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The Australian Ballet began and will end with a summer gala

October 29, 2021 – 10:56 am

Black Swan pas de deux from Swan Lake, Benedicte Bemet and Brett-Chynoweth: photo Simone Eeles The first was Summertime at

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Anna Karenina, La Favorita, Swan Lake, The Merry Widow, Watermark | Comments (0)

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, Ballets Russes, 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)

The Helpmann awards: winners of the year and problems of the past

August 20, 2014 – 1:01 pm

Itâ€™s been 11 years since the Australian Ballet won the Helpmann Award for the Best Ballet or Dance Work. Back

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged 2 in D Minor, 2 One Another, 247 Days, A Small Prometheus, An Act of Now, Andre Santos, Aorta, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Awards, Australian Dance Theatre, Charmene Yap, Chunky Move, Dalisa Pigrim, Daniel Gaudiello, Fiona Evans, Graeme Murphy, Helpmann Awards, James Pham, Lucinda Dunn, Stephanie Lake, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Wayne McGregor, West Australian Ballt | Comments (0)

Dance nominees in the Helpmann Awards, 2014

July 15, 2014 – 1:53 pm

The dance panel for the Helpmann Awards 2014 has shortlisted four works for Best Ballet or Dance Work, and in

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Andre Santos, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Batsheva Dance Company, Bolshoi Ballet, Charmene Yap, Cinderella, Dalissa Pigram, Daniel Gaudiello, Daniel Jaber, Expressions Dance Company, Fiona Evans, Garry Stewart, Gudirr Gudirr, Helpmann Awards, James Vu Anh Pham, Kimball Wong, Les Illuminations, Monument, Natalie Weir, Nicolette Fraillon, Nought, Ohad Naharin, Onegin. Lucinda Dunn, Radio and Juliet, Rafael Bonachela, Sadeh21, Stephanie Lake, Sydney Dance Company, The Bright Stream, Wayne McGregor, When Time Stops | Comments (0)

Now and then in the Australian Ballet’s night of white

May 4, 2014 – 1:10 pm

When William Forsythe rehearsed his In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated with the Paris Opera Ballet in 1987 he asked one

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Andrew Killian, Art to Sky, Australian Ballet, Balanchine, Hugh Colman, Jiri Kylian, Joby Talbot, John Pawson, Lana Jones, Lucy Carter, Madeleine Eastoe, Marius Petipa, Mozart, Natasha Kusen, Petite Mort, Sechs Tanze, Valerie Tereschenko, Wayne McGregor, White Stripes, William Forsythe | Comments (0)

Memories of the year that was, hopes for the year to come

December 31, 2013 – 3:14 am

Looking backwards before glimpsing forward, the two highlights of the Australian dance year were the season of the Paris Opera

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged 6000 Miles Away, Akram Khan, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Amber Scott, American Ballet Theatre, Anna Volkova, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Bach Partita, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Baz Luhrmann, Bolero, Bolshoi Ballet, Cacti, Carlos Acosta, Chengwu Guo, Cinderella, Coppelia, Daniel Gaudielo, David Hallburg, Dido & Aeneas, Don Quixote, DorothÃ©e Gilbert, Esmeralda, Expressions Dance Company, Fanatic, Fancy Free, George Balanchine, Gideon Obarzanel. Jacopo Godani, Giselle, Greg Horsman, iTMOi, Ivan Vasiliev, Jerome Robbins, Jiri Kylian, Kenneth MacMillan, Kevin McKenzie, Korper, La Bayadere, Larissa McGowan, Laurel Martyn, Leanne Stojmenov, Les Illuminations, Li Cunxin, Lynnette Wallworth, Manon, Marie-AgnÃ¨s Gillot, Mary Li, Mathieu Ganio, Multiverse, Natalia Osipova, Natalie Weir, Nederlands Dans Theater, Nicolo Fonte, Nils Christie, Olivia Bell, Paris Opera Ballet, Patyegarang, Proximity, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Rafael Bonachela, Red Shoes, Romeo & Juliet, Sarabande, Sasha Waltz, Serenade, Sergei Filin, Seven Sonatas, Short Dialogues, Stanton Welch, Stephen Baynes, Stephen Page, Steven McRae, Strelsa Heckelman, Strictly Ballroom, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, Tamara Rojo, The Beginning of Nature, The Bright Stream, Tim Flannery, Twyla Tharp, Ty KIng-Wall, Yosvani Ramos | Comments (2)

The Australian Ballet’s 2014 repertoire

September 3, 2013 – 10:05 am

Stanton Welchâ€™s production of La Bayadere, Peter Wrightâ€™s The Nutcracker and Kenneth MacMillanâ€™s Manon are the three main ingredients of

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Ballet Imperial, David McAllister, Houston Ballet, Jiri Kylian, Kenneth MacMillan, La Bayadere, Manon, Peter Wright, Petite Mort, Sachs Tanze, Stephen Baynes, Suite en blanc, The Nutcracker, Wayne McGregor | Comments (0)