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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 McAllister’s retirement as artistic director of the Australia Ballet was announced back in May, the absolute certainty of

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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 ballet’s company’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, André Prokovsky, Ashley Wheater, Australian Ballet, Houston Ballet, Jerome Kaplan, Joffrey Ballet, Stanton Welch, Sylvia, The Óunchback 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

We’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 d’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, André 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 “in matters of taste, there can be no disputes”. For at least a third of the

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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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