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The Australian Ballet 2020

September 29, 2019 – 1:06 pm

Although David McAllisterâ€™s retirement as artistic director of the Australia Ballet was announced back in May, the absolute certainty of

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Neumeier’s Nijinsky: A reflection of both the dancer and the choreographer

September 13, 2016 – 10:00 am

The ballet Nijinsky isnâ€™t a chronological narrative of the dancerâ€™s life, but depicts elements of his life as he remembers

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Bronislava Nijinsky, Charleston, Chopiniana, Doris Humphrey, Duo Concertant, George Balanchine, Hamburg Ballet, Hanya Holm, Jerome Robbins, Jeux, John Neumeier, Le Pavillon d'Armide, Les Biches, Les Noces, Martha Graham, Michel Fokine, Nijinsky, Petroushka, Romola Nijnsky, Sybil Shearer, The Concert, Vaganova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Vera Volkova | Comments (0)

Nijinsky’s father-in-law: The Australian connection

August 15, 2016 – 1:01 pm

When the dancers of Diaghilevâ€™s Ballets Russes sailed on the SS Avon from Southampton to Buenos Aires in 1913, there

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Ballets Russes, Charles Pulszky, Romola Pulszky, Serge Lifar, Vaslav Nijinsky | Comments (1)

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, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, Sadlers Wells, San Francisco Ballet, 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 Australian Ballet’s 2016 repertoire

September 23, 2015 – 8:32 am

For the first time in its history, the Australian Ballet will stage a ballet choreographed by John Neumeier, the artistic

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Alice Topp, Australian Ballet, Ballets Russes, Bodytorque, Christopher Wheeldon, Cinderella, Coppelia, DGV: Dance a grand vistesse, Forgotten Land, George Balanchine, George Ogilvie, Hamburg Ballet, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Jiri Kylian, John Neumeier, Kristian Fredrikson, Nijinsky, Peggy van Praagh, Roberta Guidi di Bagno, Romeo&Juliet, Stanton Welch, Stephen Baynes, Swan Lake, Symphony in C, William Forsythe | Comments (0)

A century of Fauns

January 8, 2012 – 8:37 pm

The editor of Le Figaro did not hold back. Reviewing the premiere of Nijinskyâ€™s Lâ€™AprÃ¨s midi dâ€™un Faune, he massacred

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Afternoon of a Faun, Anatomy of an Afternoon, Graeme Murphy, Jerome Robbins, L'apres midi d'un faune, Martin del Amo, Nijinksy, Paul White | Comments (0)

Bronislava Nijinska – “downright difficult and determined”

August 28, 2011 – 1:28 pm

To be the sister of Vaslav Nijinsky would be a difficult role, firstly because of his immense fame and secondly

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Boris Kochno, Bronislava Nijinska, E.O. Hoppe, Gordon Anthony, Le Train Bleu, Les Biches, Les Noces, Louise Lightfoot, Max Dupain, Robert Woodley, Vaslav Nijinsky | Comments (5)

Diaghilev and death in Venice

May 23, 2011 – 3:53 pm

Diaghilev found the right city for his death. Venice is theatre with its palazzi along the Grand Canal representing the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Igor Stravinsky, Marie Taglioni | Comments (1)

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