Go Gaga for Ohad Naharin's Decadance in Sydney

By Chantal Nguyen, 10 January 2022

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“blends sophisticated, visceral athleticism with a very human warmth and spontaneity”

Reviewed at Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney on 7 January 2022

Decadance (Ohad Naharin)

Sydney Dance Company

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on the road, dancing impeccably

Carla Escoda, 25th March

A mixed bill with mixed results from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Joyce Theater in New York.

***11

Batsheva Dance Company in Ohad Naharin’s Momo: pure energy

Katja Vaghi, 16th January

In Batsheva’s German premiere of Momo, there is no narrative to be found, but rather a series of atmospheric sequences, creating a texture of inputs as ambiguous as reality itself.

****1

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: how to win over an audience

Deborah Weiss, 13th December

Two very diverse works that complement each other and show off the depth of talent within Opera Ballet Vlaanderen.

****1

Flickers of human fragility: Staatsballett Berlin’s superb double bill

Katja Vaghi, 28th October

Dancers as athletic poets: Staatsballett Berlin in Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16 and Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s Saaba.

****1

Batsheva Dance Company: Hora swaggers with tenacity and confidence

Erin Bomboy, 1st March

Naharin’s Gaga technique is this delicious, ooey-gooey, melting morass where sensation rather than skill guides the phrases

***11

Three Masterpieces in Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 11th October

In a three-bill programme that opens its season, the Zurich Ballet celebrates works of three choreographers who all pioneered new genres in contemporary dance.

****1

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Chantal Nguyen

Chantal has a background in ballet and contemporary dance, and was the first Australian to complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Higher Level Dance. She has completed violin studies, and plays regularly in Sydney ensembles. She also dabbles in folk songs and subversive musical parody.