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La Scala and Nureyev, at home and abroad

June 7, 2018 – 10:29 am

The strong connection between Rudolf Nureyev and La Scala was recently honoured with a gala in Milan to mark the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Apollo, Carla Fracci, Colin Peasley, Don Quixote, Federic Olivieri, Francis Croese, Germain Louvet, La Scala, Lucette Aldous, Marianela Nunez, Marilyn Rowe, Nicoletta Manni, Robert Helpmann, Roberto Bolle, Rudolf Nureyev, Sleeping Beauty, Svetlana Zakharova, Vadim Muntagirov | Comments (0)

Peggy van Praagh’s portrait with help from Noel Pelly

May 21, 2018 – 7:05 am

For years Iâ€™ve wondered who painted the portrait of Peggy van Praagh that’s hung in the main studio of the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Lewis Miller, Noel Pelly, Peggy van Praagh, Ray Powell | Comments (0)

The Australian days of Annette Page, Ronald Hynd and Dudley Simpson

February 26, 2018 – 6:52 am

When Margot Fonteyn toured Australia in 1962 she brought with her an elite group of seven dancers, shown in the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Annette Page, Borovansky Ballet, Dudley Simpson, Jill Bathurst, Margot Fonteyn, Pacific North West Ballet, Robert Helomann, Robin Haig, Ronald Hynd, Royal Ballet, Rudolf Nureyev, The Merry Widow | Comments (0)

Promotions, joiners and leavers: The Australian Ballet 2018

January 26, 2018 – 12:09 pm

The Australian Balletâ€™s updated Dancersâ€™ page on its website shows the companyâ€™s most recent promotions for 2018. Valerie Tereshchenko and

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Ben Davis, Brodie James, Corey Herbert, Daniel Bryne, Jade Wood, Jill Ogai, Joseph Romancewicz, Karen Nanasca, Katherine Sonnekus, Marcus Morelli, Matthew Bradwell, Nathan Brook, Serena Graham, Valerie Tereshchenko | Comments (4)

Alice’s Romp Through Wonderland

December 9, 2017 – 9:58 am

Could any creative team have as much fun as the men who sat down together to make the ballet Aliceâ€™s

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Adam Bull, Ako Kondo, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Amy Harris, Bob Crowley, Christopher Wheeldon, Joby Talbot, Nicholas Wright, Nutcracker, Peter Wright, Steven Heathcote, Ty KIng-Wall | Comments (0)

Whoops and whistles as Misty brings down the house

November 24, 2017 – 10:56 am

It wasnâ€™t your everyday ballet audience. There were whoops, cheers and whistles as Misty Copeland made her entrance as Aurora

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Jade Wood, Kevin Jackson, Lev Ivanov, Marcus Morelli, Marius Petipa, Misty Copeland, Opera Australia Orchestra, Philip Ellis, The Sleeping Beauty | Comments (1)

Kenneth MacMillan: His creative spirit remains, 25 years after his death

November 7, 2017 – 9:11 am

To mark the 25th anniversary of MacMillan’s death – in October 1992 – six dance companies in the United Kingdom

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexander Bland, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Deborah MacMillan, Elite Syncopations, English National Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan, Le Baiser de la fÃ©e, Manon, Northern Ballet, Peter Wright, Queensland Ballet, Romeo & Juliet, Roy Round, Royal Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Song of the Earth, The Judas Tree, Yorke Dance Project. | 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 Alexei Ratmansky, Alice Topp, 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)

World Ballet Day 2017

September 24, 2017 – 8:35 am

The next WBD is on 5 October. Five companies, The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi, Royal Ballet, National Ballet of Canada and

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Bolshoi Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, World Ballet Day | 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, Anna Karenina, Ashley Wheater, 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)

Tag Archives: Australian Ballet

La Scala and Nureyev, at home and abroad

Peggy van Praagh’s portrait with help from Noel Pelly

The Australian days of Annette Page, Ronald Hynd and Dudley Simpson

Promotions, joiners and leavers: The Australian Ballet 2018

Alice’s Romp Through Wonderland

Whoops and whistles as Misty brings down the house

Kenneth MacMillan: His creative spirit remains, 25 years after his death

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

World Ballet Day 2017

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

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