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Neumeier’s Nijinsky: A reflection of both the dancer and the choreographer

September 13, 2016 – 10:00 am

The ballet Nijinsky isnā€™t a chronological narrative of the dancerā€™s life, but depicts elements of his life as he remembers

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Bronislava Nijinsky, Charleston, Chopiniana, Doris Humphrey, Duo Concertant, George Balanchine, Hamburg Ballet, Hanya Holm, Jerome Robbins, Jeux, John Neumeier, Le Pavillon d'Armide, Les Biches, Les Noces, Martha Graham, Michel Fokine, Nijinsky, Petroushka, Romola Nijnsky, Sergei Diaghilev, Sybil Shearer, The Concert, Vaganova, Vera Volkova | Comments (0)

Nijinsky’s father-in-law: The Australian connection

August 15, 2016 – 1:01 pm

When the dancers of Diaghilevā€™s Ballets Russes sailed on the SS Avon from Southampton to Buenos Aires in 1913, there

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Ballets Russes, Charles Pulszky, Romola Pulszky, Serge Lifar, Sergei Diaghilev | Comments (1)

2016: The past, the present, and a very big challenge of the future

January 3, 2016 – 1:13 pm

A hundred years ago the Ziegfeld Follies opened on Broadway with Bachelor Days, a vaudeville show that included a song

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Akram Khan, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Arthur Pita, Ballets Russes, Bolshoi Babylon, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Cacti, Dieter Graefe, Ethan Stiefel, Fearful Symmetries, Forgotten Land, Giselle, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Ismene Brown, Jiri Kylian, Johann Kobborg, John Adams, John Cranko, John Macfarlane, La Scala, Leonard Bernstein, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Lowell Liebermann, Lucy Moore, Makhar Vaziev, Mark Franchetti, Max Weber, Natalia Osipova, Nick Read, Paul Taylor, Peter Martins, Queensland Ballet, Reid Anderson, Richard Buckle, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, Sadlers Wells, San Francisco Ballet, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Filin, Sergei Polunin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Stuttgart Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Tamara Rojo, Tamas Detrich, Till Eulenspiegel, Vitesse, Vladimir Urin, William Forsythe, World Ballet Day, Ziegfield Follies | Comments (0)

In the mind of Akram

September 2, 2013 – 8:40 am

They say that all the characters in our dreams represent us, the dreamer. If Akram Khanā€™s production, iTMOi, is the

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Akram Khan, Ben Frost, Catherine Schaub Abkarian, Ching-Ying Chien, Diaghilev, Igor Stravinsky, in the mind of igor, iTMOi, Jiri Kylian, Jocelyn Pook, Joel Jenkins, Kimie Nakano, L'apres midi d'un faune, Nitin Sawhney, Petroushka, The Firebird, The Rite of Spring | Comments (0)

Bronislava Nijinska – “downright difficult and determined”

August 28, 2011 – 1:28 pm

To be the sister of Vaslav Nijinsky would be a difficult role, firstly because of his immense fame and secondly

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Boris Kochno, Bronislava Nijinska, E.O. Hoppe, Gordon Anthony, Le Train Bleu, Les Biches, Les Noces, Louise Lightfoot, Max Dupain, Robert Woodley, Sergei Diaghilev | Comments (5)

Nijinksy through the eyes and lens of E O HoppĆ©

August 20, 2011 – 4:03 am

Having just finished Julian Barnesā€™s compelling new novel, The Sense of an Ending, Iā€™ve been thinking about the tricks that

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged E.O. Hoppe | Comments (1)