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The curtain falls for now:How dance companies are reaching out to their audiences

March 15, 2020 – 7:24 am

If you’re reading this you already know that in Australia sports come first and the performing arts come later, if

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The Australian Ballet 2020

September 29, 2019 – 1:06 pm

Although David McAllisterâ€™s retirement as artistic director of the Australia Ballet was announced back in May, the absolute certainty of

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged A Month in the Country, Alexei Ratmansly, Alice Topp, AndrÃ© Prokovsky, Ashley Wheater, Australian Ballet, Ballets Russes, Chroma, Colonel de Basil, David McAllister, Dyad 1929, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Graeme Murphy, Harlequinade, Joffrey Ballet, John Lanchbery, Kristian Fredrikson, Les Millions dâ€™Arlequin, Logos, Marius Petipa, Molto Vivace, Nicolette Fraillon, Sergei Diaghilev, Squander and Glory, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, Swan Lake, The Happy Prince, Tim Harbour, Wayne McGregor, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (0)

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, American Ballet Theatre, AndrÃ© Prokovsky, 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)

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, American Ballet Theatre, 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)

Anna Karenina: Tolstoy’s tragedy interpreted by six choreographers

February 27, 2013 – 8:55 am

Anna Karenina, the movie directed by Joe Wright and starring Kiera Knightley, opens with a painting of the curtain at

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, AndrÃ© Prokovsky, Australian Ballet, Boris Eifman, Damien Welch, Dimitrije Parlic, Joe Wright, Keira Knightley, Marilyn Rowe, Maya Plisetskaya, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Stanton Welch | Comments (3)

The ‘shock’ of the old: Eifman’s low voltage Anna Karenina

August 16, 2012 – 1:51 pm

As the saying goes â€œin matters of taste, there can be no disputesâ€. For at least a third of the

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Boris Eifman, George Balanchine, Nina Zmievets | Comments (2)

The shock and awe of Russian lives through Eifman’s eyes

April 23, 2012 – 8:50 am

The Eifman Ballet is to visit Australia for the first time in August and September, bringing two works, Tchaikovsky (1993)

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