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The Paris Opera Ballet brings Nureyev’s Swan Lake and works by Forsythe, Robbins and Pite to Australia

December 28, 2019 – 2:39 am

The Paris Opera Ballet will return to Australia in July next year at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane.

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Ab [intra], Blake Works I, Crystal Pite, Ezio Frigerio, George Balanchine, Giselle, In The Night, James Blake, Jerome Robbins, Max Richter, Palais Garnier, Paris Opera Ballet, Rafael Bonachela, Roslyn Sulcas, Serge Lifar, Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky pas de deux, The Seasons' Canon, William Forsythe | Comments (0)

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, Robert Helpmann, Roberto Bolle, Sleeping Beauty, Svetlana Zakharova, Vadim Muntagirov | 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, Royal Ballet, The Merry Widow | Comments (0)

Peter Martins retires and the dance world edges into the world of “me-too”

January 3, 2018 – 10:16 am

Following accusations of sexual misconduct Peter Martins, the Balletmaster-in-Chief of the New York City Ballet gave his resignation to the

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, New York City Ballet, Peter Martins, The Red Shoes | Comments (0)

Hannah O’Neill joins the elite of the Prix Benois de la danse

May 27, 2016 – 10:59 am

The annual Prix Benois de la danse held at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, is a northern hemisphere event. So itâ€™s

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Adam Bull, alexandre benois, Alicia Amatriain, Australian Ballet, Australian Ballet School, Carla Fracci, David McAllister, Galina Ulanova, Gideon Obarzanek, Hannah O'Neill, Igor Ustinov, Kirsten Ralov, Kirsty Martin, Linda Shelton, Maragaret Illmann, Nadia Benois. John Neumeier, Paquita, Paris Opera Ballet, Prix Benois de la dance, Xiao Suhua, Yuri Grigorovich, Yvette Chauvire | Comments (0)

Benjamin Millepied: A stranger in his own land

February 8, 2016 – 1:24 pm

When Brigitte LefÃ¨vre prepared for her retirement as director of the Paris Opera Ballet, she made it known that her

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker, Antony Tudor, Arthur Pita, Aurelie Dupont, Batsheva Dance Company, Benjamin Millepied, Bolshoi Ballet, Brigitte LefÃ¨vre, Carolyn Carson, Deborah MacMillan, Edouard Lock, English National Ballet, George Balanchine, George Skibine, Giselle, Ivan Clustine, Jerome Robbins, John Neumeier, John Taras, Josua Hoffalt, Kenneth MacMillan, La Bayadere, Laurent Hilaire, Le Corsaire, Liam Scarlett, Maguy Marin, Maurice Bejart, Natalie Portman, New York City Ballet, Ohad Naharin, Paris Opera Ballet, Patrick Dupond, Pina Bausch, Roland Petit, Romeo & Juliet, Rosella Hightower, Ross Stretton, Royal Ballet, School of American Ballet, Serge Lifar, Sidi Larbi Cheraoui, Stephane Lissner, Violette Verdy, William Forsythe | Comments (2)

The Sleeping Beauty: A ballet once seen, never forgotten

September 22, 2015 – 12:58 pm

Some ballets change lives. Children remember their first Nutcracker, of course, or maybe Coppelia or Swan Lake. But for many

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Borovansky Ballet, David McAllister, Gabriela Tylesova, Paris Opera Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, The Sleeping Princess | Comments (3)

From Japan, by way of Australia, Hannah O’Neill takes a leading role in Paris

March 19, 2015 – 12:02 pm

The progress of Hannah O’Neill at the Paris Opera Ballet has been exceptional but I don’t think anyone would believe

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Australian Ballet School, Benjamin Millepied, Dance Europe, Hannah O'Neill, Paris Opera Ballet, Prix de Lausanne, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

Gillian Murphy as Nikiya, a night to remember and the journey of La BayadÃ¨re from Petipa to the 21st century

November 24, 2014 – 3:50 am

With Christmas Eve just a month away, I thought Iâ€™d already seen the outstanding Australian dance performances of the year.

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Chengwu Guo, Gilllian Murphy, Houston Ballet, Kevin Jackson, La Bayadere, Lana Jones, Laura Tong, Louise Lester, Natalia Makarova, Paris Opera Ballet, Peter Farmer, Stanton Welch | Comments (1)

The many lives of the Corsaire pas de deux

April 3, 2013 – 8:57 pm

The pas de deux in Le Corsaire is one of the most famous moments in the classical ballet repertoire, yet

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Aggripina Vaganova, Alexei Ratmansky, Bolshoi Ballet, Joseph Mazilier, Jules Perrot, Le Corsaire, Margot Fonteyn, Mariiinsky, Samuil Andrianv | Comments (1)

Tag Archives: Rudolf Nureyev

The Paris Opera Ballet brings Nureyev’s Swan Lake and works by Forsythe, Robbins and Pite to Australia

La Scala and Nureyev, at home and abroad

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

Peter Martins retires and the dance world edges into the world of “me-too”

Hannah O’Neill joins the elite of the Prix Benois de la danse

Benjamin Millepied: A stranger in his own land

The Sleeping Beauty: A ballet once seen, never forgotten

From Japan, by way of Australia, Hannah O’Neill takes a leading role in Paris

Gillian Murphy as Nikiya, a night to remember and the journey of La BayadÃ¨re from Petipa to the 21st century

The many lives of the Corsaire pas de deux

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