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- Stephanie Glickman
Girls with Altitude is an apt name for this joyous, feminist circus show featuring girls 12-18 years old from the Flying Fruit Fly Circus.
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- Penelope Broadbent
A dystopian world in the not-too-distant future. No music. No singing. No dance. In Brittanie Shipway's Senser, everything related to music, song and dance is considered contraband. A sin.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Dance, itself, can be described as impermanent. The body moves a particular way in space and then it moves on. Each unique moment flickers away as soon as the next one appears.
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- Heather Bloom
It’s been 3 years since Come From Away first came to Melbourne with its incredible true story of the small Canadian town of Gander that took on over 7000 stranded passengers after the September 11 attacks.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Bangarra’s works are rooted in tradition and inspirations from country and it’s not unusual for the men and women to have different roles, as culture dictates.
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- Heather Bloom
There’s something incredibly frustrating about modern interpretations of classic works. Perhaps it’s only the case when they are not executed well.
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- Stephanie Glickman
Each piece has a completely different vibe and motivation, but all are densely packed and detailed and run the gamut of entertaining, cryptic, wacky and virtuosic.
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- Heather Bloom
High school. It’s a place many of us do not wish to revisit. Awkward teenage years, hormones, and the unspoken rules that decide who reigns supreme in the social structure effect all students throughout their tenure.
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