Essays
By Kimberly Prosa – As AI reshapes workers’ conditions, dancers are already living in the future economy. Building a livable life without stability starts with small decisions and collective solidarity.
Photography
The island isn't a backdrop; it's an active participant. Explore a photographic series where a dancer and a length of cloth work out their terms with Fuerteventura’s wind.
Reviews
By Will McGregor –– In a work-in-progress at South East Dance, Anna Alvarez and Pablo Cortazzo challenge traditional partner dance with ancestral myth and female presence.
Perspectives
Ana Biagi surrenders to the spell of Jade Charon Robertson’s transformative piece at the 2026 festival.
Newsletter
The Diary | October 2026
Interviews
Paris-based dance artists Oktawia Ścibior and Samory Ba on glide, crutches, and the virtuosity of the minimal. Interview by Greta Pieropan.
Features
From a childhood discovery of Martha Graham on VHS to a cross-cultural collaboration with Butoh master Akihito Ichihara, Wilma Casal explores how ancestral weight lives in the body.
From a childhood discovery of Martha Graham on VHS to a cross-cultural collaboration with Butoh master Akihito Ichihara, Wilma Casal explores how ancestral weight lives in the body.
Ahead of the premiere of kösh, Hamburg-based dance artist Sofia Greben breaks down her somatic practice, club culture influences, and the concept of nomadic movement.
Tracing the thread from Blocks to Just Keep Waiting, Italian-born choreographer Sara Pizzi explains why the best contemporary art leaves room for multiple perspectives.
In a compelling fusion of psychological crime thriller and contemporary dance, Scorched Earth at Brisbane Powerhouse lays bare the tangled wounds of colonization, capital, and loss. Reviewed by Leila Lois.
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Ahead of the premiere of kösh, Hamburg-based dance artist Sofia Greben breaks down her somatic practice, club culture influences, and the concept of nomadic movement.
Choreographer Jin Lee and Kyung Mee Lee transform historic Korean violence into a somatic ritual of care, memory, and freedom. Review by Suzanne Fischer.
Tracing the thread from Blocks to Just Keep Waiting, Italian-born choreographer Sara Pizzi explains why the best contemporary art leaves room for multiple perspectives.
In a compelling fusion of psychological crime thriller and contemporary dance, Scorched Earth at Brisbane Powerhouse lays bare the tangled wounds of colonization, capital, and loss. Reviewed by Leila Lois.
artist's statement by patric da cunha
A documentary follows tap dancer Sarah Reich across the globe, and finds that rhythm, grief, and human connection speak the same language.
Choreographer Yashashree Rajendra Chakole uses classical Indian dance and contemporary movement to critique systemic mental health care.
The Diary | August 2026
Steven McRae and Vasko Vassilev on obsession, collaboration, and making Paganini "look cool" at the Linbury
From courtly sleeves to military uniforms, the body remembers what texts forget. An essay by Kari Fu.
Ling Huang's solo turns fan, rice, and red thread into physical restriction the body has to work against. Rainy J. reviews the performance.
What do we take from this life, this land, this community, and what do we leave behind? Leila Lois talks to Ebony Bott and the artists shaping her first Brisbane Festival programme (4–26 September, 2026) to find out.