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Flying dreams and dancing animals: How children’s tales migrated to the ballet stage

August 21, 2017 – 10:02 am

This article first appeared in the Australian Ballet’s publication, Balletomane. If Wonderland were a destination, we could take our seats

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Christopher Wheeldon, Fille mal Gardee, Frederick Ashton, Mary Poppins the Musical, Mary Shepard, Matthew Bourne, Pamela Travers, Peter Pan, Russell Kerr, Stephen Mear, Tales of Beaxtrix Potter, WIll Tuckett, Wind in the Willows | Comments (0)

Alexander Ekman, from Cacti to the Cow

February 23, 2016 – 7:12 am

Next Friday, 26 February, Alexander Ekmanâ€™s box office hit, Cacti, is opening in both Wellington and Sydney, with a premiere

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexander Ekman, Cacti, Cow, National Ballet of Canada, Nederlands Dans Theater, Semperoper, Sydney Dance Company, Tulsa Ballet | Comments (0)

2016: The past, the present, and a very big challenge of the future

January 3, 2016 – 1:13 pm

A hundred years ago the Ziegfeld Follies opened on Broadway with Bachelor Days, a vaudeville show that included a song

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Akram Khan, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Arthur Pita, Ballets Russes, Bolshoi Babylon, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Cacti, Dieter Graefe, Ethan Stiefel, Fearful Symmetries, Forgotten Land, Giselle, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Ismene Brown, Jiri Kylian, Johann Kobborg, John Adams, John Cranko, John Macfarlane, La Scala, Leonard Bernstein, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Lowell Liebermann, Lucy Moore, Makhar Vaziev, Mark Franchetti, Max Weber, Natalia Osipova, Nick Read, Paul Taylor, Peter Martins, Queensland Ballet, Reid Anderson, Richard Buckle, Russell Maliphant, Sadlers Wells, San Francisco Ballet, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Filin, Sergei Polunin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Stuttgart Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Tamara Rojo, Tamas Detrich, Till Eulenspiegel, Vaslav Nijinsky, Vitesse, Vladimir Urin, William Forsythe, World Ballet Day, Ziegfield Follies | Comments (0)

The plans ahead for the Queensland Ballet and West Australian Ballet

September 21, 2015 – 12:42 pm

September is launch time, the month when Australian arts companies reveal their plans for the next year. On September 21,

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Andre Santos, Australian Ballet. Romeo & Juliet, Beauty & the Beast, Company B, David Dawson, David McAllister. Andre Santos, Derek Deane, Edward Clug, Giselle, Jayne Smeulders, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Lucas Jervies, Nutcracker, Paul Taylor, Queensland Ballet, Radio & Juliet, Romeo & Juliet, Strictly Gershwin, West Australian Ballet, Youri Vamos | Comments (0)

A story behind the story of Flesh and Bone

May 30, 2015 – 1:10 pm

If the title of the show doesnâ€™t tell us enough then the poster does. The dancer, as you can see,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged American Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet School, Black Swan, Dimitri Kleioris, Ethan Stiefel, Flesh and Bone, Gary Harris, Irina Dvorovenko, Moira Walley-Beckett, Sarah Hay, Sasha Radetsky, The McDonald College of the Performimg Arts, The Red Shoes, Vicki Attard | Comments (0)

War Dances – a brief history beyond The Green Table

April 25, 2015 – 10:37 am

Branco Gaica’s photo of the men in Stephen Baynes’ ballet, 1914, is one of my favourite images on The Australian

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged 1914, Akram Khan, Andrew Simmons, Antony Tudor, Australian Ballet, Branco Gaica, Echoing of Trumpets, Gloria, Jiri Kylian, Johan Kobborg, Kenneth MacMillan, Kurt Jooss, Leonide Massine, Les Presages, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Neil Ieremia, New Zealand Dance Company, Rotunda, Russell Maliphant, Salute, Shona McCullough, Soldier's Mass, Stephen Baynes, Steven Heathcote, The Green Table | Comments (0)

A magic carpet ride through 2015

December 31, 2014 – 12:19 pm

I would, if I could, take a magic carpet ride to several continents and at least a dozen theatres to

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Alina Cojocaru, American Ballet Theatre, Andrew Simmons, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Ballets Russes, Bangarra Dance Theare, Brigitte LefÃ¨vre, Bye, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Christoher Wheeldon, Crystal Pite, Daniel Geller, David McAllister, Dayna Goldfine, Deborah Brown, DV8 Physical Theatre, Expressions Dance Company, Fille mal Gardee, Francis Rings, Fred Astaire, Frederick Ashton, Frederick Wiseman, Gene Kelly, Greg Horsman, Guilleme Cote, Hofesh Schechter, Hong Kong Ballet, I.B.I.S, In the Upper Room, Jiri Kylian, Johan Kobborg, Life in Progress, Lloyd Newson, Lore, Manon, Mark Morris Dance Group, Mats Ek, Merry Widow, Mozart Dances, Natalie Weir, Neil Ieremia, Paris Opera Ballet, Quintett, Royal Ballet, Russell Malliphant, Salute, Seven Deadly Sins, She Oak, Shostakovitch Trilogy, Sophie Fedorovitch, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, Symphonic Variations, The Sleeping Beauty, Turandot, Twyla Tharp, Waangenga Blanco, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Woolf Works | Comments (0)

If there’s mice and mirlitons and memories of our first ballet concert, it has to be Christmas

December 23, 2014 – 2:15 am

At Christmas, we yearn for home or at least the memory of home as it was when we were children.

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Christmas Carol, Australian Ballet, Christmas, Frederick A, Frederick Ashton, Gary Harris, Graeme Murphy, Marguerite and Armand, Matthew Bourne, Nutcracker, Queensland Ballet | Comments (1)

Harry Haythorne, 1926-2014: An inspiring life in dance

November 24, 2014 – 10:59 am

Harry Haythorne, the former assistant artistic director of the Scottish Ballet and artistic director of both the Queensland Ballet and

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Anna Northcote, Audrey de Vos, Cinderella, Graeme Murphy, Harry Haythorne, Nutcracker, Queensland Ballet, Ronald Hynd, Stansilaw Idzikowski, Stanton Welch, Swan Lake, Tivoli, Walter Gore | Comments (5)

Queensland Ballet 2015: Cojocaru as Aurora and a London debut with La Sylphide

September 22, 2014 – 5:23 am

For his third year as artistic director of the Queensland Ballet, Li Cunxin has invited Alina Cojocaru to guest in

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Ben Stevenson, Carlos Acosta, Coppelia, Gary Harris, Greg Horsman, La Sylphide, Li Cunxin, Nutcracker, Peter Pan, Peter Schaufuss, Queensland Ballet, Tamara Rojo, The Sleeping Beauty, Trey McIntyre | Comments (0)

Tag Archives: Royal New Zealand Ballet

Flying dreams and dancing animals: How children’s tales migrated to the ballet stage

Alexander Ekman, from Cacti to the Cow

2016: The past, the present, and a very big challenge of the future

The plans ahead for the Queensland Ballet and West Australian Ballet

A story behind the story of Flesh and Bone

War Dances – a brief history beyond The Green Table

A magic carpet ride through 2015

If there’s mice and mirlitons and memories of our first ballet concert, it has to be Christmas

Harry Haythorne, 1926-2014: An inspiring life in dance

Queensland Ballet 2015: Cojocaru as Aurora and a London debut with La Sylphide

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