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Dance nominees in the Helpmann Awards, 2014

July 15, 2014 – 1:53 pm

The dance panel for the Helpmann Awards 2014 has shortlisted four works for Best Ballet or Dance Work, and in

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Andre Santos, Australian Ballet, Australian Dance Theatre, Batsheva Dance Company, Bolshoi Ballet, Charmene Yap, Chroma, Cinderella, Dalissa Pigram, Daniel Gaudiello, Daniel Jaber, Expressions Dance Company, Fiona Evans, Garry Stewart, Gudirr Gudirr, Helpmann Awards, James Vu Anh Pham, Kimball Wong, Les Illuminations, Monument, Natalie Weir, Nicolette Fraillon, Nought, Ohad Naharin, Onegin. Lucinda Dunn, Radio and Juliet, Rafael Bonachela, Sadeh21, Stephanie Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Wayne McGregor, When Time Stops | Comments (0)

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, Strelsa Heckelman, Strictly Ballroom, Swan Lake, Sydney Dance Company, Sylvie Guillem, Tamara Rojo, The Beginning of Nature, Tim Flannery, Twyla Tharp, Ty KIng-Wall, Yosvani Ramos | Comments (2)

The Bolshoi looks on the bright side of life

June 10, 2013 – 9:32 am

When Alexei Ratmansky first heard a recording of Shostakovichâ€™s ballet score for The Bright Stream in 1995, he must have

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Adrian Piotrovsky, Alexei Loparevich, Alexei Ratmansky, Anastasia Vinokur, Bolshoi Ballet, Boris Messerer, Denis Medvedev, Denis Savin, Dimitri Shostalovich, Egor Simachev, Fyodor Lopukhov, Ksenia Pchelkina, Maria Alexandrova, Mikhail Lobukhin, Nina Kapstova, Ruslan Skvortsov, Serge Filin | Comments (0)

Q & A with Ratmansky

May 28, 2013 – 9:17 pm

With the Bolshoi Ballet’s season in Australia to open tomorrow, I spoke a week ago on the phone to Alexei

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Cinderella, Davd McAllister, Jerome Kapla, Le Corsaire | Comments (4)

Spring in the steppes of the Bolshoi Ballet

November 19, 2012 – 9:21 am

THE Greek god of music, poetry and sun wore a dusting of white. Overnight, the snow had fallen on Apollo’s

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexii Ratmansky, Bolshoi Ballet, David Hallberg, Ivan Vasiliev, Jorma Elo, Le Corsaire, Mats Ek, Mikhailovsky Theatre, Nacho Duato, Natalia Osipova, Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Pina Bausch, Sergei Filin, Wayne McGregor | Comments (1)

Bolshoi Ballet to return to Australia in 2013

October 31, 2012 – 2:13 am

The Bolshoi Ballet will tour to Australia next year for a season at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane,

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Andrew Guild, Bolshoi Ballet, Ian McRae, Le Corsaire, Leo Schofield, Michael Edgley, Queensland Performing Arts Centre | Comments (3)