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14.02.2012  ::  The para-human phenomenon is the vehicle with which Eko Supriyanto’s new choreography drives home social issues and highlights particular incidents that have recently occurred in his native Indonesia, but which are not exclusive to his home country.Tiếp ...

01.12.2011  ::  Breakdance – the current rage in young Vietnam. Members of the group “Big Toe” from Hanoi show how modern hip hop dance can be a medium for storytelling. In Berlin the young B-Boys performed a new version of their breakdance theatre piece Nhiều Mặt (Faces).Tiếp ...

01.12.2011  ::  Wearing florescent hoodies and baggy sweatpants, the Cambodian dancers in German choreographer Arco Renz’s Crack! looked like something straight from the punk street cultures of London and Berlin. It was a far cry from the ornate gold headdresses and brightly-coloured sarongs that the classically-trained dancers were more accustomed to. But that night, they slipped admirably into Renz’s gritty, urban world, proving their versatility and virtuosity as contemporary dancers.Tiếp ...

29.11.2011  ::  The more distance I get from Homeless Dance Company’s debut project, the more I realize how unusual it was to have made something like this happen; an artist-initiated collaboration and performance touring three cities and featuring artists from five different countries? It certainly doesn’t happen every day.Tiếp ...

05.10.2011  ::  Eleven dancers stand side by side; they are barefoot and dressed in modern attire: the men in trousers and short-sleeved shirts, the women in knee-length dresses. Earthen tones – grey, brown, green, black and white – dominate the scene. The dancers pause for the briefest of moments, then, as the first notes of music break the silence, they end their vigil.Tiếp ...

25.05.2010  ::  In June 2010 the performance "Maybe Forever" by Philipp Gehmacher and Meg Stuart is on tour in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore, Jakarta und Melbourne. Belgium dance writer Lieve Dierckx saw the piece in 2007 at Kaaitheater Brussels.Tiếp ...

25.01.2010  ::  The practice of ‘research’ has become a prominent aspect of the art of choreography and dance. Sophie Travers, founder of Critical Path, Australia’s first research-oriented organization in dance, met the organization’s current director, Margie Medlin, to reflect upon the short history, the needs, and the struggles of this phenomenon.Tiếp ...

11.09.2009  ::  Operating outside of ‘institutions’ ensures that artists enjoy the space necessary for creative freedom, reflection, and critical play free from the constraints of programming, paperwork, and the economics of production, but it also places an enormous strain on the sector. Quezon City-based choreographer Donna Miranda reflects on the often problematic relationship between freedom and freelancing in contemporary dance and performance-making.Tiếp ...

21.01.2010  ::  While speaking to French choreographer Xavier Le Roy in a Melbourne café last November, I was reminded of when I first watched one of his works more than ten years ago, in Berlin in 1999. Interestingly, the piece was “Product of Circumstances”, the same Le Roy had performed in Sydney a week earlier and was to present again at Dancehouse a few days later. In the Australian context, where independent dance artists are rarely given the chance to show their work beyond the premier season, this seems like an extraordinary feat.Tiếp ...

21.01.2010  ::  It had been years in the making – the Australian debut of acclaimed German choreographer Sasha Waltz. Festival director Brett Sheehy had been trying to bring out a work of hers for almost ten years. It wasn’t until last year, however, that he finally succeeded and was able to present Waltz’s company Sasha Waltz & Guests as part of the 2009 Melbourne International Arts Festival, the first under his direction.Tiếp ...