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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

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged A Month in the Country, Alexei Ratmansly, Alice Topp, AndrÃ© Prokovsky, Anna Karenina, Ashley Wheater, Australian Ballet, Ballets Russes, Chroma, Colonel de Basil, David McAllister, Dyad 1929, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Graeme Murphy, Harlequinade, Joffrey Ballet, John Lanchbery, Kristian Fredrikson, Les Millions dâ€™Arlequin, Logos, Marius Petipa, Molto Vivace, Nicolette Fraillon, Sergei Diaghilev, Squander and Glory, Stephen Baynes, Swan Lake, The Happy Prince, Tim Harbour, Wayne McGregor, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (0)

Alice’s Romp Through Wonderland

December 9, 2017 – 9:58 am

Could any creative team have as much fun as the men who sat down together to make the ballet Aliceâ€™s

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Adam Bull, Ako Kondo, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Amy Harris, Australian Ballet, Bob Crowley, Christopher Wheeldon, Joby Talbot, Nicholas Wright, Nutcracker, Peter Wright, Ty KIng-Wall | Comments (0)

The Australian Ballet’s 2018 tent pole: Spartacus reinvented for the 21st century

September 27, 2017 – 7:12 am

In any ballet season thereâ€™s always a big show, a premiere, a hook that adds that extra bit of excitement

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Alice Topp, Australian Ballet, Ben Cisterne, Bolshoi Ballet, Cinderella, Constant Variants, David McAllster, Filigree and Shadow, Gary Norman, Giselle, Graeme Murphy, Imara Savage, Jerome Ka, Laszlo Seregi, Lisa Pavane, Lucas Jervies, Maina Gielgud, Nigel Poulton, Robert Helpmann, Ronald Hynd, Spartarcus, Stephen Baynes, The Firebird, The Merry Widow, Tim Harbour, Yuri Grigorovich | Comments (0)

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

October 6, 2015 – 11:36 am

The big difference between World Ballet Day 2015 and the inaugural event last year was the way the five main

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Hero of Our Time, Akane Takada, Akram Khan, Alexander Campbell, Alexei Ratmansky, Amy Harris, Australian Ballet, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Benidicte Bemet, Bolshoi Ballet, Boris Akimov, Christopher Carr, Christopher Hampson, Cinderella, Daniel Gaudiello, David Bintley, David McAllister, David Nixon, Djakapurra Munyarryun, Dust, English National Ballet, Federico Bonelli, Frederick Ashton, Graeme Murphy, Hamlet, Ismene Brown, Jackie Barrett, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Jonathan Cope, Justine Summers, Kenneth MacMillan, Lauren Cuthbertson, Lisa Craig, National Ballet of Canada, Ore Oduba, Presque Rien, Radu Poklitaru, Raven Girl, Romeo & Juliet, Royal Ballet, Ryoichi Hirano, San Francisco Ballet, Sarah Thompson, Sergei Filin, Sleeping Beauty, Stephen Baynes, Swan Lake, Tamara Rojo, Two Pigeons, Wayne McGregor, World Ballet Day, Yuhui Choe, Yuri Possokhov | 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, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, Salute, Shona McCullough, Soldier's Mass, Stephen Baynes, The Green Table | Comments (0)

Madeleine Eastoe followed Maina Gielgud’s advice and made the role of Giselle “entirely her own”

April 5, 2015 – 8:16 am

Every ballerina lucky enough to dance Giselle portrays the role in her own particular way. Of course sheâ€™s directed and

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Ako Kondo, Andrew Killian, Dimity Azoury, Ghengwu Guo, Giselle, Kevin Jackson, Kirsty Martin, Lisa Bolte, Lucinda Dunn, Madeleine Eastoe, Maina Gielgud, Natasha Kusen, Olga Tamara, Rachel Rawlins, Rudy Hawkes | Comments (0)

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

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alessandra Ferri, American Ballet Theatre, Fabrizio Ferri, Kenneth MacMillan, La Scala, Manon, Onegin, Romeo & Juliet, Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet School, The Piano Upstairs, Virginia Woolf, Wayne McGregor, Woolf Works | Comments (2)

A five star show to start the Australian Ballet’s year

February 23, 2015 – 9:38 am

The Australian Ballet delivered a triple treat on the opening night of the company’s 2015 season. Madeleine Eastoe, Kevin Jackson

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Ako Kondo, Alistair Macaulay, Andris Toppe, Benedicte Bemet, Brooke Lockett, Clement Crisp, Colin Peasley, Frank Leo, Graeme Murphy, Heidi Martin, Karen Nanesca, Kevin Jackson, Kristian Fredrikson, Madeleine Eastoe, Matthew Donnelly, Shane Carroll, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

Peter Sculthorpe: The sun, the earth, and Ned Kelly

August 18, 2014 – 12:47 pm

Graeme Murphy was 18 when Robert Helpmann choreographed Sun Music for the Australian Ballet in 1968. Helpmannâ€™s work â€œwas an

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Graeme Murphy, Kenneth Rowell, Marilyn Jones, My Name isi Edward Kelly, Peter Sculthorpe, Red Earth, Robert Helpmann, Stanton Welch, Sun Music | Comments (4)

MacMillan’s R&J: A pivotal moment in the history of the Queensland Ballet

June 29, 2014 – 11:12 pm

Remember the date. June 27, 2014 at the Lyric Theatre in Brisbane, marked the day that the Queensland Balletâ€™s artistic

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Andrew Mogrelia, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta, Daniel Gaudiello, English National Ballet, John B. Read, John Cranko, Julie Lincoln, Kenneth MacMillan, Li Cunxin, Matthew Lawrence, Paul Andrews, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Symphony, Sergei Prokofiev, Tamara Rojo, Vito Bernasconi, Yuri Uchiumi | Comments (2)

Tag Archives: Steven Heathcote

The Australian Ballet 2020

Alice’s Romp Through Wonderland

The Australian Ballet’s 2018 tent pole: Spartacus reinvented for the 21st century

World Ballet Day companies throw open their studio doors

War Dances – a brief history beyond The Green Table

Madeleine Eastoe followed Maina Gielgud’s advice and made the role of Giselle “entirely her own”

The sublime dancer and actor, Alessandra Ferri, returns to the Royal Opera House stage

A five star show to start the Australian Ballet’s year

Peter Sculthorpe: The sun, the earth, and Ned Kelly

MacMillan’s R&J: A pivotal moment in the history of the Queensland Ballet

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