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21/03/2019

YOU ANIMAL YOU

Half way through this year’s Dance Massive program it has become evident, that within the Melbourne dance scene at least, the parameters of dance have certainly shifted. The lines between it and other art forms have become blurred and, whether this new lack of definition is a good thing or not, certainly lies in the…
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20/03/2019

LADY EXAMPLE

The saddest thing about this work, is despite all its ambition, it truly lacks the finesse that a work of such grandeur truely deserves. The ideas are there, and yes each of them could possibly be claimed as being relevant and relating to our times, but they come so thick and fast, none are allowed…
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19/03/2019

WORLD PROBLEMS

World Problems is a beautifully subdued work, that dips, both feet, into the tepid water of identity politics. By the end of the experience though, what was once luke warm, has become something which burns to touch. The real star of the show is the writing, it’s an innate piece of script that tips back…
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18/03/2019

COMMON GROUND

Common Ground by Chunky Move was first staged in Melbourne one year ago; in this second coming, the work is now presented within Merlyn Theatre at Malthouse- it’s a great space to stage major dance works, an idea that the venue seems to have picked up – as, alongside Skeleton Tree by Stephanie Lake also…
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13/03/2019

POST REALITY VISION

“it’s good there’s such torture between you and the image”  Sometimes art can sweep you off your feet and take you somewhere magical, this performance is one such occasion…. Post Reality Vision, created by Nana Biluš Abaffy, is a ludicrously fun affair, a manage-a-trois between three virile dancers, whom slip effortlessly between the roles of…
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27/02/2019

STEPHANIE LAKE / SKELETON TREE

”I’ve lost people as most people have, but the thing is, I feel like a fraud, because I haven’t lost either of my parents nor my partner, I do fear it and I do think about my own death often. The passing of time is really present, everyone we know, everyone we love, will die.…
INTERVIEWS PERFORMANCE
26/02/2019

LUCY GUERIN / MAKE YOUR OWN WORLD

Lucy Guerin is a name synonyms with contemporary dance in Melbourne.  In her latest work, Make Your Own World, the dancers toy with power structure and the political through physical embodiment. Here, both structured and improvised choreography, emerges: Having moved here from Adelaide and, as she explains, originally from a ballet background, her work is now…
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18/02/2019

JILL ORR / DARK NIGHT

“Our basic human nature is consistently afraid of other things.” Jill Orr, is one of our country’s most established artists. Her work often challenges convention, while  responding to our landscape as much as our consciousness. This Dance Massive, Orr is presenting Dark Night; a work born from a place of visual arts that, through creative evolution,…
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