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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

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Christopher Wheeldon, Fille mal Gardee, Frederick Ashton, Mary Poppins the Musical, Mary Shepard, Pamela Travers, Peter Pan, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Kerr, Stephen Mear, Tales of Beaxtrix Potter, WIll Tuckett, Wind in the Willows | Comments (0)

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, Frederick Ashton, Gary Harris, Graeme Murphy, Marguerite and Armand, Nutcracker, Queensland Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet | Comments (1)

ABTâ€™s Swan Lake: A beautiful Odette and Von Rothbart x 2 – the Monster and the Gigolo

September 1, 2014 – 7:13 am

Our first Swan Lake can remain in our minds forever, much like the first Christmas we can remember, the first

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Alexander Ekman, Alexandre Hammoudi, American BalletTheatre, Blaine Hoven, Cory Stearns, Graeme Murphy, Hee Seo, Joseph Gorak, Kevin McKenzie, Melanie Hamrick, Ormsby Wilkins, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Roman Zhurbin, Stella Abrera, Swan Lake, Zhiyao Zhang | Comments (0)

Bourne’s Beauty Goes Global

September 9, 2013 – 8:25 am

Matthew Bourne is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his company, New Adventures, with a Sleeping Beauty-fest. After its premiere season

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Adam Maskell, Anastasia, Christopher Marney, Dominic North, Graeme Murphy, Hannah Vassallo, Kenneth MacMillan, Lez Brotherston, Marius Petipa, New Adventures, Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty | Comments (3)

Cinderella: a tale best told at a time of war

July 29, 2013 – 1:25 pm

Cinderellaâ€™s story can take place in any country and at any time, but in ballet terms, the tale will always

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Adventures in Motion Pictures, Algeranoff, Cendrillon, Cinderella, Col. de Basil, Covent Garden Russian Ballet, David Lichine, Frederic dâ€™Erlanger, Frederick Ashton, Marian Ladre, Michel Fokine, Natalia Gontcharova, Original Ballet Russe, Paul Petroff, Raisse Kouznetsova, Royal Ballet, Sergei Prokofiev, Tamara Grigorieva, Tatiana Riabouchinska | Comments (2)

Ripples from September 11

July 3, 2011 – 11:49 am

Anything can happen. You know how Jupiter Will mostly wait for clouds to gather head Before he hurls the lightning?

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Adam Cooper, Decade, Scott Ambler, Wayne McGregor | Comments (0)

Mary Poppins, please turn out your toes

March 22, 2011 – 12:41 pm

Mary Poppins started her life as peg doll. But it wasnâ€™t long before the wooden body with a wooden expression

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Mary Poppins, Mary Shepard, Pamela Travers, Stephen Mear | Comments (1)