Showing posts with label New Hamer Hall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Hamer Hall. Show all posts

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Review: Blaze (Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne)


Pumping out any number of impressive moves, head spinning, and one armed hand stands this week comes Blaze, a celebration of street dancing, in Melbourne after its premiere in London’s West End, and tours of the Netherlands and the UK.

MC Tony Mills urges those gathered to ‘make some noise’ as sixteen dancers and breakers take the stage. After a rather languid opening we are thrust into a high energy and mega volume affair that maintains pace by launching into new songs before the previous one ends. Continue reading

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Hamer Hall Reopens in Glittering Style

No expense was spared for the glittering opening concerts at the newly refurbished Hamer Hall in Melbourne this week.

Over two nights patrons were treated to a wonderfully eclectic program. Opening with the Welcome to Country, the aroma of smoking eucalyptus pervaded the performance space, and was followed by the wonderful IDJA Dance Theatre and Jack Charles, Barerungar ngargee (coming together to celebrate our land). 

The contemporary dance told the stories of three ancestral spirits: Bunjil (the eagle) protector and creator of man, Balang (his brother the bat) creator of woman, and Waa (the crow) protector of the waterways. Continue reading