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Osipova’s “Pure Dance”

October 8, 2019 – 10:22 am

The American ballet critic, Arlene Croce, described Antony Tudorâ€™s ballet, The Leaves are Fading, as â€śa wistful attempt at a

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Alina Cojocaru, Antony Tudor, David Hallberg, Flutter, In Absentia, Jason Kittelberger, Johan Kobborg, Jonathan Goddard, Kim Brandstrup, Natalia Osipova, Pure Dance, Royal Ballet, Sadlers Wells, Six Years Later, The Leaves Are Fading, Valse Triste | Comments (0)

The journey of Spartacus, stage by stage by stage

July 23, 2019 – 5:45 am

After the Bolshoi Balletâ€™s season at Brisbaneâ€™s Queensland Performing Arts Centre (from late June to early July 2019) the company

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Bolshoi Ballet, Makhar Vaziev, Royal Opera Housse, Sergei Filin, Spartacus, Vladimir Urin, Vladimir Vasiliev, Yuri Grigorovich | Comments (0)

200 years after Petipa’s birth, Ratmansky prepares for a new BayadĂ¨re

August 28, 2018 – 12:30 am

To mark the 200 years since the birth of Marius Petipa, the choreographer was celebrated with a memorial plaque at

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged American Ballet Theatre, Harlequinade, Jerome Kaplan, La Bayadere, Mariinsky Theatre, Marius Petipa, Staatsballett Berlin, Vaganova Academy | Comments (0)

The Australian Ballet’s 2018 tent pole: Spartacus reinvented for the 21st century

September 27, 2017 – 7:12 am

In any ballet season thereâ€™s always a big show, a premiere, a hook that adds that extra bit of excitement

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alice Topp, Australian Ballet, Ben Cisterne, Bolshoi Ballet, Cinderella, Constant Variants, David McAllster, Filigree and Shadow, Gary Norman, Giselle, Graeme Murphy, Imara Savage, Jerome Ka, Laszlo Seregi, Lisa Pavane, Lucas Jervies, Maina Gielgud, Nigel Poulton, Robert Helpmann, Ronald Hynd, Spartarcus, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, The Firebird, The Merry Widow, Tim Harbour, Yuri Grigorovich | Comments (0)

Together they stand: the trend for co-productions in the ballet world

August 24, 2017 – 1:24 pm

Weâ€™re fast approaching the time when dance companies release their 2018 repertoire. The Queensland Ballet will reveal its season on

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, American Ballet Theatre, Anna Karenina, Ashley Wheater, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, David McAllister, George Balanchine, Harlequin, Harlequinade, Helene Kirsova, Houston Ballet, Les Millions dâ€™Arlequin, National Ballet of Canada, New York City Ballet, Paul Hammond, Royal Ballet, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (1)

Ratmansky’s Cinderella at the Coliseum – a round up of the London reviews

July 23, 2016 – 6:26 am

The London critics are mostly in agreement in their reviews of the Australian Balletâ€™s Cinderella, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky in

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Amy Harris, Australian Ballet, Cinderella, David Jays, Donald Hutera, Eloise Fryer, Hanna Weibye, Jann Parry, Jerome Kaplan, Kevin Jackson, Leanne Stojmenov, Mark Monahan, Nicolette Fraillon | Comments (1)

Daniel Gaudiello makes a no-fuss, no flowers exit from the Australian Ballet stage

March 24, 2016 – 1:23 pm

Daniel Gaudiello gave his last performance with the Australian Ballet on 21 March in Melbourne. When a principal artist leaves

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Cinderella, Daniel Gaudiello, David McAllister, In the Middle, La Bayadere, Lana Jones, Queensland Ballet, Somewhat Elevated, Swan Lake, Vitesse | Comments (1)

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, Akram Khan, Alexander Ekman, 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, Akram Khan, Alexander Campbell, 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)

The Australian Ballet’s 2016 repertoire

September 23, 2015 – 8:32 am

For the first time in its history, the Australian Ballet will stage a ballet choreographed by John Neumeier, the artistic

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alice Topp, Australian Ballet, Ballets Russes, Bodytorque, Christopher Wheeldon, Cinderella, Coppelia, DGV: Dance a grand vistesse, Forgotten Land, George Balanchine, George Ogilvie, Hamburg Ballet, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Jiri Kylian, John Neumeier, Kristian Fredrikson, Nijinsky, Peggy van Praagh, Roberta Guidi di Bagno, Romeo&Juliet, Sergei Diaghilev, Stanton Welch, Stephen Baynes, Swan Lake, Symphony in C, William Forsythe | Comments (0)

Tag Archives: Alexei Ratmansky

Osipova’s “Pure Dance”

The journey of Spartacus, stage by stage by stage

200 years after Petipa’s birth, Ratmansky prepares for a new BayadĂ¨re

The Australian Ballet’s 2018 tent pole: Spartacus reinvented for the 21st century

Together they stand: the trend for co-productions in the ballet world

Ratmansky’s Cinderella at the Coliseum – a round up of the London reviews

Daniel Gaudiello makes a no-fuss, no flowers exit from the Australian Ballet stage

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

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

The Australian Ballet’s 2016 repertoire

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