[gameboy] | Amy Zhang
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[gameboy] | Amy Zhang

All-in-all [gameboy] is an evocative night of dance that can be read as a commentary on internet gaming and culture or as a thesis on the game of life and the role of intersectional identity in determining how well we are allowed play. Brilliant and evocative; legible to the intellectual and viscerally affective for those just wanting to have a good experience at the theatre. Brava.

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Drenched | Caetlyn Watson
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Drenched | Caetlyn Watson

Brisbane was indeed privy to an extraordinary dance performance brought to the stage by a phenomenal dancer/choreographer/director. Such is the magic of performance art that it felt as if this particular choreographer had unwittingly reached inside each dancer, ripped out their ‘soul’, placed it on stage and said “I give you permission to bare yourself to the audience.’’ 

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Pay the Dancers: Brisbane's Dance Community Takes on the AFL
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Pay the Dancers: Brisbane's Dance Community Takes on the AFL

“On average, I receive calls or email requests once a week asking for 'free' dancers in lieu of exposure. I understand they don't get it and it is my job to educate them,” notes Meg Cooper, CEO of Mad Dance House in Brisbane.

“For me if there is no budget, it's simple. It's a no. I don't want to be known as giving cheap gigs to the dancers. I am a proud advocate for dancers and I want them to be treated as professionals.”

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