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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, Giselle, Greg Horsman, 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, Giselle, Harlequinade, 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)

Queensland Ballet’s repertoire 2019

September 25, 2018 – 11:40 am

The Queensland Balletā€™s big coup for 2019 is a world premiere of Liam Scarlettā€™s Dangerous Liaisons. Scarlett, an artist in

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Amy Hollingsworth, Ben Stevenson, Carlos Acosta, Dangerous Liaisons, George Balanchine, Houston Ballet, Jiri Kylian, Joan Acocella, Li Cunxin, Liam Scarlett, Loughlan Prior, Lucy Guerin, Paul Boyd, Queensland Ballet, Romeo & Juliet, Serenade, Soldier's Mass, Texas Ballet Theatre, The Little Green Road to Fairyland, Trey McIntyre | Comments (0)

Kenneth MacMillan: His creative spirit remains, 25 years after his death

November 7, 2017 – 9:11 am

To mark the 25th anniversary of MacMillan’s death – in October 1992 – six dance companies in the United Kingdom

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexander Bland, Australian Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Deborah MacMillan, Elite Syncopations, English National Ballet, Le Baiser de la fĆ©e, Manon, Northern Ballet, Peter Wright, Queensland Ballet, Romeo & Juliet, Roy Round, Royal Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Song of the Earth, The Judas Tree, Yorke Dance Project. | Comments (0)

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

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anthony Dowell, As Time Goes By, Christopher Wheeldon, Frederick Ashton, John Macfarlane, Kevin O'Hare, Liam Scarlett, Peter Wright, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, The Illustrated Farewell, The Winter's Tale, Twyla Tharp, Wayne McGregor, Woolf Works, Yolanda Sonnabend, Zanaida Yenowsky | Comments (2)

Vale Desmond Heeley, the man who, in his own words, made “dross into gold”

July 4, 2016 – 10:09 am

Desmond Heeley, the English stage designer who worked with Ballet Rambert, the Marquis de Cuevas Ballet, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Brigadoon, Camelot, Colin Peasley, Cynthia Gregory, Danilo Radojevic, Desmond Heeley, Houston Ballet, John Crankp, John Meehan, Kelvin Coe, Lance Mulcahy Ballet Rambert, Lucette Aldsou, Maina Gielgud, Margot Fonteyn, Marilyn Rowe, Marquis de Cuevas Ballet, Michael Benthall, Michael Edgley, Michael Langham, National Ballet of Canada, Old Vic, Peter Brook, Prince of the Pagodas, Ray Powell, Robert Helpmann, Solitaire, Squeaky Door, The Merry Widow, Yugen | Comments (3)

Love, death, and the forgotten lands of our dreams, as told by Jiri Kylian

May 24, 2016 – 8:44 am

This article was first published by the Australian Ballet in the program for the company’s 2016 triple bill, Vitesse. Jiri

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Benjamin Britten, Edward Munch, Forgotten Land, Jiri Kylian, John Cranko, Nederlands Dans Theater, Prince of the Pagodas, Roslyn Anderson, Royal Ballet School, Stuttgart Ballet | Comments (0)

Benjamin Millepied: A stranger in his own land

February 8, 2016 – 1:24 pm

When Brigitte LefĆØvre 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 LefĆØvre, Carolyn Carson, Deborah MacMillan, Edouard Lock, English National Ballet, George Balanchine, George Skibine, Giselle, Ivan Clustine, Jerome Robbins, John Neumeier, John Taras, Josua Hoffalt, 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)

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

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Hero of Our Time, Akane Takada, Akram Khan, Alexander Campbell, Alexei Ratmansky, Amy Harris, Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Benidicte Bemet, Bolshoi Ballet, Boris Akimov, Christopher Carr, Christopher Hampson, Cinderella, Daniel Gaudiello, David Bintley, David McAllister, David Nixon, Djakapurra Munyarryun, Dust, English National Ballet, Federico Bonelli, Frederick Ashton, Graeme Murphy, Hamlet, Ismene Brown, Jackie Barrett, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jonathan Cope, Justine Summers, Lauren Cuthbertson, Lisa Craig, National Ballet of Canada, Ore Oduba, Presque Rien, Radu Poklitaru, Raven Girl, Romeo & Juliet, Royal Ballet, Ryoichi Hirano, San Francisco Ballet, Sarah Thompson, Sergei Filin, Sleeping Beauty, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, Swan Lake, Tamara Rojo, Two Pigeons, Wayne McGregor, World Ballet Day, Yuhui Choe, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (0)

War Dances – a brief history beyond The Green Table

April 25, 2015 – 10:37 am

Branco Gaica’s photo of the men in Stephen Baynes’ ballet, 1914, is one of my favourite images on The Australian

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged 1914, Akram Khan, Andrew Simmons, Antony Tudor, Australian Ballet, Branco Gaica, Echoing of Trumpets, Gloria, Jiri Kylian, Johan Kobborg, Kurt Jooss, Leonide Massine, Les Presages, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Neil Ieremia, New Zealand Dance Company, Rotunda, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, Salute, Shona McCullough, Soldier's Mass, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, The Green Table | Comments (0)

Tag Archives: Kenneth MacMillan

The Queensland Ballet’s 2022 season

An update on the 2021 World Ballet Day

Queensland Ballet’s repertoire 2019

Kenneth MacMillan: His creative spirit remains, 25 years after his death

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”

Vale Desmond Heeley, the man who, in his own words, made “dross into gold”

Love, death, and the forgotten lands of our dreams, as told by Jiri Kylian

Benjamin Millepied: A stranger in his own land

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

War Dances – a brief history beyond The Green Table

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