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- Heather Bloom
I simply cannot fault this production, three hours and three acts disappeared into what felt like minutes, and I was spellbound by the classic tale brought to life with clarity, beauty, and artistry.
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- Doug Knight
In this, her latest collaboration with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, post-post-modern diva Meow Meow manages to (almost) restrain her usual on-stage excess and antics and invites us to celebrate music from the 1920’s.
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- Stephanie Glickman
All the dancers in the gala conveyed pure joy in dancing, which radiated off stage to the entire full house. Combine that with the multi-generational emerging and distinguished talent on display and the Australian Tap Festival is punching well above its weight by nurturing both the grassroots and elite of the tap community.
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- Doug Knight
Gay’s turn of phrase is exceptional with her language paying homage to language itself.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Instruments of Dance, the triple bill by The Australian Ballet, has a top pedigree. The three choreographers are all resident artists – of the Royal Ballet, the Australian Ballet and New York City Ballet, respectively.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Girls with Altitude is an apt name for this joyous, feminist circus show featuring girls 12-18 years old from the Flying Fruit Fly Circus.
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- Penelope Broadbent
A dystopian world in the not-too-distant future. No music. No singing. No dance. In Brittanie Shipway's Senser, everything related to music, song and dance is considered contraband. A sin.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Dance, itself, can be described as impermanent. The body moves a particular way in space and then it moves on. Each unique moment flickers away as soon as the next one appears.
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