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Dance and Theatre
Previews, Interviews, and Reviews (yes, and Photos) of Dance and Theatre in Thailand (well, and elsewhere) written by "The Nation" dance and theatre critics
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Saturday , May 10 , 2008
to be STRAIGHT with you
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 937 , 23:17:55   | Category : Dance 2008   Theatre 2008   Adelaide, March 2008  
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"I'm interested in abstracting [social ideas into performances]. I look at many dance works and find them meaningless - they're merely movement manipulation," said legendary British choreographer Lloyd Newson, who founded DV8 (short for "Dance and Video 8") Physical Theatre in 1986. This statement was heard at "Ringside", a lunchtime meet-the-artistes forum at the Adelai....


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Tuesday , April 15 , 2008
LOCAL (de)lights on WORLD stage
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 969 , 17:54:34   | Category : Dance 2008   Adelaide, March 2008  
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     With the majority of the performances on its programme imported and many of them famous titles, the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts clearly deserves its billing as an international multi-arts festival. But this year, organizers made sure that this biannual event was not simply a sealed-off showcase of what’s going on around the world. Local artists got in on the action, interacting with current t....


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Saturday , April 12 , 2008
we still need REALITY
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 969 , 16:54:16   | Category : Theatre 2008   Adelaide, March 2008  
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Viewers are caught in the jaws of real life by theatre productions from Germany and the Netherlands at the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts. Many say they go to the movies and the theatre to escape life's harsh reality. For the two hours they spend in that dimly lit air-conditioned box, they want to be entertained by light-hearted comedies and extravagant musicals. However, the interest in serious true....


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Saturday , April 5 , 2008
ADELAIDE FRINGE 2008
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 1496 , 22:37:36   | Category : Theatre 2008   Adelaide, March 2008  
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It's not often that two large-scale artistic events arrive at the same time in the same town. But that happened last month in the South Australian city of Adelaide, when the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts 2008 was held concurrently with Adelaide Fringe 2008, the world's second largest--after the Edinburgh Fringe--annual showcase of cabaret, comedy, dance, music, theatre and visual arts. At first glan....


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Leonard COHEN-Philip GLASS / Sylvie GUILLEM-Akram KHAN
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 1036 , 18:55:17   | Category : Dance 2008   Theatre 2008   Adelaide, March 2008  
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South Australia has long been known for its Barossa Valley, a name any wine aficionado should know by heart. So perhaps when I landed at Adelaide International Airport I should have claimed to be a wine buff, instead of telling the truth. But I couldn't help myself: "I'm here to watch dance and theatre performances at the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts," I explained, and won myself a harder....


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Wednesday , February 27 , 2008
MARCH destination ADELAIDE
Posted by dance_and_theatre , Reader : 1264 , 20:40:06   | Category : Dance 2008   Theatre 2008   Adelaide, March 2008  
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With three major international festivals at the same time over the next few weeks, Adelaide, capital of South Australia, is a paradise for performing arts aficionados.                                                                            Ornette Coleman                                                                     Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan The most high-profile of the three is the Adel....


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