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REVEALED: Australian ballet - The Real Truth

Prism triple bill shows spectrum of ballet's lean years

From a tribute to dancers maintaining form at home to a sparely cast Bach interpretation, The Australian Ballet's triple header shines light on the times.

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The Australian Ballet’s flawless, breathtaking Prism is a significant coming of age for the company

When Alicia Alonso was establishing the National Cuban Ballet in the 1950s she was faced with interrogation from the communist regime as to how a European art form could represent and serve the Cuban people.

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The Australian Ballet: Nijinsky review - riveting, defiant portrait of madness ain’t pretty

John Neumeier’s ballet about the life and torment of ‘god of dance’ Vaslav Nijinsky is searing, passionate and defiantly queer

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Australian Ballet back with tale of superstar Nijinsky

The last time the Australian Ballet staged Nijinksy, it won standing ovations at every show. Almost a decade later, it's back.

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'Inspire the next generation': Australian Ballet arrives in Newcastle

Catch a performance at the Civic Theatre on Saturday, July 13.

Newcastle Herald

Australian Ballet blasts newspaper review for describing dancers as ‘unusually thin’

Company’s artistic director David Hallberg says he was ‘shocked’ by critic’s review and that critique of dancers’ bodies is ‘not acceptable’

The Guardian - AU

Stephanie Lake's electric circle with Australian Ballet

Circle Electric, the latest piece from internationally acclaimed choreographer Stephanie Lake, will debut with the Australian Ballet at the Sydney Opera House.

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Work hard, play hard: final bow after 22 years of dance

Australian Ballet dancer Amy Harris says there will be happiness and tears when the curtain falls on her 22 year career.

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The Australian Ballet: Swan Lake review – a beguiling triumph

David Hallberg’s unashamedly traditional production is laden with Regency splendour, psychological realism and a deep, soulful connection between the doomed lovers

The Guardian - AU

The Australian Ballet: Jewels review – lots of glitter but no gold

George Balanchine’s choreography is gorgeous to look at, and there are standout individual performances, but it really needs more lush grandeur

The Guardian - UK

Australian Ballet dancers to take first industrial action in more than four decades

Dancers will ‘hold the curtain’ at a Melbourne performance on Friday after negotiations to ensure appropriate pay rises failed

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Record rent rises in capital cities, winter illness warning; and Shannen Doherty’s breast cancer spreads

Australia’s housing stress worsens, and the 90210 actor reveals the terminal breast cancer she has been receiving treatment for has now spread to her brain

The Guardian - AU

Australian Ballet dancers begin industrial action over pay dispute: ‘They’re living on tuna and rice’

Performers still reeling from the pandemic aren’t ruling out a strike, as the company refuses to guarantee their pay will keep pace with inflation

The Guardian - AU

Nicolette Fraillon was told she couldn't be a conductor 'because I was a woman'

The Australian conductor says sexism is still an issue within the classical music scene.

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5 Australian women choreographers you should know (and where to see them in 2023)

“Ballet is woman” claimed the legendary New York choreographer George Balanchine. But “where are all the women ballet choreographers?” asked researchers Oellen A. Meglin and Lynn Matluck Brooks in 2012. They found only 23 articles on women ballet choreographers in the New York Times’ 171-year history.

The Guardian - AU

Romeo and Juliet review – the Australian Ballet triumphs over a rapturous score that gives the dancers a run for their money

An emotionally compelling take on the Shakespearean classic demonstrates the depth of talent in a company at the height of their powers

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Australian Ballet First Nations cadet visits Yipirinya School in Central Australia

Cairns-based dancer Troy Schrieber hopes to use his 2022 cadetship with The Australian Ballet to inspire Indigenous children from Central Australia to pursue the art form.

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Aust Ballet reveals 60th year dance card

The Australian Ballet has revealed the program for its 60th anniversary season, featuring Don Quixote and Swan Lake, and a visit from the Tokyo Ballet.

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Contemporary dance is more accessible than you think — and you don't have to 'get it' to love it

Contemporary dance can be a lot of things – audacious, thrilling, arousing, funny, joyous, even brutal. If you want to understand it, first stop trying to understand it.

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Riddells Creek's James McDonell prepares to tour with Australian Ballet

James McDonell grew up in the Macedon Ranges surrounded by dogs, cats, some pet sheep, and alpacas. Now, he's set to star in the Australian Ballet's Swan Lake Variations.

Newcastle Herald

Vale to Newcastle dance pioneer Tessa Maunder

The beloved tutor and choreographer died earlier this month, after a career which spanned four generations.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle-trained dancer Sharni Spencer named principal artist of Australian Ballet

Sharni Spencer, Newcastle-raised and trained ballerina with the Australian Ballet, has just received one of the highest industry accolades in the country - the promotion to principal artist of the Australian Ballet. Announced during the final curtain calls of the Australian Ballet's performance of Alexei Ratmansky's Harlequinade on June 25…

Newcastle Herald

Hunter-raised ballerina prepares for performance with Australian Ballet School

"It's just such a magical thing, you really go into this whole other world."

The Guardian - AU

Kunstkamer review – this fiendishly complicated ballet is astonishing

Australian Ballet, Arts Centre, MelbourneLong lines of dancers jitter like marionettes and the principal artists shine in this bold Dutch work that thrums with a dark energy

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The Australian Ballet is busting myths about injuries, and helping athletes from other codes overcome theirs

From miracle recoveries in Aussie Rules to changing the way the dance world thinks about fitness, the Australian ballet scene is causing waves — and other sports could learn a thing or two from their lead.

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