | Helen Herbertson & Ben Cobham

An intimate performance conceived by Helen Herbertson and Ben Cobham, it is an extraordinary and immersive experience for an audience of only and exactly twelve people

Details: Darryl Emmerson; 12 March 2009

Backed by a skilled eight-piece band, the singer roamed widely, too widely, in repertoire, and took quite some time to redeem a diffident, lacklustre first set.

Details: Dr Daniela Kaleva; 10 March 2009

This classical masterpiece presents several layers of meaning embedded in the imagery of the dramaturgy and musical dramaturgy.

Details: Melita Pereira; 09 March 2009

Andrea McCannon and Matthew Kenny convincingly embody Margrethe and Niels Bohr, portraying an intimate dynamic around which the tension of the play orbits.

Details: Bron Batten; 09 March 2009

Utilising diverse dance companies the performers presented a work typical to their genre and then re-contextualized their practice within the disco era.

Details: Penelope Broadbent; 08 March 2009

The work itself is staggering. With all its visual and sound effects, body contortions and extensions, and the timing of each of these, one can only wonder how it all works.

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