Terrain. Bangarra Dance Theatre
13 September 2012, Canberra Theatre This is an expanded version of my review of Terrain published in The Canberra Times, 15 September 2012, under the title ‘Dancing into luscious terrain’. Bangarra...
View ArticleSeason’s greetings & the ‘best of’ 2012
Thank you to those who have logged on to my website over the past year, especially those who have kept the site alive with their comments. I wish you the compliments of the season and look forward to...
View ArticleLore. Bangarra Dance Theatre
9 July 2015, Canberra Theatre It would be hard to find two such disparate works as the two that make up lore, Bangarra Dance Theatre’s latest program curated by the company’s artistic director,...
View ArticleOchres. Bangarra Dance Theatre
4 December 2015, Carriageworks, Eveleigh (Sydney) Seeing Ochres in 2015 after 21 years was a remarkable experience. More than anything it marked the astonishing achievement of Stephen Page and his...
View ArticleSpear. A Stephen Page film
17 February 2016, preview screening, Arc Cinema, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra No doubt about it, Stephen Page’s Spear is a confronting film, and one in which the director’s approach is...
View ArticleOUR land people stories. Bangarra Dance Theatre
28 July 2016, Canberra Theatre Bangarra Dance Theatre has had what artistic director Stephen Page calls a ‘bitter sweet’ year so far. On the one hand the company has had to face the death in April...
View ArticleAustralian Dance Awards 2017
24 September 2017. The Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne The winners of the 2017 Australian Dance Awards were announced in a ceremony in Melbourne on 24 September. The Playhouse at the...
View ArticleDubboo. Life of a songman. Bangarra Dance Theatre and guests
7 December 2018. Carriageworks, Sydney Dubboo. Life of a songman was a tribute to David Page, master musician and esteemed elder of the extended Page family, who died in 2016. Dubboo was his nickname...
View Article30 years of sixty five thousand. Bangarra Dance Theatre
13 June 2019. Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House Bangarra Dance Theatre is 30 years old this year and its latest program, 30 years of sixty five thousand, celebrates that anniversary. It also...
View ArticleFirestarter. The story of Bangarra
Firestarter, documenting the origins and rise of Bangarra Dance Theatre, is filled with emotion—from joy to sadness and everything in between. But leaving the emotions to one side for the moment, I...
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