This year marks 50 years of Australian Dance Theatre’s existence, and to celebrate, they’ve brought out their astounding production Be Your Self to tour Australia in 2015. Conceived and directed by Garry Stewart, this exploration of the human body and the concept of the self is as intellectual as it is visceral, as funny as it is frightening, and as erotic as it is grotesque. It changes, morphs and evolves, and becomes far more than just a contemporary dance piece. We read into its themes and ideas what we will, but Garry Stewart incorporates, in a very literal sense, a thousand notions of … Continue reading REVIEW: Be Your Self | Australian Dance Theatre

precipice is an aurally and visually stunning new work by choreographer Rachel Arianne Ogle. It brings together light, sound and movement to take us through a conceptual exploration of space and our vulnerability within it. In precipice, the visual and sound design … Continue reading REVIEW: Precipice | Rachel Arianne Ogle

Originally posted on Perth Culture blog on Apr 29, 2014. Linked here until the blog goes dark. Lisa Wilson’s Lake had a one-night stand at Mandurah Performing Arts Centre (MPAC) on Wednesday, March 16, and what a torrid affair it was. Lake is a dance theatre piece that takes place on a stage flooded with a shallow pool of water and it explores the tumultuous relationship between a man (Timothy Ohl) and a woman (Kristina Chan). They’ve come to an isolated spot at a lake to camp, and rather than finding some peace and quiet and a chance for some good R & R, they instead … Continue reading REVIEW: LAKE by Lisa Wilson