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Spartacus: The good, the evil and the wall between

November 17, 2018 – 7:05 am

Lucas Jervies, the choreographer of the Australian Balletā€™s new production of Spartacus wanted to create a work that relates to

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Giselle, Jarryd Madden, Jerome Kaplan, Jiri Kylian, Kevin Jackson, Kurt Jooss, Lana Jones, Lucas Jervies, Nicolette Fraillon, Nigel Poulton, Robyn Hendricks, Spartacus, The Green Table, Yuri Grigorovich | Comments (0)

Kevin Jackson seizes the day with his Sydney debut as Nijinsky

November 17, 2016 – 12:25 pm

The opening night of Neumeierā€™s Nijinsky in Sydney was Remembrance Day, the 11th of November, a day that marks the

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Alexandre Riabko, Amber Scott, Amy Harris, Australian Ballet, Ballets Russes, Bronislava Nijinsky, Diaghilev, Giselle, John Neumeier, Kevin Jackson, Nijinsky, Romola Nijnsky, Tyl Eulenspiegel | Comments (0)

2016: The past, the present, and a very big challenge of the future

January 3, 2016 – 1:13 pm

A hundred years ago the Ziegfeld Follies opened on Broadway with Bachelor Days, a vaudeville show that included a song

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Arthur Pita, Ballets Russes, Bolshoi Babylon, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Cacti, Dieter Graefe, Ethan Stiefel, Fearful Symmetries, Forgotten Land, Giselle, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Ismene Brown, Jiri Kylian, Johann Kobborg, John Adams, John Cranko, John Macfarlane, La Scala, Leonard Bernstein, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Lowell Liebermann, Lucy Moore, Makhar Vaziev, Mark Franchetti, Max Weber, Natalia Osipova, Nick Read, Paul Taylor, Peter Martins, Queensland Ballet, Reid Anderson, Richard Buckle, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, Sadlers Wells, San Francisco Ballet, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Filin, Sergei Polunin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Stuttgart Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Tamara Rojo, Tamas Detrich, Till Eulenspiegel, Vaslav Nijinsky, Vitesse, Vladimir Urin, William Forsythe, World Ballet Day, Ziegfield Follies | Comments (0)

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

October 6, 2015 – 11:36 am

The big difference between World Ballet Day 2015 and the inaugural event last year was the way the five main

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Hero of Our Time, Akane Takada, Alexander Campbell, Alexei Ratmansky, Amy Harris, Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Benidicte Bemet, Bolshoi Ballet, Boris Akimov, Christopher Carr, Christopher Hampson, Cinderella, Daniel Gaudiello, David Bintley, David McAllister, David Nixon, Djakapurra Munyarryun, Dust, English National Ballet, Federico Bonelli, Frederick Ashton, Graeme Murphy, Hamlet, Ismene Brown, Jackie Barrett, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jonathan Cope, Justine Summers, Kenneth MacMillan, Lauren Cuthbertson, Lisa Craig, National Ballet of Canada, Ore Oduba, Presque Rien, Radu Poklitaru, Raven Girl, Romeo & Juliet, Royal Ballet, Ryoichi Hirano, San Francisco Ballet, Sarah Thompson, Sergei Filin, Sleeping Beauty, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, Swan Lake, Tamara Rojo, Two Pigeons, Wayne McGregor, World Ballet Day, Yuhui Choe, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (0)

Guillem: The song is almost ended, but the melody lingers on

August 24, 2015 – 5:35 am

Sylvie Guillem entered the stage like an inquisitive, fast moving animal. Her fingers resembled little legs, scrabbling across the floor,

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged 6000 Miles Away, Alies Sluiter, Andy Cowton, Brigel Gjoka, Bye, Duo, Here & After, Life in Progress, Mats Ek, Michael Hulls, Riley Watts, Russell Maliphant, Sylvie Guillem, techne, Wet Woman, William Forsythe | Comments (0)

War Dances – a brief history beyond The Green Table

April 25, 2015 – 10:37 am

Branco Gaica’s photo of the men in Stephen Baynes’ ballet, 1914, is one of my favourite images on The Australian

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged 1914, Andrew Simmons, Antony Tudor, Australian Ballet, Branco Gaica, Echoing of Trumpets, Gloria, Jiri Kylian, Johan Kobborg, Kenneth MacMillan, Kurt Jooss, Leonide Massine, Les Presages, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Neil Ieremia, New Zealand Dance Company, Rotunda, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, Salute, Shona McCullough, Soldier's Mass, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, The Green Table | Comments (0)

