The Australian Ballet – Bodytorque a la Mode
Sydney Theatre May 2010 By Rebecca Martin. This year, The Australian Ballet’s Bodytorque season wove fashion into its theme, and brought to light its bond with ballet. Consisting of new pieces created...
View ArticleThe Australian Ballet – Edge of Night
The Arts Centre, Melbourne. Saturday August 28th By Brian Nolan. At The Edge Of Night Choreography Stephen Baynes Music by Rachmaninov Solo pianist Duncan Salton, along with...
View ArticleBodytorque – Muses
The Australian Ballet Sydney Theatre May 2010 By Dolce Fisher This year’s theme for Bodytorque was ‘Muses’, a subject interpreted differently by each budding choreographer. The audience was treated to...
View ArticleRomeo and Juliet – The Australian Ballet
Sydney Opera House December 2011 By Linda Badger There are many advantages to creating a new version of something old. Audiences are familiar with the old, and love to see the creativity that a new...
View ArticleThe Australian Ballet’s Stunning Principals
By Rain Francis. In the Australian Ballet’s 50th year Dance Informa is celebrating the company by highlighting the Ballet’s Principal Dancers each edition. This edition Dance Informa speaks with two of...
View Article2013 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award Nominations
$20,000 up for grabs for Australia’s emerging dance talent Six dancers are in the running to take home Australian ballet’s highest honour, with the 2013 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award (TBDA) nominations...
View ArticleDon Quixote – The Australian Ballet
State Theatre, Melbourne March 22, 2013 By Rain Francis. In a dusty old box in a storage unit somewhere there lays a copy of American Ballet Theatre’s Don Quixote on VHS. Though its format is now...
View ArticleLa Sylphide & Paquita – The Australian Ballet
Arts Centre Melbourne August 30, 2013 By Rain Francis. It was nice to see two historically significant and completely different ballets in one evening. La Sylphide was created nearly 200 years ago, and...
View ArticleRachael Walsh retires from the stage
By Rebecca Martin of Dance Informa. Loved and admired by audiences and dancers alike, Queensland Ballet Principal Dancer Rachael Walsh announced her retirement in July. A graduate of The Australian...
View ArticleThe Australian Ballet premieres ‘La Bayadère’ in Sydney
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House November 6, 2014 By Deborah Searle of Dance Informa. Stanton Welch’s La Bayadère is a sumptuous, exotic display of ballet prowess. It was a joy to see a...
View ArticleNew Zealand Dance News – August 2016
Find out what’s happening in the New Zealand dance scene this month! The New Zealand School of Dance (NZSD) is gearing up to hold auditions for its full-time course in five New Zealand and Australian...
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