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From the Archives, 1981: Ballet strikes for its principals
Forty years ago, the dancers of the Australian Ballet cancelled their Brisbane production of the Three Musketeers and went on indefinite strike.
- by Richard Coleman
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A chilly, alienating dance into a cyborg dystopia
System_Error is a shadowy meditation on becoming immortal by merging ourselves with technology. But it’s a bit flat.
- by Andrew Fuhrmann
Ballet director takes the lead on new Australian dance festival
Out of the shadow of the pandemic, in spite of everything, Melbourne gets a brand new cultural festival.
- by Nick Miller
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‘They don’t send you off to the glue factory’: what retired dancers did next
A new national dance collective, for recently retired dancers from the country’s major companies, hopes to push the boundaries of what was thought possible.
- by Nick Miller
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New blood brings fresh life to familiar story
Bangarra Dance Theatre is back with a brilliant new work
- by Jill Sykes
The country’s most-honoured living dancer still has anxiety dreams
David McAllister joins a rare elite, receiving an AC for his service to ballet. But now and then, he dreams he’s being ordered back on stage.
- by Nick Miller