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Little llama. Two dancers in costume, one is brights blues including a bold headdress and the other in fluffy white including big ears, are seen in a dance routine that suggests they are shaping up for a fight Delightful dancers win young hearts
Kids

Delightful dancers win young hearts

28 September 2022

A new ballet commissioned by Awesome Festival is a wonderful introduction to the artform for young audiences, writes junior writer Bethany Stopher.

Reading time • 4 minutesDance
A happy toddler dances around an adults legs on wooden floors while little children and adults sit behind a wavy pink border watching Sally Chance's Seashore. Shore awash with waves of content
Reviews

Shore awash with waves of content

28 September 2022

Sally Chance’s ode to the ocean connects and calms its young audience, while giving the grown-ups some welcome relief, writes Lydia Edwards.

Reading time • 4 minutesDance
Composer Emma Jayakumar sits in front of a piano, sheet music on display. Helping kids to know (and love) the score 
Features

Helping kids to know (and love) the score 

16 September 2022

Composer Emma Jayakumar wants children to be as enthralled by opera and ballet as they are with other art forms, so she set about creating scores to make their little hearts sing.

Reading time • 10 minutesMusic
A dancer swings, back arched in a pendulum movement, high above six other dancers reaching up towards her in Douglas Wright's Gloria. Bodies meet Baroque in blaze of glory
Reviews

Bodies meet Baroque in blaze of glory

15 September 2022

Thirty years after its celebrated debut, Douglas Wright’s Gloria lights up the stage once more, this time with a very special addition. The result, writes Nina Levy, is simply glorious. 

Reading time • 7 minutesDance
A red muse dances around her former lover, as seven other dancers fall in line. Sleepless beauty to haunt your dreams
Reviews

Sleepless beauty to haunt your dreams

12 September 2022

Natalie Weir’s new contemporary ballet captivates with every waking moment, moving magically through the restless hours, writes Nina Levy.

Reading time • 7 minutesDance
Photo: Emma Fishwick Four women hold their hands in the air, with surprised expressions on their faces, in
What to SEE

What to SEE: Bang! Bang! regional tour

25 August 2022

Down your weapons! Dance double bill ‘Bang! Bang!’ is travelling, complete with a suitcase of pop-culture references that you don’t need to be a dance expert to appreciate.

Reading time • 10 minutesDance
Reading time • 2 minutesBallet
An office worker pops lies under a table, clutching the table leg, while a man in suit and tie leans over the table, spreadeagled. A mess of office equipment in the background give a sense of chaos. Solid groundwork leaps and bounds
Reviews

Solid groundwork leaps and bounds

18 August 2022

From the office grind to moments of human connection, STRUT Dance’s latest double bill serves up delicious dance, writes Nina Levy.

Reading time • 6 minutesDance
Tara Gower. A portrait of a woman with long brown hair wearing a black top. She is smiling and standing in front of a big white-trunked tree Bringing music and movement home
Q&A

Bringing music and movement home

14 August 2022

A Yawuru woman from Broome, Tara Gower has had a rich and varied career in the cultural sector nationally and internationally and she brings it home in a new role based in the Kimberley.

Reading time • 6 minutesMusic
SDC's dancers show their superb technique. Photo: Pedro Greig Two muscled male dancers from Sydney Dance Company leap in the air as a string quartet plays in the background. Mesmerising moves missing meaning
Reviews

Mesmerising moves missing meaning

11 August 2022

Sydney Dance Company makes a triumphant return to Perth with Impermanence but the theme is lost in translation, writes Nina Levy.

Reading time • 6 minutesDance

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