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The Sleeping Beauty. A second look
5 December 2015 (matinee), Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House My second viewing of David McAllister’s Sleeping Beauty simply confirmed my opinion that this production is the most...
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Spartacus. The Australian Ballet (2018)
17 September 2018 (matinee). Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House The high point in this new production of Spartacus is the set design by French artist Jérôme Kaplan. The costumes are, for the...
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Memorial for Dame Margaret Scott
15 March 2019. State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne Dame Margaret Scott was farewelled with style and grace, and more than a little bit of emotion, in a memorial event arranged by the...
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Dimity Azoury & Benedicte Bemet. The Australian Ballet
The Australian Ballet has just announced the promotion of Dimity Azoury and Benedicte Bemet to principal artists with the company. Azoury has particular connections to Canberra and the surrounding...
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Paquita & La Sylphide. The Australian Ballet. 2020 Digital Season
I saw this program twice in 2013 and have to admit that, apart from outstanding performances by one or two dancers in each of the casts I saw, I was somewhat underwhelmed. But this screening by the...
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Dance diary. March 2022
Anna Karenina. The Australian Ballet During March I watched a streamed showing of Anna Karenina from the Australian Ballet. Choreographed by Ukrainian-born choreographer (currently resident in the...
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Kunstkamer. The Australian Ballet
7 May 2022 (matinee). Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House David Hallberg has given his directorship of the Australian Ballet a name, a conceptual idea, for us to ponder—’A New Era’. The...
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Harlequinade. The Australian Ballet
24 June 2022, online screening Ahead of any further remarks, I have to make it quite clear that basically I am a fan of the work of Alexei Ratmansky. I have been writing about his productions on this...
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Swan Lake (2023). The Australian Ballet
Digital screening, September–October (filmed on 29 September 2023 during the Melbourne season of Swan Lake) I am not a huge fan of this latest production of Swan Lake from the Australian Ballet—a...
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The Dream and Marguerite and Armand. The Australian Ballet
15 November 2023 (matinee). Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House This double bill of works by Frederick Ashton was an entertaining two hours of ballet. I enjoyed in particular the opening work,...
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