Only three weeks ago, The Australian Ballet premiered the highly abstracted, contemporary Kunstkamer. Now, in polar opposite, they’ve pulled out Harlequinade from the ballet archives.
“Show people” are an interesting bunch, sometimes they come in the forms of a bohemian artist, or a naïve theatre school graduate, or perhaps a veteran of the stage with the hard-earned wisdom that only time can afford.
NICA’s (National Institute of Circus Arts) current graduating class spent most of their three-year degree in lockdown. Chances to hone performing skills in front of live audiences were few and far between. Luckily, they now have Eclipse, a full-length ensemble production showcasing all 12 of the budding artists.
Bangarra Dance Theatre's 10th anniversary tour of Terrain explores the timeless wonder of Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre) Australia’s largest salt lake and a landscape from where human beings draw life and express meaning to that life.
The show begins with a comical icebreaker and we delightfully discover that Anna’s journey to becoming Eliza starts when she was a prepubescent violinist, part of the orchestra playing in a school production of My Fair Lady, in which her sister had the starring role.
A razzmatazz extravaganza of glitz, gloss, corsets, bustiers, stockings and frocks, Moulin Rouge exceeds even the excessiveness of the Baz Luhrmann film that this stage fantasia springs from.