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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, Giselle, Leanne Stojmenov, Lisa Bolte, Maina Gielgud, Shaun Andrews, Simon Hewitt | Comments (2)

Madeleine Eastoe followed Maina Gielgud’s advice and made the role of Giselle “entirely her own”

April 5, 2015 – 8:16 am

Every ballerina lucky enough to dance Giselle portrays the role in her own particular way. Of course sheā€™s directed and

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Ako Kondo, Andrew Killian, Dimity Azoury, Ghengwu Guo, Giselle, Kevin Jackson, Kirsty Martin, Lisa Bolte, Lucinda Dunn, Madeleine Eastoe, Maina Gielgud, Olga Tamara, Rachel Rawlins, Rudy Hawkes, Steven Heathcote | Comments (0)

Now and then in the Australian Ballet’s night of white

May 4, 2014 – 1:10 pm

When William Forsythe rehearsed his In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated with the Paris Opera Ballet in 1987 he asked one

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Andrew Killian, Art to Sky, Australian Ballet, Balanchine, Chroma, Hugh Colman, Jiri Kylian, Joby Talbot, John Pawson, Lana Jones, Lucy Carter, Madeleine Eastoe, Marius Petipa, Mozart, Petite Mort, Sechs Tanze, Valerie Tereschenko, Wayne McGregor, White Stripes, William Forsythe | Comments (0)

Bodytorque 2013: so far, so good, now for the future nurturing of talent

November 4, 2013 – 2:20 am

Almost a decade ago, David McAllister, artistic director of the Australian Ballet attended a conference in England where he, and

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Ako Kondo, Australian Ballet, Bangarra, Ben Stuart-Carberry, Benedicte Bemet, Bodytorque, Calvin Hannaford, Christiano Martino, David McAllister, Dimity Azoury, George Balanchine, Graeme Murphy, Graham Silver, Halaina Hills, Imogen Chapman, Ingrid Gow, Jack Hersee, Jake Mangakahia, Jarryd Madden, Jessica Fyfe, Jiri Kylian, Joshua Consandine, Kat Chan, Les Presages, Liam Scarlett, Richard House, Rohan Furnell, Stephen Page, Theme and Variations, Toni Maticevski, Ty KIng-Wall, Valerie Tereschenko, Vivienne Wong | Comments (1)

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, Margaret Scott, Marilyn Jones, Marilyn Rowe, Mizuka Ueno, Naoki Takagishi, National Ballet of China, Pierre-FranĆ§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)