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As her work about Coco Chanel heads to Brisbane, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa discusses her passion for creating ballets about history-making women.
Deborah Jones is a writer specialising in dance. A former long-serving Arts Editor of The Australian, she is currently the newspaper’s national dance critic and also reviews musical theatre and theatre. She is the Sydney correspondent for London-based Opera magazine and Vancouver-based Dance International.
As her work about Coco Chanel heads to Brisbane, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa discusses her passion for creating ballets about history-making women.
Ahead of a return season of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, Ryan González talks about finding their place in the spotlight.
A new Nick Wales score puts the momentum into Sydney Dance Company's visually spare, aurally rich momenta.
A trusty old work and a brand-new creation face off at The Australian Ballet.
Life’s joys and struggles aired in a wonderful new play by Steve Rodgers, set at an aquatic centre.
Peace, love, togetherness. Director Kate Gaul's new Magic Flute got there in the end – but it was a close-run thing.
The famed Swedish contemporary dance company presents works by Damien Jalet and Sharon Eyal in a soulless double bill.
The history of Broome’s pearling industry and a long-ago personal connection inspired Marrugeku’s new dance work.
A crack cast of women animates the little known story of the women telephonists co-opted into the US war effort in 1917.
The Sydney Festival gets off to a life-enhancing start with a work celebrating the wonder and resilience of the human spirit.
There’s a confidence and assurance at play in the programming by Australian arts organisations for 2024.
What do our opera and dance companies have on offer in the year ahead?
Our reviewers and readers have voted for the Australian and international artists who particularly thrilled them over the past year. We are delighted to announce the winners ...