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Joel Bray crouches on one knee, with arms spread wide Bray busts moves and breaks barriers
Reviews

Bray busts moves and breaks barriers

21 February 2022

I Liked It, BUT… promises to reveal the mysteries of contemporary dance to audience members. It does, but Nina Levy feels lost at times.

Reading time • 5 minutesPerth Festival
Voyages to the realm beyond
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Voyages to the realm beyond

14 February 2022

An innovative Perth Festival performance work examines the beauty and power of rituals surrounding death, and Rita Clarke is mesmerised.

Reading time • 6 minutesPerth Festival
An image from Talitha Muslin's show Siren. Picutred is a woman wearing elaborate caged dress and colourful headdress dances on the beach with her arm raised. Dancers by the sea
The Festival Sessions

Dancers by the sea

2 February 2022

Using the Scarborough Beach sand as its stage, SIREN is a magical melting pot of sculpture, sound, and contemporary dance that invites audiences to contemplate their relationship with the planet.

Reading time • 9 minutesDance
Six female dancers stand in a line with their arms outstretched. They are all dressed in red and the room is bathed in blue light In pursuit of pleasure
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In pursuit of pleasure

28 January 2022

In exploring pleasure in its various forms, Giorgia Schijf and her dancers bring that very commodity to the audience, discovers Nina Levy.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival
A woman in blue dress and spiky headpiece kneels on a round mat in front of a microphone. She is holding a rainmaker percussion instrument and is surrounded by other musical instruments Journey in the realm of dreams
Reviews

Journey in the realm of dreams

22 January 2022

A new dance collective draw their audience into the world of a child’s imagination in their debut show, and Rosalind Appleby is entranced.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival
Verge. Photo Stephen Heath Photography Dancers stand on the stage, legs akimbo, one hand on their head, the other on their leg. They are silhouetted against a white cyclorama. Graduating dancers keep sense of joy
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Graduating dancers keep sense of joy

16 November 2021

A White Act degustation, a collection of oscillations and a comical retro-styled finale make for an enjoyable evening of dance, says Nina Levy.

Reading time • 6 minutesDance
Mitch Harvey. Photo: Matsu Photography A dancer stands, his stance wide and knees bent, his body writhing and arms flying. He is lit from behind by a series of bright lights Dystopia in a Northbridge warehouse
Reviews

Dystopia in a Northbridge warehouse

4 November 2021

At once urban and animalistic, Mitch Harvey cuts a powerful figure in his new solo work, says Nina Levy. But can he fill the vastness of his performance venue?

Reading time • 5 minutesDance

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio