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A night of swoons, sighs and razmatazz: The Australian Ballet’s gala of 2016

May 2, 2016 – 2:16 pm

A spoonful of pas de deux by the late Agrippina Vaganova and the very present Christopher Wheeldon would be excellent

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged After the Rain, Ako Kondo, Alice Topp, Amanda McGuigan, Amber Scott, Australian Ballet, Brett Chynoweth, Chengwu Guo, Christopher Wheeldon, Damian Smith, Diana and Actaeon, George Balanchine, Grand Pas Classique, Kevin Jackson, Little Atlas, Miwako Kubota, Richard House, Robyn Hendricks, Rudy Hawkes, Scent of Love, Stuart Macklin, Symphony in C, Vivienne Wong | Comments (1)

Diana and Actaeon, the odd couple of a Soviet showstopper

May 1, 2016 – 9:34 am

Thereâ€™s nothing quite like the Diana and Actaeon* pas de deux to excite a ballet audience. The piece is a

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Ako Kondo, Australian Ballet, Chengwu Guo, Diana and Actaeon, Doug Fullington, Esmeralda, Galina Ulanova, George Balanchine, Jules Perrot, Kirov Ballet, Le Roi Candaule, Lucinda Dunn, Marius Petipa, Paquita, Robert Curran, Spring Waters, Symphony in C, Vaktang Chabukiani | Comments (1)

Irina Baronova, seen through the eyes of her daughter, Victoria Tennant

December 16, 2014 – 11:09 am

This article first appeared in the Good Weekend supplement of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Tucked in a

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Arnold Haskell, Australian Ballet, Cecil Tennant, George Balanchine, Gerry Sevastianov, Irina Baronova, Kirk Stambler, Laurence Olivier, Les Sylphides, Margot Fonteyn, New York City Library, University of Chicago Press, Victoria Tennant | Comments (0)

Nureyev in Le Corsaire: “Choreographed on him by God”

January 6, 2013 – 6:56 am

Itâ€™s 20 years today since Rudolf Nureyev died at Notre Dame du PerpÃ©tuel Secours hospital in Paris. The time of

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexander Chekrygin, Alexei Ratmansky, Alistair Macaulay, Drigo, Ezio Frigerio, Joseph Mazilier, Juiie Kavanagh, Jules Perrot, Le Corsaire, Margot Fonteyn, Marius Petipa, Nikolai Zubkovsky, Robert Greskovic, Rudolf Nureyev, Samuil Andrianov | Comments (0)