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Sydney Morning Herald
Monday September 28, 2009
Blank CanvasBio, 7.30pmThis chronicles a tumultuous year in the life of the Sydney Dance Company. At the end of 2007, artistic director Graeme Murphy left after more than 30 years at the helm and the company's directors decided to replace him with three choreographers as an interim experiment. The doco features interviews with the choreographers (Australian Meryl Tankard, Spaniard Rafael Bonachela and Canadian Aszure Barton) and their dancers as they set about creating works for the company. Even if you're not a contemporary-dance nut, it's interesting to hear the choreographers' philosophies and backstories and see their ideas come to life on stage. You'll be seeing more of the Sydney Dance Company, by the way. It has a three-year sponsorship deal with Foxtel that will include televised performances and the incorporation of the company into future seasons of Australia's Next Top Model and Project Runway Australia.The Best in AustraliaLifeStyle Food, 7.30pmTelevision cooks Anna Gare, Ben O'Donoghue and Darren Simpson reinvent the lamb roast just in time for Sunday lunch. Simpson keeps things fairly simple, Gare barbecues then bakes a butterflied leg of lamb and O'Donoghue goes for a harissa-crusted tandoori job. It's all quite pleasant, even though the kitchen banter is increasingly tending towards the ribald. Most importantly, the recipes are easy enough to make at home, and they comes with your choice of dessert: chocolate cake, chocolate brownie or something called a "chocolate nemesis".
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