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Symphonic Variations as seen through the eyes of Wendy Ellis Somes

May 6, 2015 – 9:57 am

This article was first published in The Sydney Morning Herald. With its bomb sites, rubble and rationing, London in 1946

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged American Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Frederick Ashton, Het Nationale, Margot Fonteyn, Sadlers Wells Ballet, Symphonic Variations, Wendy Ellis Somes | Comments (0)

The Australian Ballet’s 2015 season

September 16, 2014 – 1:03 am

The centerpiece of the Australian Balletâ€™s 2015 season is a new Sleeping Beauty, directed by the artistic director, David McAllister

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Anthony Dowell, Australian Ballet, Bodytorque, David McAllister, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Giselle, In the Upper Room, Kenneth Rowell, Kristian Fredrikson, Maina Gielgud, Monotones, Peggy van Praagh, Robert Helpmann, Sleeping Beauty, Stanton Welch, Symphony in Three Movements, The Dream, Tim Harbour, Tony Dyson, Twyla Tharp, Wendy Ellis Somes | Comments (0)

When Sonia met Margot

June 30, 2011 – 1:42 pm

It’s hard to know where this story began. Maybe in 1954, when Beverley Humphrey took her daughter, Sonia, to the

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Edouard Borovansky, Margot Fonteyn, Sonia Humphrey | Comments (6)

Sydney, 1957: How Fonteyn stopped the city

June 19, 2011 – 1:02 pm

Margot Fonteyn, newly created a Dame of the British Empire, arrived at Mascot Airport, Sydney, in May 1957 in a

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Borovansky Ballet, Bryan Ashbridge, James Laurie, Margot Fonteyn, Rowena Jackson, Rudolf Nureyev | Comments (5)