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Robert Helpmann 1958: From the nude with violin to the lunch with Nugget Coombs

October 29, 2017 – 11:55 am

No one excelled Robert Helpmann as a multi tasker. Dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, director and publicist, Helpmann was at the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Ballet Rambert, Borovansky Ballet, Charles Lisner, Coppelia, Derek Denton, Edinburgh International Ballet, Edouard Borovansky, Geoffrey Ingram, Hamlet, John Field, Margot Fonteyn, Ninette de Valois, Nugget Coombs, Peggy van Praagh, Robert Helpmann, Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet, Sally Gilmour, Tamara Tchinarova, The Rake's Progress | Comments (0)

Sally Gilmour: the fey and foxy lady of the Ballet Rambert

May 25, 2014 – 9:42 am

Just as every male ballet dancer was upstaged by Rudolf Nureyev in the 1960s, so did female dancers suffer from

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Allan Wynn, Australian Ballet School, Ballet Rambert, Bernard Lawson, Jill Sykes, Lady Into Fox, Loudon Sainthill, Marie Rambert, Peter Robb, Sabina Wynn, Sally Gilmour, Simon Wynn, Tamara Karsavina, Toby Wynn, Walter Gore | Comments (2)

Lisa Pavane: the next director of the Australian Ballet School

February 28, 2014 – 12:08 pm

Lisa Pavane is to become the fourth director of the Australian Ballet School. She will succeed Marilyn Rowe who is

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Australian Ballet School, English National Ballet, Gailene Stock, Greg Horsman, Lisa Pavane, Marilyn Rowe | Comments (0)

The Australian Ballet gala: Tributes to the past, hopes for the future

November 4, 2012 – 11:33 am

On November 2, 2012 – 50 years to the day since Peggy van Praagh and her deputy, Ray Powell, took

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Adam Bull, After the Rain, Amber Scott, American Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet, Carmen Suite, Christopher Wheeldon, Damian Smith, Daniel Camargo, David Hallberg, David McAllister, Demis Volpi, Don Quixote, Ellen Badenes, Etudes, Giselle, Harald Lander, Julie Kent, Kevin Jackson, Lana Jones, Little Monsters, Maina Gielgud, Marilyn Jones, Marilyn Rowe, Mizuka Ueno, Naoki Takagishi, Natasha Kusen, National Ballet of China, Pierre-FranÃ§ois Vilanoba, Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Sofiane Sylve, Stuttgart Ballet, Sun Ruichen, Swan Lake, Tokyo Ballet, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Ty KIng-Wall, Zhu Yan | Comments (0)