Interplay (1.5/5)

Australian Ballet

(Night Path [Stephen Baynes], Semele [Matjash Mrozewski], The Possibility of Space [Nicolo Fonte])
Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House

22^nd November 2008

The Australian Ballet is to be applauded for commissioning three new pieces, but who would have expected such tedium. Whilst Semele is underpinned by a narrative (lust), Night Path and Possibility of Space rely wholly on dance and music for their energy. Night Path involves a sleeping ballerina being carried by two men but does not carry the audience into a land of dreams. ‘Space’ is somewhat abstract. Interplay plays on simplicity, perhaps a little too much.