Memories of the year that was, hopes for the year to come

December 31, 2013 – 3:14 am

Looking backwards before glimpsing forward, the two highlights of the Australian dance year were the season of the Paris Opera

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged 6000 Miles Away, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Amber Scott, American Ballet Theatre, Anna Volkova, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Bach Partita, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Baz Luhrmann, Bolero, Bolshoi Ballet, Cacti, Carlos Acosta, Chengwu Guo, Chroma, Cinderella, Coppelia, Daniel Gaudielo, David Hallburg, Dido & Aeneas, Don Quixote, DorothĆ©e Gilbert, Esmeralda, Expressions Dance Company, Fanatic, Fancy Free, George Balanchine, Gideon Obarzanel. Jacopo Godani, Giselle, Greg Horsman, iTMOi, Ivan Vasiliev, Jerome Robbins, Jiri Kylian, Kenneth MacMillan, Kevin McKenzie, Korper, La Bayadere, Larissa McGowan, Laurel Martyn, Leanne Stojmenov, Les Illuminations, Li Cunxin, Lynnette Wallworth, Manon, Marie-AgnĆØs Gillot, Mary Li, Mathieu Ganio, Multiverse, Natalia Osipova, Natalie Weir, Nederlands Dans Theater, Nicolo Fonte, Nils Christie, Olivia Bell, Paris Opera Ballet, Patyegarang, Proximity, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Rafael Bonachela, Red Shoes, Romeo & Juliet, Sarabande, Sasha Waltz, Serenade, Sergei Filin, Seven Sonatas, Short Dialogues, Stanton Welch, Stephen Baynes, Stephen Page, Steven McRae, Strelsa Heckelman, Strictly Ballroom, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, Tamara Rojo, The Beginning of Nature, The Bright Stream, Tim Flannery, Twyla Tharp, Ty KIng-Wall, Yosvani Ramos | Comments (2)

In the mind of Akram

September 2, 2013 – 8:40 am

They say that all the characters in our dreams represent us, the dreamer. If Akram Khanā€™s production, iTMOi, is the

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Ben Frost, Catherine Schaub Abkarian, Ching-Ying Chien, Diaghilev, Igor Stravinsky, in the mind of igor, iTMOi, Jiri Kylian, Jocelyn Pook, Joel Jenkins, Kimie Nakano, L'apres midi d'un faune, Nitin Sawhney, Petroushka, The Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Vaslav Nijinsky | Comments (0)

The Brisbane ballet connection: new faces, new beginnings

June 13, 2013 – 12:24 pm

Five days in Brisbane, two Bolshoi Ballet performances, one visit to the Queensland Ballet, one Bolshoi Conversation Series talk and

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged 1914, Ben Stevenson, Bolshoi Ballet, Carlos Acosta, Daniel Gaudiello, Emilio Pavan, English National Ballet, Gelsey Kirkland, Harkness Youth Ballet, Huang Junshuang, John Meehan, Leo Schofield, Lest We Forget, Li Cunxin, Liam Scarlett, Lisa Edwards, Mary Li, Matthew Lawrence, Meng Ningning, Queensland Ballet, Renaissance Tours, Russel Maliphant, Stephen Baynes, Tamara Rojo, Three Preludes | Comments (0)

Dancing around the world, Sylvie notches up the miles

December 7, 2012 – 9:08 am

In her travels around the world, Sylvie Guillem will notch up many more miles than 6000 as she tours her

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged 6000 Miles Away, iTMOi, Jiri Kylian, Massimo Murru, Mats Ek, Nicolas Le Riche, Puz/zle, Rearray, Sadlers Wells Theatre, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sylvie Guillem, Willliam Forsythe | Comments (0)

Tag Archives: Akram Khan

Spartacus: The good, the evil and the wall between

Kevin Jackson seizes the day with his Sydney debut as Nijinsky

2016: The past, the present, and a very big challenge of the future

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

Guillem: The song is almost ended, but the melody lingers on

War Dances – a brief history beyond The Green Table

Memories of the year that was, hopes for the year to come

In the mind of Akram

The Brisbane ballet connection: new faces, new beginnings

Dancing around the world, Sylvie notches up the miles

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