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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, Anna Karenina, Ashley Wheater, Australian Ballet, 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)

Kevin Jackson seizes the day with his Sydney debut as Nijinsky

November 17, 2016 – 12:25 pm

The opening night of Neumeierâ€™s Nijinsky in Sydney was Remembrance Day, the 11th of November, a day that marks the

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Akram Khan, Alexandre Riabko, Amber Scott, Amy Harris, Australian Ballet, Bronislava Nijinsky, Diaghilev, Giselle, John Neumeier, Kevin Jackson, Nijinsky, Romola Nijnsky, Tyl Eulenspiegel | Comments (0)

Nijinsky’s father-in-law: The Australian connection

August 15, 2016 – 1:01 pm

When the dancers of Diaghilevâ€™s Ballets Russes sailed on the SS Avon from Southampton to Buenos Aires in 1913, there

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Charles Pulszky, Romola Pulszky, Serge Lifar, Sergei Diaghilev, Vaslav Nijinsky | Comments (1)

Madame Larose in her underground treasure cave

February 4, 2016 – 12:16 pm

As a postscript to the mystery man of Colonel de Basilâ€™s Ballets Russes, Otis Pearce, this is the much briefer

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anna Tchinarova, Colonel de Basil, Edouard Borovansky, Helene Kirsova, Olga Larose, Tamara Tchinarova, Tamara Toumanova | Comments (0)

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, American Ballet Theatre, Anton Dolin, Ballet Theatre, 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)

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, Alexei Ratmansky, Arthur Pita, 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)

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 Alexei Ratmansky, Alice Topp, Australian Ballet, 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)

A magic carpet ride through 2015

December 31, 2014 – 12:19 pm

I would, if I could, take a magic carpet ride to several continents and at least a dozen theatres to

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Alina Cojocaru, American Ballet Theatre, Andrew Simmons, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Bangarra Dance Theare, Brigitte LefÃ¨vre, Bye, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Christoher Wheeldon, Crystal Pite, Daniel Geller, David McAllister, Dayna Goldfine, Deborah Brown, DV8 Physical Theatre, Expressions Dance Company, Fille mal Gardee, Francis Rings, Fred Astaire, Frederick Ashton, Frederick Wiseman, Gene Kelly, Greg Horsman, Guilleme Cote, Hofesh Schechter, Hong Kong Ballet, I.B.I.S, In the Upper Room, Jiri Kylian, Johan Kobborg, Life in Progress, Lloyd Newson, Lore, Manon, Mark Morris Dance Group, Mats Ek, Merry Widow, Mozart Dances, Natalie Weir, Neil Ieremia, Paris Opera Ballet, Quintett, Royal Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Malliphant, Salute, Seven Deadly Sins, She Oak, Shostakovitch Trilogy, Sophie Fedorovitch, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, Symphonic Variations, The Sleeping Beauty, Turandot, Twyla Tharp, Waangenga Blanco, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Woolf Works | Comments (0)

Irina Baronova, billboard version, makes a second appearance – in Melbourne

November 18, 2013 – 7:30 am

First the State Library of New South Wales found a gigantic painting of Irina Baronova tucked away in the archives

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Col. de Basil, Comedy Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre, Irina Baronova, J C Willamson, Judith Roberts, Kate Gorman, Maurice Seymour | Comments (3)

A Ballets Russes’ treasure finds a new home at the State Library of New South Wales

October 13, 2013 – 10:27 am

Just when it seemed there could be no more treasures to be unearthed from de Basilâ€™s Ballets Russes’ tours of

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged (Anna Severska), (Lelia Roussova), Alexandre Phillipoff, Alexis (Alosha) Frank, Ann Northcote, Arnold Haskell, Arthur Wigram Allen, Audrey Williams (Olga Valevska), Betty Scorer (Elisabeth Souvorova, Col. de Basil, Daryl Lindsay, David Allen, Denis Allen, Igor Youskevitch, J C Williamson Ltd, Lelia Russell, Leon Woizikovsky, Margaret Allen, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, Nina Raievska, Robert Woodley, Sam Hood, Serge Unger, Sonia Woizikowska, Valentin Froman, Valentina Blinova | Comments (12)

Tag Archives: Ballets Russes

The Australian Ballet 2020

Kevin Jackson seizes the day with his Sydney debut as Nijinsky

Nijinsky’s father-in-law: The Australian connection

Madame Larose in her underground treasure cave

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

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

The Australian Ballet’s 2016 repertoire

A magic carpet ride through 2015

Irina Baronova, billboard version, makes a second appearance – in Melbourne

A Ballets Russes’ treasure finds a new home at the State Library of New South Wales

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