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‘Shift in an unusually huge way’: How AI choreographs a dance workshop
Arts and artificial intelligence are often at odds, but a new dance performance aims to create harmony from the intersection.
- by Gemma Grant
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MSO musicians pass vote of no confidence in management, board announces review
The MSO has announced an external review into its policies after removing acclaimed pianist Jayson Gillham from a concert and then claiming it acted in “error”, and a vote of no confidence from its musicians.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
What would dementia look like as a creature? The master of monsters wants to show you
He has created grisly monsters for The Hobbit and The Portable Door, but now Australian Steve Boyle is taking up the scariest post of all: directing.
- by Nell Geraets
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‘A simple statement of fact’: Musician in censorship firestorm hits back
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra said it made an “error” in cancelling the performance of a pianist who spoke out against the killing of journalists in Gaza.
- by Elizabeth Flux and Kerrie O'Brien
‘We wanted it to feel real’: Bringing Frankenstein’s monster to life
The stage production of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is heading to Melbourne – so how do you make such a famous creature feel truly alive?
- by Elizabeth Flux
Cinema’s most gruesome creature has a frightening new bag of tricks
Alien: Romulus takes place in the period between Ridley Scott’s 1979 original and James Cameron’s 1986 sequel.
- by Sandra Hall
Orchestra cancels acclaimed pianist who acknowledged journalists killed in Gaza
Pianist Jayson Gillham has said he was “surprised at the strength of the reaction” following his cancelled appearance by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
This surreal work asks: Can you become a French actor without speaking French?
“Language is unstable. It’s just a fiction.” In her new work, Apologia, writer and performer Nicola Gunn is taking on the barriers language puts between us.
- by Will Cox
Meet the artist capturing what it really means to be a Melburnian
In his biggest exhibition yet, Rob McHaffie captures the quiet spirit of the everyday – and the title of each work is a short story of its own.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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How this artist went from teenage graffiti to a retrospective at the NGV
Both playful and powerful, the work of the Western suburbs-raised artist digs into important and thorny issues.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Todd Woodbridge’s son didn’t follow dad’s footsteps. He walked into a lead role instead
The tennis great’s son admits he’s the “odd one out” in a very sporty family as he prepares to take on the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen.
- by Louise Rugendyke