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The Paris Opera Ballet brings Nureyev’s Swan Lake and works by Forsythe, Robbins and Pite to Australia

December 28, 2019 – 2:39 am

The Paris Opera Ballet will return to Australia in July next year at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane.

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Ab [intra], Blake Works I, Crystal Pite, Ezio Frigerio, George Balanchine, In The Night, James Blake, Jerome Robbins, Max Richter, Palais Garnier, Paris Opera Ballet, Rafael Bonachela, Roslyn Sulcas, Rudolf Nureyev, Serge Lifar, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky pas de deux, The Seasons' Canon, William Forsythe | Comments (0)

Ako Kondo as Giselle

May 5, 2019 – 10:40 am

From her first entrance as a young woman in love, until her last steps towards her grave, Ako Kondo was

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Ako Kondo, Alina Cojocaru, Australian Ballet, Chengwu Guo | Comments (1)

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, Bolshoi Ballet, 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)

Gielgud’s Giselle, a heritage work in the Australian Ballet’s repertoire with added pizazz courtesy of David Hallberg

September 9, 2018 – 10:24 am

The minute David Hallberg makes his entrance itâ€™s clear heâ€™s a man of distinction and charm. No wonder the vulnerable

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Amy Harris, Andrew Killian, Australian Ballet, Benedict Bemet, David Hallberg, Leanne Stojmenov, Lisa Bolte, Maina Gielgud, Natasha Kusen, Shaun Andrews, Simon Hewitt | Comments (2)

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, Bolshoi Ballet, Cinderella, Constant Variants, David McAllster, Filigree and Shadow, Gary Norman, 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)

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, Ballets Russes, Bronislava Nijinsky, Diaghilev, John Neumeier, Kevin Jackson, Nijinsky, Romola Nijnsky, Tyl Eulenspiegel | Comments (0)

Murphy’s Swan Lake in London: The Verdict

July 17, 2016 – 1:56 pm

The Australian Balletâ€™s four-day season of Graeme Murphyâ€™s Swan Lake at the Coliseum in London has ended with the cityâ€™s

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Adam Bull, Amber Scott, Clement Crisp, Coliseum, Debra Craine, Dimity Azoury, Graeme Murphy, Graham Watts, Hanna Weibye, Judith Mackrell, Kristian Fredrikson, Mark Monahan, Mats Ek, Nicolette Fraillon, Royal Ballet, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

A Year of Beauty in numbers

June 6, 2016 – 8:42 am

Programming a sumptuous new production of Sleeping Beauty, initiating Storytime Ballet for children, adding a Sydney season of Graeme Murphyâ€™s

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, David McAllistair, Graeme Murphy, Libby Christie, Orchestra Victoria, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty | Comments (0)

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, Bolshoi Ballet, Brigitte LefÃ¨vre, Carolyn Carson, Deborah MacMillan, Edouard Lock, English National Ballet, George Balanchine, George Skibine, 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 Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Cacti, Dieter Graefe, Ethan Stiefel, Fearful Symmetries, Forgotten Land, 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)

Tag Archives: Giselle

The Paris Opera Ballet brings Nureyev’s Swan Lake and works by Forsythe, Robbins and Pite to Australia

Ako Kondo as Giselle

Spartacus: The good, the evil and the wall between

Gielgud’s Giselle, a heritage work in the Australian Ballet’s repertoire with added pizazz courtesy of David Hallberg

The Australian Ballet’s 2018 tent pole: Spartacus reinvented for the 21st century

Kevin Jackson seizes the day with his Sydney debut as Nijinsky

Murphy’s Swan Lake in London: The Verdict

A Year of Beauty in numbers

Benjamin Millepied: A stranger in his own land

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

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