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La Scala and Nureyev, at home and abroad

June 7, 2018 – 10:29 am

The strong connection between Rudolf Nureyev and La Scala was recently honoured with a gala in Milan to mark the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Apollo, Australian Ballet, Carla Fracci, Colin Peasley, Don Quixote, Federic Olivieri, Francis Croese, Germain Louvet, La Scala, Lucette Aldous, Marianela Nunez, Marilyn Rowe, Nicoletta Manni, Roberto Bolle, Rudolf Nureyev, Sleeping Beauty, Svetlana Zakharova, Vadim Muntagirov | Comments (0)

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, Margaret Scott, Margot Fonteyn, Ninette de Valois, Nugget Coombs, Peggy van Praagh, Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet, Sally Gilmour, Tamara Tchinarova, The Rake's Progress | Comments (0)

The Australian Ballet’s 2018 tent pole: Spartacus reinvented for the 21st century

September 27, 2017 – 7:12 am

In any ballet season there’s always a big show, a premiere, a hook that adds that extra bit of excitement

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Alice Topp, Australian Ballet, Ben Cisterne, Bolshoi Ballet, Cinderella, Constant Variants, David McAllster, Filigree and Shadow, Gary Norman, Giselle, Graeme Murphy, Imara Savage, Jerome Ka, Laszlo Seregi, Lisa Pavane, Lucas Jervies, Maina Gielgud, Nigel Poulton, Ronald Hynd, Spartarcus, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, The Firebird, The Merry Widow, Tim Harbour, Yuri Grigorovich | Comments (0)

Vale Bryan Lawrence, the English dancer handpicked for the Australian Ballet by Peggy van Praagh and Robert Helpmann

July 10, 2017 – 1:37 pm

When Bryan Lawrence was a ballet student training in London, he once jumped so high that he felt “wonderful –

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Bryan Lawrence, Janet Karin, Peggy van Praagh, Ross Stretton, Royal Ballet, Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet, The Display | Comments (0)

Vale Desmond Heeley, the man who, in his own words, made “dross into gold”

July 4, 2016 – 10:09 am

Desmond Heeley, the English stage designer who worked with Ballet Rambert, the Marquis de Cuevas Ballet, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Brigadoon, Camelot, Colin Peasley, Cynthia Gregory, Danilo Radojevic, Desmond Heeley, Houston Ballet, John Crankp, John Meehan, Kelvin Coe, Kenneth MacMillan, Lance Mulcahy Ballet Rambert, Lucette Aldsou, Maina Gielgud, Margot Fonteyn, Marilyn Rowe, Marquis de Cuevas Ballet, Michael Benthall, Michael Edgley, Michael Langham, National Ballet of Canada, Old Vic, Peter Brook, Prince of the Pagodas, Ray Powell, Solitaire, Squeaky Door, The Merry Widow, Yugen | Comments (3)

The Australian Ballet’s 2015 season

September 16, 2014 – 1:03 am

The centerpiece of the Australian Ballet’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, Michael Somes, Monotones, Peggy van Praagh, Sleeping Beauty, Stanton Welch, Symphony in Three Movements, The Dream, Tim Harbour, Tony Dyson, Twyla Tharp, Wendy Ellis Somes | Comments (0)

Peter Sculthorpe: The sun, the earth, and Ned Kelly

August 18, 2014 – 12:47 pm

Graeme Murphy was 18 when Robert Helpmann choreographed Sun Music for the Australian Ballet in 1968. Helpmann’s work “was an

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Graeme Murphy, Kenneth Rowell, Marilyn Jones, My Name isi Edward Kelly, Peter Sculthorpe, Red Earth, Stanton Welch, Steven Heathcote, Sun Music | Comments (4)

Awakening a new Beauty with a gift of money

April 28, 2014 – 12:00 pm

A new production of The Sleeping Beauty will be the centrepiece of the Australian Ballet’s repertoire next year. Premiering in

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, David McAllister, Hugh Colman, Kenneth Rowell, Kristian Fredrikson, Maina Gielgud, Peggy van Praagh, Stanton Welch, The Sleeping Beauty | Comments (4)

The Big 40 for Don Quixote and the Friends of the Australian Ballet

March 24, 2013 – 4:40 am

The Friends of the Australian Ballet NSW is marking its 40th year with a special screening in Sydney of the

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Don Quixote, Lucette Aldous, Rudolf Nureyev | Comments (0)

The class of ’48, presented by Helpmann at his most “British”

March 22, 2013 – 9:51 am

A dancelines’ reader has asked if anyone can identify Elaine Fifield among the dancers in the second video below. She

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Andrée Howard, Elaine Fifield | Comments (0)

Tag Archives: Robert Helpmann

La Scala and Nureyev, at home and abroad

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

The Australian Ballet’s 2018 tent pole: Spartacus reinvented for the 21st century

Vale Bryan Lawrence, the English dancer handpicked for the Australian Ballet by Peggy van Praagh and Robert Helpmann

Vale Desmond Heeley, the man who, in his own words, made “dross into gold”

The Australian Ballet’s 2015 season

Peter Sculthorpe: The sun, the earth, and Ned Kelly

Awakening a new Beauty with a gift of money

The Big 40 for Don Quixote and the Friends of the Australian Ballet

The class of ’48, presented by Helpmann at his most “British”

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