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Four much-loved dancers at the West Australian Ballet have ended the year with a celebration as the company announced a series of promotions including one dancer to the esteemed rank of Soloist. Nikki Blain, Jesse Homes and Mayume Noguromi have each been promoted to the rank of Demi-Soloist while Julio Blanes has been promoted to […]
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14 Dec 2020 /
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Genesis Live | West Australian Ballet Centre | Until 8th August | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Genesis is the West Australian Ballet’s long running choreographic program where dancers in the company are given the opportunity to flex their creative muscles and step into the role of being choreographer. Often works that debut here are developed further and presented […]
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4 Aug 2020 |
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Jessica 6 has teamed up with Antony & The Johnsons frontwoman ANOHNI for a new tune Prisoner of Love. American singer and songwriter Nomi Ruiz has had a long association with ANOHNI. She first released a solo album under her own name back in 2005 and was a support act for Antony & The Johnsons, […]
Tags: ANONHI, dance, Jessica 6, music, Nomi Ruiz, Video
27 Jul 2020 |
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Colossus | State Theatre Centre | Until Feb 23 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fifty dancers take to the stage in Colossus, a fitting name for a massively ambitious and breathtaking performance envisaged by choreographer Stephanie Lake. Originally performed in Melbourne, Lake has re-staged the performance with fifty Perth dancers as part of Perth Festival. With just two […]
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21 Feb 2020 |
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Hofesh in the Yard | State Theatre Centre | Until 1st March | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hofesh Shechter, the Israeli born choreographer, who is based in London, is one of the big names in the world contemporary dance. He’s presented his work around the world, choreographed the memorable dance opening in the second series of Skins, […]
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20 Feb 2020 |
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On the verge of their professional careers, WAAPA’s graduating dancers celebrate their final season as students in a dazzling display of display of technical skill, versatility and passionate performance. Verge, which runs from 16 to 23 November in WAAPA’s Geoff Gibbs Theatre, features three contemporary dance pieces and a montage of classical ballet scenes from […]
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5 Nov 2019 |
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Dance project In SITU is returning for another season which will see independent choreographers creating some new site specific works. In SITU is an annual season of original site-specific works from WA independent dance artists. The platform asks choreographers to take their practice outside of a theatre setting, and take inspiration from the architecture, community […]
Tags: Alexander Turner, dance, Dane Yates, In SITU, Joshua Pether, michelle aitken, rebecca riggs-bennett, Scott Gailbraith, STRUT, Tao Issaro Mott, Yvan Karlsson
15 Oct 2019 |
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THE LINE | State Theatre Centre | til May 19 | ★ ★ ★ ★ I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect of THE LINE, which has been described as a contemporary dance slash theatre performance. I was familiar with Co3 through their immensely popular work Frank Enstein, and found that work to be a comforting introduction […]
Tags: Co3, dance, Mark Howett, raewyn hill, rebecca bowman, The Line
16 May 2019 |
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The 2018 Performing Arts WA Awards gala event – the local theatre and dance industry’s peak awards – were recently held at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia. This once-a-year celebration recognised outstanding achievements by actors, directors, theatre and dance-makers, designers and productions companies, with 23 awards presented out of 111 nominations. Winners in […]
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1 May 2019 |
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Giselle | His Majesty’s Theatre | til 2nd Mar | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ The classical romantic ballet has been given a radical make-over by South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo. Set in a South African village, the barefoot dancers perform an intensely energetic combination of classical, contemporary and traditional Tswana movements. The dancers also […]
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1 Mar 2019 |
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