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Memories of the year that was, hopes for the year to come

December 31, 2013 – 3:14 am

Looking backwards before glimpsing forward, the two highlights of the Australian dance year were the season of the Paris Opera

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged 6000 Miles Away, Akram Khan, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Amber Scott, American Ballet Theatre, Anna Volkova, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Bach Partita, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Baz Luhrmann, Bolero, Bolshoi Ballet, Cacti, Carlos Acosta, Chengwu Guo, Chroma, Cinderella, Coppelia, Daniel Gaudielo, David Hallburg, Dido & Aeneas, Don Quixote, DorothÃ©e Gilbert, Esmeralda, Expressions Dance Company, Fanatic, Fancy Free, George Balanchine, Gideon Obarzanel. Jacopo Godani, Giselle, Greg Horsman, iTMOi, Ivan Vasiliev, Jerome Robbins, Jiri Kylian, Kenneth MacMillan, Kevin McKenzie, Korper, La Bayadere, Larissa McGowan, Laurel Martyn, Leanne Stojmenov, Les Illuminations, Li Cunxin, Lynnette Wallworth, Manon, Marie-AgnÃ¨s Gillot, Mary Li, Mathieu Ganio, Multiverse, Natalia Osipova, Natalie Weir, Nederlands Dans Theater, Nicolo Fonte, Nils Christie, Olivia Bell, Paris Opera Ballet, Patyegarang, Proximity, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Rafael Bonachela, Red Shoes, Romeo & Juliet, Sarabande, Sasha Waltz, Serenade, Sergei Filin, Seven Sonatas, Short Dialogues, Stanton Welch, Stephen Baynes, Stephen Page, Steven McRae, Strictly Ballroom, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, Tamara Rojo, The Beginning of Nature, The Bright Stream, Tim Flannery, Twyla Tharp, Ty KIng-Wall, Yosvani Ramos | Comments (2)

Matt Mattox: the Australian years – from Oklahoma! to Song of Norway

April 28, 2013 – 10:21 pm

Oh What a Wonderful Morninâ€™ it was for Rodgers and Hammerstein when Oklahoma! opened in New York in March 1943.

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Agnes de Mille, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Edna Busse, Gemze De Lappe, George Balanchine, J C Willamson, Jacques d'Amboise, Katharine Sergava, Lee Christofis, Marc Platt, Matt Mattox, Michael Kidd, Oklahoma!, Russ Tamblyn, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Song of Norway, Tommy Rall, Vasillie Trunoff, Vladimir Kostenko | Comments (9)

Brigitte Kelly and Strelsa Heckelman: lives dedicated to dance

January 13, 2013 – 9:00 pm

Two dancers whose with close connections to Col de Basilâ€™s Ballets Russes’ tours to Australia have died – Brigitte Kelly,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anglo-Polish Ballet, Brigitte Kelly, Col. de Basil, Dancing Years, Edouard Borovansky, Gay Rosalinda, Helene Kirsova, J C Williamson, Leon Woizikowski, Les Ballets Trois Arts, Maria Sanina, Marie Rambert, Matt Mattox, Michel Fokine, Oklahoma!, The King and I, Vassilli Trunoff | Comments (2)