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World Ballet Day 2021

September 17, 2021 – 11:38 am

The eighth World Ballet Day will take place on 19 October. This year the main companies will be The Royal

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged David Hallberg, Kevin O'Hare, Makhar Vaziev, The Australian Ballet, The Royal Ballet | Comments (0)

The journey of Spartacus, stage by stage by stage

July 23, 2019 – 5:45 am

After the Bolshoi Balletâ€™s season at Brisbaneâ€™s Queensland Performing Arts Centre (from late June to early July 2019) the company

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Makhar Vaziev, Royal Opera Housse, Sergei Filin, Spartacus, Vladimir Urin, Vladimir Vasiliev, Yuri Grigorovich | Comments (0)

The Bolshoi returns to Australia

January 19, 2019 – 10:19 am

The Bolshoi Ballet is returning to Australia in winter with two ballets, George Balanchineâ€™s Jewels and Yury Grigorovichâ€™s Spartacus. The

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged George Balanchine, Jewels, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Spartacus, Yury Grigorvich | Comments (0)

Spartacus: The good, the evil and the wall between

November 17, 2018 – 7:05 am

Lucas Jervies, the choreographer of the Australian Balletâ€™s new production of Spartacus wanted to create a work that relates to

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Akram Khan, Australian Ballet, Giselle, Jarryd Madden, Jerome Kaplan, Jiri Kylian, Kevin Jackson, Kurt Jooss, Lana Jones, Lucas Jervies, Nicolette Fraillon, Nigel Poulton, Robyn Hendricks, Spartacus, The Green Table, Yuri Grigorovich | 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, Australian Ballet, Ben Cisterne, 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 Australian 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, Australian 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)

Benjamin Millepied: A stranger in his own land

February 8, 2016 – 1:24 pm

When Brigitte LefÃ¨vre prepared for her retirement as director of the Paris Opera Ballet, she made it known that her

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker, Antony Tudor, Arthur Pita, Aurelie Dupont, Batsheva Dance Company, Benjamin Millepied, Brigitte LefÃ¨vre, Carolyn Carson, Deborah MacMillan, Edouard Lock, English National Ballet, George Balanchine, George Skibine, Giselle, Ivan Clustine, Jerome Robbins, John Neumeier, John Taras, Josua Hoffalt, Kenneth MacMillan, La Bayadere, Laurent Hilaire, Le Corsaire, Liam Scarlett, Maguy Marin, Maurice Bejart, Natalie Portman, New York City Ballet, Ohad Naharin, Paris Opera Ballet, Patrick Dupond, Pina Bausch, Roland Petit, Romeo & Juliet, Rosella Hightower, Ross Stretton, Royal Ballet, Rudolf Nureyev, School of American Ballet, Serge Lifar, Sidi Larbi Cheraoui, Stephane Lissner, Violette Verdy, William Forsythe | Comments (2)

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, Ballets Russes, Bolshoi Babylon, 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)

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

October 6, 2015 – 11:36 am

The big difference between World Ballet Day 2015 and the inaugural event last year was the way the five main

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Hero of Our Time, Akane Takada, Akram Khan, Alexander Campbell, Alexei Ratmansky, Amy Harris, Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Benidicte Bemet, Boris Akimov, Christopher Carr, Christopher Hampson, Cinderella, Daniel Gaudiello, David Bintley, David McAllister, David Nixon, Djakapurra Munyarryun, Dust, English National Ballet, Federico Bonelli, Frederick Ashton, Graeme Murphy, Hamlet, Ismene Brown, Jackie Barrett, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jonathan Cope, Justine Summers, Kenneth MacMillan, Lauren Cuthbertson, Lisa Craig, National Ballet of Canada, Ore Oduba, Presque Rien, Radu Poklitaru, Raven Girl, Romeo & Juliet, Royal Ballet, Ryoichi Hirano, San Francisco Ballet, Sarah Thompson, Sergei Filin, Sleeping Beauty, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, Swan Lake, Tamara Rojo, Two Pigeons, Wayne McGregor, World Ballet Day, Yuhui Choe, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (0)

Tag Archives: Bolshoi Ballet

World Ballet Day 2021

The journey of Spartacus, stage by stage by stage

The Bolshoi returns to Australia

Spartacus: The good, the evil and the wall between

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

Benjamin Millepied: A stranger in his own land

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

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

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