Review: Somos (Sydney Dance Company)
There is ‘intimate’ and then there is Somos. Rafael Bonachela’s Somos reduces the space between performer and audience to inches.
Jason studied theatre directing at the VCA and NIDA. He was Arts Editor of Sydney City Hub, editor of AUSTAR magazine, an online producer at Fairfax, and has reviewed theatre for The Sun-Herald (2006-2009), The Sydney Morning Herald (2009-2017), The Saturday Paper and Guardian Australia. He was co-founder/co-editor of the audreyjournal platform from 2017–22 and Publications Manager for the 2022 Sydney Film Festival.
There is ‘intimate’ and then there is Somos. Rafael Bonachela’s Somos reduces the space between performer and audience to inches.
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