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Queensland Ballet’s 60th anniversary, 2020

September 22, 2019 – 11:01 am

The Queensland Ballet will celebrate its 60th anniversary next year with a gala paying tribute to the company’s artistic directors

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Ben Stevenson, Bespoke, Charles Lisner, Cloudland, Dangerous Liaisons, Derek Deane, Dracula, English National Ballet, Etudes, Francois Klaus, Greg Norsman, Harald Lander, Harold Collins, Harry Haythorne, Jacqui Carroll, Krzysztof Pastor, Li Cunxin, Liam Scarlett, Natalie Weir, Nutcracker, Petros Treklis, Queensland Ballet, Remi Wortmeyer, Shangahai Ballet, The Lady of the Camellias, The Little Mermaid, West Australian Ballet | Comments (0)

Whoops and whistles as Misty brings down the house

November 24, 2017 – 10:56 am

It wasn’t your everyday ballet audience. There were whoops, cheers and whistles as Misty Copeland made her entrance as Aurora

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Jade Wood, Kevin Jackson, Lev Ivanov, Marcus Morelli, Marius Petipa, Misty Copeland, Opera Australia Orchestra, Philip Ellis | Comments (1)

The Australian Ballet’s 2017 season: A year of Alice, Clara and Aurora

September 27, 2016 – 10:39 am

For both the dancers and audiences, the Australian Ballet’s big show of 2017 will be Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Alexander Campbell, Alice Topp, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Australian Ballet, Christopher Wheeldon, David Bintley, David McAllister, Faster, Gabriela Tylesova, George Balanchine, Graeme Murphy, Kristian Fredrikson, Little Atlas, Matthew Hindson, Michael Gordon, Nutcracker the Story of Clara, Richard House, Scent of Love, Simon Russell Beale, Steve Reich, Steven McRae, Symphony in C, Tim Harbour, Wayne McGregor, Zenaida Yanowsky | Comments (1)

A Year of Beauty in numbers

June 6, 2016 – 8:42 am

Programming a sumptuous new production of Sleeping Beauty, initiating Storytime Ballet for children, adding a Sydney season of Graeme Murphy’s

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, David McAllistair, Giselle, Graeme Murphy, Libby Christie, Orchestra Victoria, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

Sleeping Beauty in Sydney, a second viewing

November 29, 2015 – 11:35 am

Last September, the Melbourne premiere of the Australian Ballet’s new Sleeping Beauty represented the big picture, with a multitude of

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Ako Kondo, Australian Ballet, Chengwu Guo, David McAllistair, Gabriela Tylesova, Kevin Jackson, Lana Jones, Rose Adagio | Comments (0)

The Sleeping Beauty: A ballet once seen, never forgotten

September 22, 2015 – 12:58 pm

Some ballets change lives. Children remember their first Nutcracker, of course, or maybe Coppelia or Swan Lake. But for many

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Borovansky Ballet, David McAllister, Gabriela Tylesova, Paris Opera Ballet, Rudolf Nureyev, The Sleeping Princess | Comments (3)

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 Lefèvre, 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, Symphonic Variations, Turandot, Twyla Tharp, Waangenga Blanco, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Woolf Works | Comments (0)

Queensland Ballet 2015: Cojocaru as Aurora and a London debut with La Sylphide

September 22, 2014 – 5:23 am

For his third year as artistic director of the Queensland Ballet, Li Cunxin has invited Alina Cojocaru to guest in

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Ben Stevenson, Carlos Acosta, Coppelia, Gary Harris, Greg Horsman, La Sylphide, Li Cunxin, Nutcracker, Peter Pan, Peter Schaufuss, Queensland Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Tamara Rojo, Trey McIntyre | Comments (0)

How Bertie’s passage to India set the scenes for La Badayère

July 25, 2014 – 10:39 pm

As Marius Petipa’s La Badayère is soon to return to the Australian Ballet’s repertoire, this time in the production of

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Gustave Dore, Konstantin Skalkovsky, La Badayère, Roland John Wiley, Sergei Khudekov, Stanton Welch | Comments (2)

Peter Wright: The eloquent classicist, still in the rehearsal room in his 80s

May 31, 2014 – 11:47 am

Sir Peter Wright’s most prolific decade was the 1980s when he created productions of four great classical works, first The

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta, Dutch National Ballet, Giselle, Natalia Osipova, Nutcracker, Peter Wright, Royal Ballet, Swan Lake | Comments (0)

Tag Archives: The Sleeping Beauty

Queensland Ballet’s 60th anniversary, 2020

Whoops and whistles as Misty brings down the house

The Australian Ballet’s 2017 season: A year of Alice, Clara and Aurora

A Year of Beauty in numbers

Sleeping Beauty in Sydney, a second viewing

The Sleeping Beauty: A ballet once seen, never forgotten

A magic carpet ride through 2015

Queensland Ballet 2015: Cojocaru as Aurora and a London debut with La Sylphide

How Bertie’s passage to India set the scenes for La Badayère

Peter Wright: The eloquent classicist, still in the rehearsal room in his 80s

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