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Robyn Hendricks promoted to principal

June 17, 2016 – 12:39 pm

After ten years with the Australian Ballet, Robyn Hendricks has reached the highest rank in the company. This evening she

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged After the Rain, Australian Ballet, DGV: Danse Ă grande vitesse, Somewhat Elevated, Stephen Baynes, Swan Lake, Symphony in C. In the Middle | Comments (0)

Symphonic Variations as seen through the eyes of Wendy Ellis Somes

May 6, 2015 – 9:57 am

This article was first published in The Sydney Morning Herald. With its bomb sites, rubble and rationing, London in 1946

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged American Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Frederick Ashton, Het Nationale, Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Sadlers Wells Ballet, Wendy Ellis Somes | 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 LefĂ¨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, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Malliphant, Salute, Seven Deadly Sins, She Oak, Shostakovitch Trilogy, Sophie Fedorovitch, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, The Sleeping Beauty, Turandot, Twyla Tharp, Waangenga Blanco, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Woolf Works | Comments (0)

The Fonteyn Follies of ’62

March 31, 2012 – 12:22 pm

With the men in miniscule swimming costumes, and the women dressed modestly in summer shirts and cotton trousers, Margot Fonteyn

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Annette Page, Arthur Tait, Brian Shaw, Brithday Offering, Bryan Ashbridge, David Blair, Elaine Fifield, Frederick Ashton, James Laurie, John Cranko, John Lanchbery, Madame Butterfly, Margot Fonteyn, Maryon Lane, Merle Park, Nadia Nerina, Ninette de Valois, Robin Haig, Roland Petit, Ronald Emblen, Royal Ballet, Rudolf Nureyev, The Lady and the Fool | Comments (3)

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