DANCE

SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY: CONTINUUM

Roslyn Packer Theatre, October 22, until November 1

Reviewed by CHANTAL NGUYEN

★★★★½

A strong triple bill is greater than the sum of its parts. Sydney Dance Company’s Continuum hits that high note, featuring an exciting line-up of heavyweights: Stephen Page, William Barton, Rafael Bonachela, and the up-and-coming Tra Mi Dinh. Their artistic voices are distinct in style, but the gorgeous commonality is that each is artistically mature and can evoke a sophisticated, satisfying artistic vision.

First off the ranks is a dance by the home team: artistic director Rafael Bonachela’s Spell . It’s structured into five chapters, “each a vivid ‘spell’ that creates dance alchemy”, Bonachela explains.

A scene from the dance work Spell, showing as part

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