The Merry Widow. The Australian Ballet (2011)
19 November 2011, Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House Ronald Hynd’s Merry Widow has never been my favourite ballet. I dislike its nature as balletic operetta, with emphasis on the ‘etta’, and its stock...
View ArticleInfinity. The Australian Ballet
This is an expanded version of a review written for The Canberra Times. 24 February 2012, State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne Infinity, the Australian Ballet’s first program in its 50th...
View ArticleInfinity. A second look
14 April 2012 (matinee), Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House A second look at the Australian Ballet’s triple bill program, Infinity, at a recent Saturday matinee in Sydney produced some new highlights,...
View ArticleRomeo and Juliet on screen
I finally managed to see the recording of Graeme Murphy’s Romeo and Juliet made by the SBS subscription channel Stvdio and recorded on 21 September 2011 at a live performance in Melbourne. Posts...
View ArticleIcons. The Australian Ballet
30 August 2012, State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne The Australian Ballet’s Icons program is a truly exciting triple bill. Every work has particular interest historically and, while one...
View ArticleDance diary. August 2013
Romeo and Juliet: DVD release Graeme Murphy’s Romeo and Juliet was a controversial addition to the repertoire of the Australian Ballet in 2011. It has been one of the most discussed productions on...
View ArticleThe Nutcracker on film. The Australian Ballet
It was a pleasure to be able to see Peter Wright’s Nutcracker once again, this time on film danced by the Australian Ballet and recorded in Melbourne on 17 September 2014. It was shown on ABC-TV on...
View ArticleDance diary. March 2015
Hannah O’Neill Although the Paris Opera Ballet’s website is still listing Australian Ballet School graduate Hannah O’Neill as a coryphée on its organisational chart, O’Neill is now a sujet with the...
View ArticleThe Dream. The Australian Ballet
29 April 2015, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House There were peaks and troughs in the Australian Ballet’s second program for 2015, a triple bill of works by Frederick Ashton. There were also...
View ArticleAlice Topp’s Paragon. The Australian Ballet
13 May 2023. Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House ‘Paragon’ is a noun that means ‘a model of perfection and excellence’. The Australian Ballet’s resident choreographer, Alice Topp, set out in...
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