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Kevin O’Hare on the first Royal Ballet tour to Australia in 15 years and his own mantra: “Creating the classics of the 21st century”

June 6, 2017 – 8:35 am

At the end of this month the Royal Ballet will take up residence at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Anthony Dowell, As Time Goes By, Christopher Wheeldon, Frederick Ashton, John Macfarlane, Kenneth MacMillan, Kevin O'Hare, Liam Scarlett, Peter Wright, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, The Illustrated Farewell, The Winter's Tale, Twyla Tharp, Wayne McGregor, Yolanda Sonnabend, Zanaida Yenowsky | Comments (2)

The Royal returns to Australia with works by British choreographers, Wheeldon and McGregor

October 27, 2016 – 1:24 pm

The Royal Ballet is showcasing the works of two British choreographers in its 2017 tour to Australia. The season at

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Christopher Wheeldon, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Royal Ballet, The Winter's Tale, Wayne McGregor | Comments (0)

Mara Galeazzi returns to Australia for the gala, Ballet Stars Under the Stars

January 17, 2016 – 10:40 am

There are famous exceptions, among them Galina Ulanova, Margot Fonteyn, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Sylvie Guillem, but few ballet dancers continue

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Ador, Alessandra Ferri, Australian Ballet, Australian Ballet School, Carla Fracci, Dominic Ballard, English National Ballet, Galina Ulanova, Graham Spicer, Gramilano, Jo Lee, Juliet Burnett, Kimbrian Bergh, Kirsty Lee Denovan, Mara Galeazzi, Margot Fonteyn, Melbourne Ballet Company, Mikhail Baryshnikov, PROJECTion Dance, Queensland Ballet, Royal Ballet, Slovac National Theatre, Sylvie Guillem, Tim Podesta, Wayne McGregor | Comments (2)

The sublime dancer and actor, Alessandra Ferri, returns to the Royal Opera House stage

March 31, 2015 – 6:24 am

The Italian ballerina, Alessandra Ferri, retired in 2007, but six years later she returned to the stage. A former principal

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Alessandra Ferri, American Ballet Theatre, Fabrizio Ferri, Kenneth MacMillan, La Scala, Manon, Onegin, Romeo & Juliet, Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet School, Steven Heathcote, The Piano Upstairs, Virginia Woolf, Wayne McGregor | Comments (2)

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 LefÃ¨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, Symphonic Variations, The Sleeping Beauty, Turandot, Twyla Tharp, Waangenga Blanco, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe | Comments (0)

World Ballet Day #3: The Royal Ballet

October 3, 2014 – 8:47 am

The TV and radio presenter, George Lamb and the Royal Ballet soloist, Kristen McNally were the confident hosts who took

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Aeternum, Age of Anxiety, Alice in Wonderland, Carlos Acosta, Cassandra, Christopher Carr, Christopher Wheeldon, Federico Bonelli, George Lamb, Jerome Robbins, Kevin O'Hare, Kristen McNally, Laura Morera, Liam Scarlett, Ludovic Ondiviela, Manon, Marianela Nunez, Royal Ballet, Steve McRae, Vadim Muntagirov, Wayne McGregor | Comments (0)

World Ballet Day: October 1

September 29, 2014 – 9:44 pm

Tomorrow five ballet companies around the world will be live streaming from their studios, first from Australia, then Russia, the

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged Aeternum, Anthony Dowell, Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Carlos Acosta, Christopher Wheeldon, Concerto Grosso, David McAllister, Don Quixote, Frederick Ashton, Graeme Murphy, Helgo Tomasson, Jean Cristophe Maillot, John Neumeier, La Bayadere, Liam Scarlett, Manon, National Ballet of Canada, Nijinsky, Ostinato, Peter Wright, RAkU, Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Scenes de ballet, Stanton Welch, Taming of the Shrew, The Taming of the Shrew, The Verriginous Thrill of Exactitude, Tim Harbour, Vadim Muntagirov, Wayne McGregor, Yuri Possokhov | Comments (0)

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