Archive for 'Performance/Dance'
[DANCE: Review] Infinity
Infinity Until April 25 / Sydney Opera House ** The Australian Ballet is having a bit of a midlife crisis: attempting to wear cool clothes, act young and update its music collection. Celebrating the Ballet’s 50th Anniversary this year, Infinity is a program comprising three works by three of Australia’s leading choreographers, who have all [...]
Posted: April 22nd, 2012 under Arts, Brag 458 (April 16), Performance/Dance.
Tags: Brett Dean, Gideon Obarzanek, Graeme Murphy, Infinity, James O'Hara, Sara Black, Stephen Page, Sydney Opera House, The Brag
[DANCE: Review] 2 One Another
2 One Another Runs until March 31 **** It’s opening night speeches, and the ever-dazzling, white-shirted Rafael Bonachela seems to hover behind his podium, halfway up the grand white staircase that graces the Sydney Theatre foyer. Below, an adoring crowd soaks in every charmingly accented word, as he reveals that before 2 One Another had [...]
Posted: March 26th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 454 (March 19), Performance/Dance, Theatre Reviews.
Tags: 2 One Another, Rosyln Helper, Sydney Dance Company, Sydney Theatre, The Brag
Five minutes with Maeve Marsden of blackcat productions
In 2009, while studying theatre and media at Charles Sturt, Maeve hooked up with fellow student Phoebe Meredith, to create the five-girl cabaret tribute act Lady Sings It Better, where women take on pop songs by the boys (and do it, you know, better). Subsequently the two founded blackcat productions: a company devoted to cabaret; [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 449 (February 13), Interviews-arts, Performance/Dance.
Tags: blackcat lounge, blackcat productions, Five Minutes, Lady Sings It Better, Maeve Marsden, Mardis Gras 2012, Sidetrack Theatre, The Brag
[CABARET: Interview] Gillian Cosgriff
Gillian Cosgriff Get A Real Job By Alasdair Duncan We’ve all worked our share of crummy jobs, and we’ve all vented about them to our friends and loved ones. Melbourne comedian Gillian Cosgriff has taken this familiar experience a step further, collecting all her humiliating and demeaning employment experiences and spinning them into comedy gold [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 449 (February 13), Interviews-arts, Performance/Dance.
Tags: Alasdair Duncan, Gillian Cosgriff, Mardis Gras 2012, Seymour Centre, Sydney Cabaret Showcase, The Brag, Waitressing...and other things I do well
[CABARET: Interview] Britney Spears: The Cabaret
Britney Spears: The Cabaret Piece Of Her By Alasdair Duncan For as long as most of us can remember, the name Britney Spears has been linked with public meltdowns and marital strife, but if you sit down and listen to the music she’s made over the years, the lyrics trace the narrative thread of an [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2012 under Arts, Brag 449 (February 13), Interviews-arts, Performance/Dance.
Tags: Alasdair Duncan, Britney Spears, Britney Spears: The Cabaret, Christie Whelan, Dean Bryant, Mardis Gras 2012, Matthew Frank, Seymour Centre, The Brag