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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

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

Royal Ballet class from plies to grand allegro

March 23, 2020 – 1:48 am

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Comments (1)

Osipova’s “Pure Dance”

October 8, 2019 – 10:22 am

The American ballet critic, Arlene Croce, described Antony Tudorâ€™s ballet, The Leaves are Fading, as â€œa wistful attempt at a

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Alina Cojocaru, Antony Tudor, David Hallberg, Flutter, In Absentia, Jason Kittelberger, Johan Kobborg, Jonathan Goddard, Kim Brandstrup, Natalia Osipova, Pure Dance, Sadlers Wells, Six Years Later, The Leaves Are Fading, Valse Triste | Comments (0)

The Australian days of Annette Page, Ronald Hynd and Dudley Simpson

February 26, 2018 – 6:52 am

When Margot Fonteyn toured Australia in 1962 she brought with her an elite group of seven dancers, shown in the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Annette Page, Australian Ballet, Borovansky Ballet, Dudley Simpson, Jill Bathurst, Margot Fonteyn, Pacific North West Ballet, Robert Helomann, Robin Haig, Ronald Hynd, Rudolf Nureyev, The Merry Widow | Comments (0)

Kenneth MacMillan: His creative spirit remains, 25 years after his death

November 7, 2017 – 9:11 am

To mark the 25th anniversary of MacMillan’s death – in October 1992 – six dance companies in the United Kingdom

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexander Bland, Australian Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Deborah MacMillan, Elite Syncopations, English National Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan, Le Baiser de la fÃ©e, Manon, Northern Ballet, Peter Wright, Queensland Ballet, Romeo & Juliet, Roy Round, Scottish Ballet, Song of the Earth, The Judas Tree, Yorke Dance Project. | Comments (0)

World Ballet Day 2017

September 24, 2017 – 8:35 am

The next WBD is on 5 October. Five companies, The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi, Royal Ballet, National Ballet of Canada and

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, San Francisco Ballet, World Ballet Day | Comments (0)

Li Cunxin, artistic director of the Queensland Ballet, reveals the 2018 season

September 12, 2017 – 10:02 pm

The Queensland Balletâ€™s 2018 season is strong on narrative ballets, with the first, a new production of La Bayadere, choreographed

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Ben Stevenson, Bespoke, Carlos Acosta, Carmen, Cinderella, Expressions Dance Company, Firebird, Gabrielle Nankivell, Greg Horsman, Jack Lister, La Bayadere, Li Cunxin, Liam Scarlett, Midsummer Night's Dream, Norwegian National Ballet, Nutcracker, Queensland Ballet, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

Together they stand: the trend for co-productions in the ballet world

August 24, 2017 – 1:24 pm

Weâ€™re fast approaching the time when dance companies release their 2018 repertoire. The Queensland Ballet will reveal its season on

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, American Ballet Theatre, Anna Karenina, Ashley Wheater, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, David McAllister, George Balanchine, Harlequin, Harlequinade, Helene Kirsova, Houston Ballet, Les Millions dâ€™Arlequin, National Ballet of Canada, New York City Ballet, Paul Hammond, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (1)

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 â€“

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

Kevin O’Hare on the first Royal Ballet tour to Australia in 15 years and his own mantra: “Creating the classics of the 21st century”

June 6, 2017 – 8:35 am

At the end of this month the Royal Ballet will take up residence at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anthony Dowell, As Time Goes By, Christopher Wheeldon, Frederick Ashton, John Macfarlane, Kenneth MacMillan, Kevin O'Hare, Liam Scarlett, Peter Wright, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Swan Lake, The Illustrated Farewell, The Winter's Tale, Twyla Tharp, Wayne McGregor, Woolf Works, Yolanda Sonnabend, Zanaida Yenowsky | Comments (2)

Tag Archives: Royal Ballet

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

Royal Ballet class from plies to grand allegro

Osipova’s “Pure Dance”

The Australian days of Annette Page, Ronald Hynd and Dudley Simpson

Kenneth MacMillan: His creative spirit remains, 25 years after his death

World Ballet Day 2017

Li Cunxin, artistic director of the Queensland Ballet, reveals the 2018 season

Together they stand: the trend for co-productions in the ballet world

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

Kevin O’Hare on the first Royal Ballet tour to Australia in 15 years and his own mantra: “Creating the classics of the 21st century”

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