By Deborah Jones Stephanie Lake named Colossus well. Not only is it a work for vast forces, it has made an out-sized difference to the Australian choreographer’s life. After Colossus is seen in Canada — it’s in Montreal March 8-11 and Toronto March 22-26 — it will have touched down on four continents: Australia, Europe,
By Deborah Jones David McAllister’s final year as The Australian Ballet’s longest-serving artistic director did not run to plan. In March, the company was only days into its Melbourne season when COVID-19 closed theatres. Soon, the rest of McAllister’s swan-song program was scrapped — not the ideal way to celebrate 20 years at the helm
By Rhys Ryan Like most cities around the world right now, Melbourne’s theatres lie eerily dormant. Empty stages and foyers are just one troubling symptom of the unprecedented shutdown of an entire arts ecology. Strict social distancing measures were suddenly introduced in mid-March to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Australia, prematurely ending several performance