Johan Inger’s Carmen: see what you made me do

Jill Ogai as Carmen and Callum Linnane as Don José in Johan Inger's Carmen

Jill Ogai as Carmen and Marcus Morelli as Torero in Johan Inger's Carmen

Jill Ogai as Carmen with artists of The Australian Ballet in Johan Inger's Carmen

Brett Chynoweth, Jill Ogai, Callum Linnane and The Australian Ballet in Johan Inger's Carmen

Callum Linnane as Don José in Johan Inger's Carmen

By Katie Lawrence, 12 April 2024

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“peacocking to a wall of mirrors, while Carmen runs a bizarre chicken-dance around him”

Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney on 10 April 2024

Carmen (Johan Inger)

The Australian Ballet

David Hallberg, Director

Curt Allen Wilmer, Set Designer

David Delfín, Costume Designer

Tom Visser, Lighting Designer

Opera Australia Orchestra

Leticia Gañán, Set Designer

Jill Ogai, Dancer

Callum Linnane, Dancer

Marcus Morelli, Dancer

Kismet: Rambert’s new double bill brings youthful joy to Edinburgh

Kathy Elgin, 3rd July

Rambert’s double bill, clearly a joyous experience for the many who leaped to their feet whooping, but perhaps a bit lightweight for anyone not quite so easily satisfied with novelty.

***11

Shadows and light: Ballet BC

Zoë Anderson, 20th May

Ballet BC’s double bill puts Crystal Pite’s marvellous, shadowy Frontier in conversation with the folk-tinged comedy of Johan Inger’s Passing.

****1

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

English National Ballet: Johan Inger's Carmen is chillingly topical

Deborah Weiss, 27th March

It's not an easy watch, but Johan Inger's Carmen is a brave commentary on misogyny in today's society. English National Ballet give of their best.

***11

The Australian Ballet celebrates 60 years with style and star turns!

Deborah Weiss, 6th August

The Australian Ballet's return to London's Royal Opera House after a 35 year absence, proves successful at every level.

****1

A slippery end for Sacre in Zurich double bill

Sarah Batschelet, 29th October

In Zurich, two sensational ballets by choreographers Johann Inger and Edward Clug pull out all the stops... including those on the water hoses.

****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.