Bangarra's Dance Clan: a new dawn

Daniel Mateo in Lillian Banks’ Yawuru Buru

Kiarn Doyle in Kallum Goolagong’s Metamorphosis

Bangarra Dance Theatre in Yawuru Buru

Daniel Mateo in Yawuru Buru

By Katie Lawrence, 04 December 2024

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“the score intertwines bird trills with beats”

Reviewed at Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay, Sydney on 3 December 2024

Metamorphosis (Kallum Goolagong)

Brown Boys (Daniel Mateo)

Yawuru Buru (Lillian Banks)

Bangarra Dance Theatre

Bangarra's Horizon: a grand and beautiful vision

Katie Lawrence, 14th June

Bangarra Dance Theatre brings a millennium of cultural knowledge and storytelling to the Sydney Opera House in its world premiere double bill Horizon.

*****

Bangarra Dance Theatre: The enduring spirit of Yuldea

Ruth Ridgway, 2nd September

Bangarra’s latest work Yuldea is a powerful piece of storytelling, and a multisensory experience.

****1

Legacy and innovation in Bangarra's Wudjang: Not the Past

Chantal Nguyen, 19th January

Stephen Page's swansong as Bangarra's Artistic Director is an ambitious exploration of genre-transcending storytelling.

****1

SDT Louder than Words

Sarah Navin, 8th October

Sydney Dance Company's new <em>Louder than words</em> delivers an intense, perpetual outpouring of energy. Choral vocals meet driving violins, as densely textured choreography and expressive outbursts explore personality clashes and intimacy.

***11

Sydney Dance Company's Interplay

Pia Savoie, 17th March

Pia Savoie reviews Sydney Dance Company's Interplay as part of their 45th anniversary program, including Bonachela's 2 in D Minor, Godani's Raw Models and L’Chaim!.

****1

The Trocks at Sadler’s Wells: uproariously entertaining

Graham Watts, 5th May

A very welcome and hilarious return to the UK from Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, this time at Sadler’s Wells, they offer familiar and new works.

****1

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Katie Lawrence

Katie Lawrence has a background in ballet, jazz, and contemporary, and spent much of her adolescence in the dressing room of dance eisteddfods. She is still mildly triggered by the smell of hairspray. She is now a regular in Sydney's dance audience crowd and can often be found at Sydney Dance Company and Tanya Pearson adult classes.