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A dancer in Catch 22 climbs stairs as two others dance below her in this production at The Blue Room. A woman in black climbs steps on a dark stage with two other dancers below her. Three dancers on stage in Catch 22 using stairs as their props. The stage is barely lit. Climbing the stairs of human struggle

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Climbing the stairs of human struggle

13 April 2023

The challenges of human existence are made manifest in dance piece Catch 22. Rita Clarke lauds the choreographer’s inventive use of movement in a magnetic performance.

Kimberley Parkin, Elsa Bignell, Montserrat Heras and Rhiana Katz in Spectrums of Chocolate Cake. Photo: Nicolee Fox A scene from Spectrums of Chocolate Cake, in which the four dancers stare avidly at a chocolate cake. For those who like their chocolate dark

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For those who like their chocolate dark

6 May 2022

Chocolate cake is much more than a delicious treat in Montserrat Heras’s discomforting new work, discovers Nina Levy.

Michelle Aitken. Photo: Mitchell Aldridge. Michelle Aitken perches on her bottom, her legs extended upwards, her feet flexed. One foot hooks behind the other. Her arms are splayed, her hands supporting her. Tiny fragments, part 2

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Tiny fragments, part 2

7 May 2021

Nina Levy dives into the second program of STRUT Dance’s 2021 “Short Cuts” season.

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Climbing the stairs of human struggle

For those who like their chocolate dark

Tiny fragments, part 2

Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
Continue