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Sono Osato, a woman of mystery, magic and courage, who survived racism, and the slings and arrows of working for Colonel de Basil

April 25, 2016 – 8:11 am

A serendipitous chain of events this month began when a Sydney Morning Herald columnist asked for help with an article

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Adolph Bolm, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Ballet Theatre, Berenice Holmes, Carol J Oja, Cleopatre, Colonel de Basil, Diaghilev Ballets Russes, Distant Dances, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Leonide Massine, Michel Fokine, Misty Copelamd, On The Town, One Touch of Venus, Original Ballet Russe, Roman Jasensky, Sono Osato, The Prodigal Son | Comments (3)

Kevin McKenzie on American Ballet Theatre, past and present

July 29, 2014 – 1:33 pm

This is an extended version of a feature that first appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald on 26 July, 2014

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre, Bach Partita, Brigadoon, Carousel, David Hallberg, Fall River Legend, Fancy Free, George Balanchine, In the Upper Room, Jerome Robbins, Kevin McKenzie, Leonard Bernstein, Lucia Chase, Michael Kidd, Michael Mordkin, Movin'On, Nine Sinatra Songs, Oklahoma!, Rodeo, Seven Sonatas, Swan Lake, Theme and Variations, Twyla Tharp, West Side Story | Comments (0)

Frederic Franklin, the Peter Pan of dance

May 9, 2013 – 10:22 am

Six weeks before the start of World War I, Fred Franklin, a caterer, and his wife, Mabel, gave birth to

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Alexandra Danilova. Gaite Parisienne, Alicia Markova, American Ballet Theatre, Anton Dolin, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Colin Peasley, Frederic Franklin, Jack Anderson, Lydia Kyasht, Nicolai Legat, Rodeo, Tulsa Ballet | Comments (1)

Matt Mattox: the Australian years – from Oklahoma! to Song of Norway

April 28, 2013 – 10:21 pm

Oh What a Wonderful Morninโ€ it was for Rodgers and Hammerstein when Oklahoma! opened in New York in March 1943.

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Edna Busse, Gemze De Lappe, George Balanchine, J C Willamson, Jacques d'Amboise, Katharine Sergava, Lee Christofis, Marc Platt, Matt Mattox, Michael Kidd, Oklahoma!, Russ Tamblyn, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Song of Norway, Strelsa Heckelman, Tommy Rall, Vasillie Trunoff, Vladimir Kostenko | Comments (9)

Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo: ABT marks the 70th anniversary of the moment “we put our feet on the ground”

October 16, 2012 – 1:17 pm

America was at war following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour and the United States was โ€never more deeply determined

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Aaron Copland, American Ballet Theatre, Frederic Franklin, Kasimir Kokitch, Oliver Smith, Rodeo | Comments (0)