Back with New Breed: Sydney Dance Company's fresh dance voices

By Chantal Nguyen, 27 November 2020

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“SDC’s dancers have re-emerged as technically stunning and emotionally compelling as ever”

Reviewed at Carriageworks, Sydney on 26 November 2020

Inertia (Jesse Scales)

Nostalgia (Chloe Leong)

Wagan (Joel Bray)

Cult of the Titans (Raghav Handa)

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New Breed: a showcase of Sydney Dance Company's next generation

Katie Lawrence, 4th December

With four diverse and dynamic works on offer, Sydney Dance Company promises an interesting and exciting future for its next generation of choreographers.

****1

Uncompromising theatre: Gilgamesh world premiere

Jeremy Eccles, 26th September

A powerful work by brave innovators is a legacy for the departing Opera Australia Artistic Director.

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A triptych of loss from Sydney Chamber Opera

Jeremy Eccles, 3rd October

Monodramas by Francis Poulenc, Kaija Saariaho and Jack Symonds feature in a triple bill on the themes of love, loss and absence.

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Blinding ice: Finsterer's frozen Antarctica at the Sydney Festival

Jeremy Eccles, 5th January

Gorgeous music by Mary Finsterer and an evocative setting by Elizabeth Gadsby transport you to the ends of the earth.

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Britten's Canticles awakened at Sydney Chamber Opera

Jeremy Eccles, 30th September

Luke Styles' interludes to the Canticles may not set the musical world alight in Awakening Shadow, but they provide the perfect excuse to perform Britten's remarkable works.

****1

New Breed unearths emerging Australian talent

Sarah Navin, 29th November

This showcase is creative, quirky, bold and, best of all, experimental as four emerging Australian choreographers explore not just intricate shapes and sequences, but whole new ways of movement.

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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.