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The American premieres of Anna Karenina and Sylvia that are coming soon to Australia

February 17, 2019 – 6:29 am

Time was when a balletâ€™s companyâ€™s repertoire was kept under wraps for months before the big launch. Now, with co-productions

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexi Ratmansky, AndrÃ© Prokovsky, Anna Karenina, Ashley Wheater, Australian Ballet, Houston Ballet, Jerome Kaplan, Joffrey Ballet, Stanton Welch, Sylvia, The Ã“unchback of Notre Dame, The Three Musketeers, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (0)

200 years after Petipa’s birth, Ratmansky prepares for a new BayadÃ¨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 Alexei Ratmansky, Harlequinade, Jerome Kaplan, La Bayadere, Mariinsky Theatre, Marius Petipa, Staatsballett Berlin, Vaganova Academy | 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 Alexei Ratmansky, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 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)

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, Agnes de Mille, 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)

Farewell to Andris Toppe, dancer, choreographer, friend and colleague of so many in the Sydney Dance Company and The Australian Ballet

February 25, 2016 – 3:34 am

Andris Toppe has died in Melbourne at the age of 71, having being diagnosed with advanced cancer in early January.

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Andris Toppe, Australian Ballet, Ballet Victoria, Graeme Murphy, Hamberg Ballet, Janet Vernon, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Mikhail Barysnikov, Natalia Makarova, Nutcracker, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Winnepeg Ballet, Sydney Dance Company | Comments (2)

Tracing the path of the mystery man of the Ballets Russes in Australia

January 27, 2016 – 9:29 pm

His first name was Otis. His second name was Pearce, or maybe Pierce, as his name was often spelt. He

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin, Ballet Theatre, Ballets Russes, Colonel de Basil, German Sevastianov, His Majesty's Theatre, Ian Bevan, Irina Baronova, J C Williamsons, John Gilpin, Olga Larose, Otis Pearce, Otis Pierce, Swan Lake, Theatre Royal, Victor Dandre | Comments (4)

The Sleeping Beauty: A ballet once seen, never forgotten

September 22, 2015 – 12:58 pm

Some ballets change lives. Children remember their first Nutcracker, of course, or maybe Coppelia or Swan Lake. But for many

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Borovansky Ballet, David McAllister, Gabriela Tylesova, Paris Opera Ballet, Rudolf Nureyev, The Sleeping Beauty, The Sleeping Princess | Comments (3)

Kurt Jooss and the timeless masterpiece, The Green Table

July 24, 2015 – 11:27 am

American Ballet Theatreâ€™s repertoire for its autumn 2015 season includes works by Balanchine, Ashton, Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris and Paul

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Essen Folkwang School, Hein Heckroth, Hermann Markard, Jeanette Vondersaar, Kurt Jooss, Pina Bausch, The Green Table | Comments (0)

A story behind the story of Flesh and Bone

May 30, 2015 – 1:10 pm

If the title of the show doesnâ€™t tell us enough then the poster does. The dancer, as you can see,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet School, Black Swan, Dimitri Kleioris, Ethan Stiefel, Flesh and Bone, Gary Harris, Irina Dvorovenko, Moira Walley-Beckett, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Sarah Hay, Sasha Radetsky, The McDonald College of the Performimg Arts, The Red Shoes, Vicki Attard | Comments (0)

Symphonic Variations as seen through the eyes of Wendy Ellis Somes

May 6, 2015 – 9:57 am

This article was first published in The Sydney Morning Herald. With its bomb sites, rubble and rationing, London in 1946

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Frederick Ashton, Het Nationale, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Sadlers Wells Ballet, Symphonic Variations, Wendy Ellis Somes | Comments (0)

Tag Archives: American Ballet Theatre

The American premieres of Anna Karenina and Sylvia that are coming soon to Australia

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

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

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

Farewell to Andris Toppe, dancer, choreographer, friend and colleague of so many in the Sydney Dance Company and The Australian Ballet

Tracing the path of the mystery man of the Ballets Russes in Australia

The Sleeping Beauty: A ballet once seen, never forgotten

Kurt Jooss and the timeless masterpiece, The Green Table

A story behind the story of Flesh and Bone

Symphonic Variations as seen through the eyes of Wendy Ellis Somes

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