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Colossus review – masses of dancers, masses of fun in a show that goes whoosh!

Full of surprises, Stephanie Lake’s 2018 piece is a feat of logistics as 60 performers display split-second timing

The Guardian - UK

Prism triple bill shows spectrum of ballet's lean years

From a tribute to dancers maintaining form at home to a sparely cast Bach interpretation, The Australian Ballet's triple header shines light on the times.

AAP

The Australian Ballet’s flawless, breathtaking Prism is a significant coming of age for the company

When Alicia Alonso was establishing the National Cuban Ballet in the 1950s she was faced with interrogation from the communist regime as to how a European art form could represent and serve the Cuban people.

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Australian Ballet leaps into new venue with 2025 slate

The Australian Ballet's 2025 season features two world premieres, by Stephanie Lake and William Forsythe, and the return of Nijinsky, Manon, and Carmen.

AAP

Stephanie Lake's electric circle with Australian Ballet

Circle Electric, the latest piece from internationally acclaimed choreographer Stephanie Lake, will debut with the Australian Ballet at the Sydney Opera House.

AAP

Sydney Festival: From Thomas Weatherall's Blue to Stephanie Lake's Manifesto and the harbourside Vigil, this year hit us in the feels

The best of this year's Sydney Festival included a "tattoo to optimism" featuring nine drum kits, an anxious opera on an indoor beach, a harbourside vigil, and a devastating debut play.

ABC News

Your ultimate Sydney events guide: the best things to do this weekend, and what’s on through January

From Sydney festival highlights to pop-up venues, shows for kids and street fairs – here are the best things happening in your city in January

The Guardian - AU

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5 Australian women choreographers you should know (and where to see them in 2023)

“Ballet is woman” claimed the legendary New York choreographer George Balanchine. But “where are all the women ballet choreographers?” asked researchers Oellen A. Meglin and Lynn Matluck Brooks in 2012. They found only 23 articles on women ballet choreographers in the New York Times’ 171-year history.

The Conversation

Monsters review – Stephanie Lake production is supposed to scare but sinks into silliness instead

This ambitious dance-theatre hybrid, about a woman searching for her missing sister, falls apart when the allegorical becomes literal

The Guardian - AU

Stephanie Lake’s journey from dancer to leading Australian choreographer climaxes with Colossus, Manifesto and Sydney Dance Company’s The Universe Is Here

She’s one of Australia’s most exciting choreographers, rocketing to success here and abroad over the last four years; but Stephanie Lake’s pathway to the mainstage was unconventional and convoluted.

ABC News

New Annual festival kicks off with ambitious program

New Annual festival curator Adrian Burnett doesn't hesitate to admit this year's event, featuring more than 40 arts and cultural programs, is pushing creative limits.

Newcastle Herald

NewAnnual festival kicks off on September 23

It's less than a week until the NewAnnual creative festival

Newcastle Herald

'Innovative and thrilling': Stephanie Lake's Manifesto is a joy

Review: Manifesto, choreographed by Stephanie Lake, Adelaide Festival

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