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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

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The Australian Ballet’s repertoire for 2019

September 25, 2018 – 3:14 am

Stanton Welch, the Australian born artistic director of the Houston Ballet, has delved into Greek mythology with his new production

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Aurum, Australian Ballet, Christopher Wheedon, Constant Variants, David McAllister, Filigree and Shadow, Graeme Murphy, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jerome Kaplan, Kim Carpenter, LAC, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Oscar Wilde, Peter Wright, Stanton Welch, Stephen Baynes, Sylvia, The Happy Prince, The Nutcracker, Tim Harbour | Comments (4)

Flying dreams and dancing animals: How children’s tales migrated to the ballet stage

August 21, 2017 – 10:02 am

This article first appeared in the Australian Ballet’s publication, Balletomane. If Wonderland were a destination, we could take our seats

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Kevin O’Hare on the first Royal Ballet tour to Australia in 15 years and his own mantra: “Creating the classics of the 21st century”

June 6, 2017 – 8:35 am

At the end of this month the Royal Ballet will take up residence at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in

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The family tree of dancing dolls from de Valois de Ashton to van Praagh

June 24, 2016 – 7:17 am

With news that the Royal Balletâ€™s resident choreographer, Liam Scarlett, is working on a new production of Swan Lake, Iâ€™ve

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Ballet Imperial, Coppelia, Fille mal Gardee, Kristian Fredrikson, Osbert Lancaster, Peggy van Praagh, The Dream | 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

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Symphonic Variations as seen through the eyes of Wendy Ellis Somes

May 6, 2015 – 9:57 am

This article was first published in The Sydney Morning Herald. With its bomb sites, rubble and rationing, London in 1946

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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

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If there’s mice and mirlitons and memories of our first ballet concert, it has to be Christmas

December 23, 2014 – 2:15 am

At Christmas, we yearn for home or at least the memory of home as it was when we were children.

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Christmas Carol, Australian Ballet, Christmas, Frederick A, Gary Harris, Graeme Murphy, Marguerite and Armand, Matthew Bourne, Nutcracker, Queensland Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet | Comments (1)

World Ballet Day: October 1

September 29, 2014 – 9:44 pm

Tomorrow five ballet companies around the world will be live streaming from their studios, first from Australia, then Russia, the

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Tag Archives: Frederick Ashton

The Australian Ballet 2020

The Australian Ballet’s repertoire for 2019

Flying dreams and dancing animals: How children’s tales migrated to the ballet stage

Kevin O’Hare on the first Royal Ballet tour to Australia in 15 years and his own mantra: “Creating the classics of the 21st century”

The family tree of dancing dolls from de Valois de Ashton to van Praagh

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

Symphonic Variations as seen through the eyes of Wendy Ellis Somes

A magic carpet ride through 2015

If there’s mice and mirlitons and memories of our first ballet concert, it has to be Christmas

World Ballet Day: October 1

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