Tag Archives: Royal Ballet School

Sergei Polunin, from his student years, to the Royal Ballet, to Take Me to Church and now a father

March 25, 2020 – 4:18 am
Sergei Polunin

I first saw Sergei Polunin at the White Lodge Royal Ballet School where he danced in The Sleeping Beauty’s pas

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Sergei Polunin: His life so far, from his ‘Harry Potter’ world to the celebrity circuit

December 3, 2016 – 12:33 pm

A bridge connects the Royal Ballet School to the home of the Royal Ballet in London’s Covent Garden. One day,

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Alexander Campbell: A Matter of Trust

October 10, 2016 – 6:57 am

It really doesn’t seem that long ago that Academy Ballet in Randwick, Sydney, was a second home. I first met

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Love, death, and the forgotten lands of our dreams, as told by Jiri Kylian

May 24, 2016 – 8:44 am

This article was first published by the Australian Ballet in the program for the company’s 2016 triple bill, Vitesse. Jiri

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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

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Gailene Stock: A Life Dedicated to Dance

May 11, 2014 – 10:45 am

This obituary of Gailene was published in The Sydney Morning Herald on 2 May 2014 To survive and thrive in

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The elusive first position in ballet: a race that can never be truly won

August 24, 2013 – 10:15 am

by Annie Carroll It must be nice to finish first in a race. I imagine that each time Michael Phelps

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2014: Changes at the top for the Australian Ballet School and the Royal Ballet School

August 8, 2013 – 12:29 pm

Fifteen years ago, tapping away at my desk at The Sydney Morning Herald newsroom overlooking Darling Harbour, Sydney, I wrote:

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Reflections on Dancing as Darcey’s Double

July 16, 2013 – 1:12 pm

by Annie Carroll The corridors of Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House are dimly lit and angular. One is never quite

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First Position: backstage at the world’s biggest ballet competition

June 10, 2012 – 6:05 am

First Position – the new documentary about the rigours and thrills of the Youth America Grand Prix, will have two

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