Melbourne Reviews

Details: Jordan Vincent; 07 December 2008

Nutcracker: the Gift of a Dream | Australian Ballet School

The Australian Ballet School gives a fun, lively and kid-friendly rendition of this classical ballet, bringing the wintry-tale to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

Details: Bron Batten; 06 December 2008

A lone, willowy figure, Kiara begins the performance by exploring her environment. Fragments of text and single words seem to indicate that Kiara is traversing an interior landscape, using visualisation to create movement vocabulary.

Details: Penelope Broadbent; 05 December 2008

This week the festival kicked off its eighth year with the presentation of Melbourne’s top twenty submissions.

Details: Paul Kooperman; 05 December 2008

These ‘students’ can flip, swing, hang, fly, trapeze, move and contort their bodies in ways you have never seen

Details: Penelope Broadbent; 29 November 2008

She wears a gold sequined dress and a halo of blonde hair. She is dreamy, feisty, and knows a thing or two. Quite simply, Abby Dobson glows.

Details: Paul Kooperman; 24 November 2008

Collapse is a performance filled with powerful images and a strong set, sound and multimedia design.

Details: Nikki Thomas; 22 November 2008

What follows is an hour of absolute absurdity, breath taking choreography and a vast insight into the creative genius of both men.

Details: Olympia Bowman-Derrick; 21 November 2008

Shakespeare’s Othello – the classic tragedy of deceit, revenge, love, and jealousy... in essence, all the makings for the spectacle and drama that is opera.

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