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The Queensland Ballet’s 2022 season

October 24, 2021 – 10:02 am

In 2012, Li Cunxin AO, an acclaimed former dancer and author of the best-selling autobiography, Maoā€™s Last Dancer, was

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Elite Syncopations, Greg Horsman, Kenneth MacMillan, Li Cunxin, Li's Choice, Manon, Mary Li, Natalie Weir, Peter and the Wolf, Queensland Ballet, Rooster, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Thomas Dixon Centre | Comments (0)

An update on the 2021 World Ballet Day

October 5, 2021 – 11:03 am

With close to 50 global companies taking part, this yearā€™s celebration will be the biggest yet, offering unique behind-the-scenes access

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged American Ballet Theatre, Ana Turazashvili, Artyom Ovcharenko, Bolshoi Ballet, Cape Town City Ballet, Don Quixote, Harlequinade, Kenneth MacMillan, La Bayadere, Orlando, Paris Opera Ballet, Peter Wright, Pharaohā€™s Daughter, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Ballet, The Australian Ballet, The Dante Project', The National Ballet of Japan, Wayne McGregor, World Ballet Day | Comments (0)

Step by step, Australian dance companies plan for the future

October 13, 2020 – 12:23 am

After months of cancelled performances the Sydney Dance Company will return to Carriageworks in Sydney for a season of New

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Au-Gul Gaisina, Australlan Ballet, CarriageWorks, David Hallberg, Home of the Arts, New Breed, Queensland Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, West Australian Ballet | Comments (0)

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 Balletā€™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 itā€™s clear heā€™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 thereā€™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 Neumeierā€™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 Balletā€™s four-day season of Graeme Murphyā€™s Swan Lake at the Coliseum in London has ended with the cityā€™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)

Tag Archives: Giselle

The Queensland Ballet’s 2022 season

An update on the 2021 World Ballet Day

Step by step, Australian dance companies plan for the future

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

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