Sydney Dance Company’s Twofold: a quirky bulldozer of authenticity

Sydney Dance Company in Rafael Bonachela's Impermanence

Sydney Dance Company in Melanie Lane's Love Lock

Timmy Blankenship in Melanie Lane's Love Lock

By Katie Lawrence, 25 September 2024

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“Cross oceans if you must. This is the real deal.”

Reviewed at Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney on 24 September 2024

Impermanence (Rafael Bonachela)

Love Lock (Melanie Lane)

Sydney Dance Company

David Fleischer, Set Designer

Aleisa Jelbart, Costume Designer

Damien Cooper, Lighting Designer

Akira Isogawa, Costume Designer

Mia Thompson, Dancer

Emily Seymour, Dancer

Piran Scott, Dancer

Naiara de Matos, Dancer

Riley Fitzgerald, Dancer

Luke Hayward, Dancer

Liam Green, Dancer

Chloe Young, Dancer

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****1

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****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.