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A five star show to start the Australian Ballet’s year

February 23, 2015 – 9:38 am

The Australian Ballet delivered a triple treat on the opening night of the company’s 2015 season. Madeleine Eastoe, Kevin Jackson

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Alistair Macaulay, Andris Toppe, Benedicte Bemet, Brooke Lockett, Clement Crisp, Colin Peasley, Frank Leo, Graeme Murphy, Heidi Martin, Karen Nanesca, Kevin Jackson, Kristian Fredrikson, Madeleine Eastoe, Matthew Donnelly, Shane Carroll, Steven Heathcote, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

St Petersburg Blue and French White unite in Imperial Suite

May 6, 2014 – 9:22 pm

Ballet Imperial and Suite en blanc share much – their speed and exactitude, the technical challenges that allow no hiding

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Amber Scott, Australian Ballet, Ballet Imperial, Brett Chynoweth, Brett Simon, Calvin Hannaford, Daniel Gaudiello, George Balanchine, Hoang Pham, Hugh Colman, Karinska, Kenneth Rowell, Lana Jones, Laura Tong, Luke Marchant, Maina Gielgud, Nicolette Fraillon, Rudy Hawkes, Serge Lifar, Suite en blanc, Suzanne Farrell, Tchaikovsky | Comments (0)

New year news from the Australian Ballet

January 16, 2014 – 12:01 pm

Tim Harbour has become the new resident choreographer at the Australian Ballet. A former senior artist with the company he

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Bodytorque, Tim Harbour | Comments (2)

First the glitter, then the shadowplay: the Australian Ballet’s double bill

November 10, 2013 – 9:02 am

The Australian Balletâ€™s latest program is a study in contrasts: Romantic era French, versus Imperial Russian, a chandelier versus a

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Amy Harris, Andrew Wright, August Bournonville, Australian Ballet, Colin Peasley, Daniel Gaudiello, Erik Bruhn, Ivor Guest, Kevin Jackson, La Syphide, Lana Jones, Miwako Kubota, Paquita, Paul Murphy, Robyn Hendricks, Royal Danish Ballet, Vivienne Wong | Comments (0)

Bodytorque 2013: so far, so good, now for the future nurturing of talent

November 4, 2013 – 2:20 am

Almost a decade ago, David McAllister, artistic director of the Australian Ballet attended a conference in England where he, and

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Bangarra, Ben Stuart-Carberry, Benedicte Bemet, Bodytorque, Calvin Hannaford, Christiano Martino, David McAllister, Dimity Azoury, George Balanchine, Graeme Murphy, Graham Silver, Halaina Hills, Imogen Chapman, Ingrid Gow, Jack Hersee, Jake Mangakahia, Jarryd Madden, Jessica Fyfe, Jiri Kylian, Joshua Consandine, Kat Chan, Les Presages, Liam Scarlett, Natasha Kusen, Richard House, Rohan Furnell, Stephen Page, Theme and Variations, Toni Maticevski, Ty KIng-Wall, Valerie Tereschenko, Vivienne Wong | Comments (1)

Osipova and Vasiliev: A trip to the moon on gossamer wings

March 18, 2013 – 2:55 am

Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev donâ€™t just dance Don Quixote at a level of perfection we seldom, if ever, see.

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Amber Scott, Australian Ballet, Chengwu Guo, Don Quixote, Francis Croese, Ivan Vasiliev, Matthew Donnelly, Natalia Ospiova, Reiko Hombo, Rudolf Nureyev, Steven Heathcote | Comments (4)

An infinite array of storms, swans and stars

April 13, 2012 – 8:11 am

In 1996, the last year of her artistic directorship of the Australian Ballet, Maina Gielgud programmed a triple bill of

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Benedicte Bemet, Benjamin Cisterne, Beth Dean, Brett Dean, Brooke Lockett, Calvin Hannaford, Charles Thompson, David McAllister, David Page, Edourard Borovansky, Ella Havelka, Gideon Obarzanek, Graeme Murphy, Infinity, Jake Mangakahia, Jarryd Madden, Jennifer Irwin, Lana Jones, Maina Gielgud, Melbourne Cup, Nearly Beloved, Nutcracker, Peggy van Praagh, Rex Reid, Robert Helpmann, Rumours, Stefan Gregory, Stephen Page, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, The Display, The Narrative of Nothing, There's Definitely a Prince Involved, Vivienne Wong, Warumuk | Comments (2)