Dance

The Australian Ballet’s Identity brings together contemporary Indigenous dance and classical ballet in an inspiring double bill.

Florentina Holzinger’s ecstatic dance work TANZ is a standout in Melbourne’s winter Rising festival. It is a wild, confronting meditation on care, permission and desire.

From maps of Country to ancient gods, Marrugeku’s showcase of new dance works, Burrbgaja Yalirra 2, allows its artists to explore the connections between ancestors and the present day.

Lucy Guerin Inc’s body of dance work is movingly elaborated in the retrospective exhibition/performance NEWRETRO.

The Melbourne festival FRAME not only shows the breadth and strength of the city’s dance sector but also moves beyond usual programming and performers.

The message of Luke George and Daniel Kok’s performance Hundreds + Thousands is lost in its assault on the audience.

Amrita Hepi crosses boundaries of visual art, dance and performance, making her one of the most in-demand artists of the moment.

A new festival curated by The Australian Ballet, DanceX puts some of Australia’s best companies together on one stage.

The drumming and dancing performance Double Double is evolving the conventions of performing and spectating.

The survey of Shelley Lasica’s choreography at the Monash University Museum of Art represents a radical departure from convention.