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Dance portraits by E. O. Hoppé
The name E. O. Hoppé is familiar to anyone who has put in any time researching the history of the Ballets Russes under Serge Diaghilev. Hoppé, who was born in Germany but who spent much of his...
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Season’s Greetings, 2011
To all those who have visited this site over the past year, and especially to those who have contributed what I have referred to elsewhere as ‘refreshingly honest’ comments, I wish a very happy holiday...
View Article‘Fancy free: dancing figures and the art of Sydney Long’
Below is a link to the text of a the talk I delivered at the National Gallery of Australia on 6 September 2012 in conjunction with the exhibition Sydney Long: spirit of the land. It has been altered...
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Dance diary: October 2012
Dancing bronzes During October I was utterly transfixed by an exhibition called Bronze on show at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. I was sceptical when I read so many reviews all with glowing...
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Ballets Russes: ‘We’re going to Australia’
Talk given at the National Gallery of Australia in conjunction with the exhibition Ballets Russes: the art of costume, 12 March 2011 Modified text and PowerPoint slides at this link Some audio clips as...
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‘Ballet and Fashion’: National Gallery of Victoria
Ballet and fashion, an exhibition curated by Roger Leong as a joint venture between the National Gallery of Victoria and the Australian Ballet, is a mini-feast for the eyes. It is a small exhibition...
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’13 Rooms’: Kaldor Public Art Project
13 Rooms, 11–21 April 2013, Pier 2/3 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay The city of Sydney has just finished playing host to an ambitious project of installation art, or more correctly perhaps of performance art...
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Dance diary: April 2013
ArtSound FM, Canberra: new dance segment Beginning in May I will be hosting a ten minute monthly dance segment on ArtSound FM, Canberra’s community radio station focusing on the arts. The segment will...
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‘The fabric of dance’: National Gallery of Victoria
Talk given at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, in conjunction with the exhibition Ballet and Fashion, 20 April 2013. Modified text and PowerPoint slides at this link. Video clips used in...
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‘Life is a work of art’: GOLD
28 June 2013 (dress rehearsal), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra In my June dance diary I mentioned a show at the National Gallery of Australia called Life is a work of art performed by GOLD, a...
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Dance diary. April 2013
ArtSound FM, Canberra: new dance segment Beginning in May I will be hosting a ten minute monthly dance segment on ArtSound FM, Canberra’s community radio station focusing on the arts. The segment will...
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‘The fabric of dance’. National Gallery of Victoria
Talk given at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, in conjunction with the exhibition Ballet and Fashion, 20 April 2013. Modified text and PowerPoint slides at this link. Video clips used in...
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‘Life is a work of art’. The GOLDs
28 June 2013 (dress rehearsal), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra In my June dance diary I mentioned a show at the National Gallery of Australia called Life is a work of art performed by the...
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‘Arthur Boyd in the theatre’. National Gallery of Australia
Talk given at the National Gallery of Australia in conjunction with the exhibition Arthur Boyd: Agony and Ecstasy, 9 September 2014. Modified text and PowerPoint slides: Arthur Boyd in the theatre...
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‘Inside There Falls’: Mira Calix and Sydney Dance Company
My review of the Sydney Festival production of Inside There Falls, a collaboration between London-based artist and musician, Mira Calix, and Sydney Dance Company, has been posted on DanceTabs at this...
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Dance diary. April 2015
Ako Kondo What a pleasure it was to learn that Ako Kondo had been promoted to principal with the Australian Ballet, although I am not surprised. She was my pick in the category ‘Most Outstanding...
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‘Fortuity’: Mirramu Dance Company and Guests
My review of Fortuity from Mirramu Dance Company with guest artists from Taiwan is now available on DanceTabs at this link. Elizabeth Dalman and her guests also appeared on several occasions during May...
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‘Walking and Falling’. QL2 Dance
10 July 2015, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Ruth Osborne, artistic director of QL2 Dance, has made a wondefully moving vignette of dance for the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. Called...
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Dance diary. March 2016 … from foreign lands*
In Copenhagen Edgar Degas’ beautiful sculpture of the little fourteen year old dancer, gorgeously displayed in Copenhagen’s gallery, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, and seen above in head and shoulders...
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‘Other Moments’. QL2 Dance
10 September 2016, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery continues to commission short dance works as public program events associated with its exhibitions. Other...
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