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The sublime dancer and actor, Alessandra Ferri, returns to the Royal Opera House stage

March 31, 2015 – 6:24 am

The Italian ballerina, Alessandra Ferri, retired in 2007, but six years later she returned to the stage. A former principal

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alessandra Ferri, American Ballet Theatre, Fabrizio Ferri, Kenneth MacMillan, La Scala, Manon, Romeo & Juliet, Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet School, Steven Heathcote, The Piano Upstairs, Virginia Woolf, Wayne McGregor, Woolf Works | Comments (2)

Onegin: To every thing there is a season

May 11, 2012 – 10:41 am

The double asterisks on the nightly cast lists say it all. The symbol following a dancerâ€™s name means â€œdebut in

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Adam Bull, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Andrew Wright, Australian Ballet, Brett Simon, Dieter Graefe, Fiona Tonkin, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan, Kevin Jackson, Leanne Stojmenov, Madeleine Eastoe, Reid Anderson, Steven Heathcote, Valerie Wilder | Comments (0)

The precious gift of Tatiana

April 19, 2012 – 5:29 am

I recently interviewed dancers, past and present, who’ve danced the role of Tatiana in Onegin or who soon will. For

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Adam Marchant, Amber Scott, Anne Woolliams, Austrailan Ballet, Christine Walsh.Ulrike Lytton, Gary Norman, Jane Bourne, John Cranko, John Meehan, Jonathan Kelly, Lisa Pavane, Madeleine Eastoe, Marilyn Rowe, Miranda Coney, Miwako Kubota, Rachel Rawlins, Reid Anderson, Steven Heathcote, Tamas Detrich, Vicki Attard | Comments (0)

High hopes for the new year

January 1, 2012 – 2:53 am

Iâ€™m anticipating a happy new dance year with the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Australian Ballet, the 60th anniversary of

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Anouk van Dijk, Australian Ballet, Babel, Ballo della Regina, Benjamin Millepied, Can We Talk About This, Christopher Wheeldon, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Concerto, DGV: Dance a Grand Vitesse, English National Ballet, Entity, Ethan Stiefel, Gardenia, Gideon Obarzanek, Gillian Murphy, Hamburg Ballet, Jewels, Johan Kobborg, John Neumeier, Larry Keigwin, Lauren Cuthbertson, Les ballets C de la B, Mariinsksy, Natalie Weir, Pina in 3D, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Serei Polunin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Stephen Baynes, The Sleeping Beauty, Warumuk, Water Stains on the Wall, Who Cares? Balanchine | Comments (0)

Stuttgart’s Australian tour: Onegin and a galaxy of stars

November 30, 2011 – 11:09 am

As the Australian Ballet is bringing Onegin back to the stage next year, it’s interesting to recall that the first

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Anne Woolliams, Dieter GrÃ¤fe, Glen Tetley, Jiri Kylian, John Cranko, Marcia HaydÃ©e, Reid Anderson, Sabine Kupferberg, Stuttgart Ballet, William Forsythe | Comments (3)

The keepers of the flame

November 20, 2011 – 12:21 am

Summing up a year’s research at the Mitchell Library in Sydney, I spoke last week about my discoveries as the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alicia Markova, Andris Liepa, Anna Volkova, Ballets Russes, Daryl Lindsay, Frederick Ashton, Irina Baronova, Isabelle Fokine, John Cranko, John Field, Les Sylphides, Michel Fokine, Svetlana Beriosova, Tony Dyson, Valrene Tweedie, Violetta Elvin | Comments (2)

Robert Curran to retire from the Australian Ballet

November 10, 2011 – 4:25 am

The Australian Ballet announced today that Robert Curran is to retire as a principal artist of the company. Curran will

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Lucinda Dunn, Rachel Rawlins, Robert Curran, The Merry Widow | Comments (0)

Australian Ballet reveals its 50th anniversary program

August 30, 2011 – 3:44 am

The Australian Ballet began its life in Sydney at Her Majestyâ€™s Theatre in 1962. But 50 years on, Melbourne will

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Beyond Twelve, David McAllister, Etudes, Gemini, Gideon Obarzanek, Glen Tetley, Harald Lander, Hugh Colman, John Cranko, Let's Dance, Robert Helpmann, Romeo & Juliet, Stephen Baynes, Stephen Page, Swan Lake, The Display, Tim Harbour | Comments (1)