FORM is delighted to introduce Vicki Van Hout as our resident blogger since 2013. Over the coming year Vicki will be blogging and tweeting for FORM about all things dance. Follow the musings of Vicki through the performance world as she informs you about what’s happening and what not to miss.
Image: Jamie Williams Sydney Festival is one of my favourite times in the yearly calendar. So far it has not disappointed. I am in the middle of a period that…
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Image: Prudence Upton The year is at an end. I am typing to you, with fatigued fingers, furiously weaving a set. You see, I would normally attempt to regale you…
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Image: Heidrun Löhr Wooden sandals float on lit legs, set against a mechanical tick, symbolising a surreal introduction to the chronological. We are captive to the multi-disciplinary installation dedicated to…
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Image: Madeleine Skippen & Amelia Rosek Photo by: Dominic O’Donnell From the moment I sat down to watch the final nights performance of Fast+Fresh Dance at Riverside Theatre, I was…
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Image: Zan Wimberley Many companies have pithy names which have been meticulously chosen to sum up who they are and what they do. We in turn have a preconceived idea…
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Image: Anouk Van Dijk and Paul Selwyn Norton – Courtesy of Critical Path I am not inclined to read the ins and outs of a program before watching a performance,…
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Image by Jeff Busby A few weeks ago I wrote about Narelle Benjamin’s Hiding in Plain Sight and Hofesh Schecter’s Sun, two works within a weekend that promised a feast…
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Image by Anya Mckee I am so glad I caught FORM Dance Projects’ Dance Bites 2014 season, featuring three works seeded by the Dance Makers Collective, a group formed to…
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Image by Tristram Kenton Who said winter is a time for hibernation? Score was a much needed mini festival of dance, curated and presented by Performance Space at Carriageworks, especially considering the demise of Spring Dance at the…
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Image by Lucy Parakhina Culminate – to reach the point of highest development. As the header for a project Culminate is perhaps a little misleading. Culminate is the second part…
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Image Right by Christian Glaus Image Left by Jess Busby I have missed quite a few local performance offerings lately, namely Big Dance, the global get- together filmed from…
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Image by Tiffany Parker It has been a little over a week since I participated in a business workshop as part of the Birrang project to grow an indigenous dance presence in…
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