When Margot Fonteyn toured Australia in 1962 she brought with her an elite group of seven dancers, shown in the
No one excelled Robert Helpmann as a multi tasker. Dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, director and publicist, Helpmann was at the
Maybe it’s because he died in Dunedin, New Zealand – where I was born – or maybe it’s because he
Coppelia has a unique place in the history of dance in Australia even though the ballet has a multinational history.
Some ballets change lives. Children remember their first Nutcracker, of course, or maybe Coppelia or Swan Lake. But for many
The audience at Sydney’s Theatre Royal was thrilled to see the glamorous Ballets Russes’ star for the first time. The
The Royal New Zealand Ballet has marked its sixth decade with a new book celebrating its history. The Royal New
From the words of the first artistic director – Peggy van Praagh – to the thoughts of the newest Odette/Odile
Margot Fonteyn, newly created a Dame of the British Empire, arrived at Mascot Airport, Sydney, in May 1957 in a
Within the vast collection of Max Dupain’s dance photographs at the State Library of New South Wales is a sub