Don Quixote Archives - Dance Informa Magazine

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Dance Advice

8 reasons why we love ballet in 2019

It’s a new year, and surely there will be some trends in the dance world – perhaps a new dance show, or...

La Scala Ballet. Photo courtesy of QPAC.

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Italy’s famed La Scala Ballet to perform in Australia for the first time

In 1971, the journalist Lorenzo Arruga wrote, “This old Giselle has sent me home happy to have breathed ‘dance’.” Arruga had been to a performance of...

Ecole Vocational's 'Cinderella'. Photo by WinkiPop Media.

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Australian Dance Reviews

Ecole Vocational Ballet celebrates 20th anniversary with ‘Cinderella’

Smith Auditorium Shore School, Sydney. December 18, 2016. The end of 2016 was truly a remarkable time for the directors of Ecole...

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Melbourne City Ballet launches Studio Session Series

Following the successful implementation of its training programs within its new facility, Melbourne City Ballet has announced its newest offering to the...

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Melbourne City Ballet: Aiming High

Frustrated with the lack of opportunities available to professional dancers in Australia, Michael Pappalardo decided to take matters into his own hands....

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Ako Kondo: Australian Ballet’s newest Principal!

At just 24 years of age, Ako Kondo has become the Australian Ballet’s newest Principal Artist. Her promotion was announced on stage...

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Melbourne dancer Benjamin Stone thrives in U.S.

By Chelsea Thomas of Dance Informa. In his second season dancing with Atlanta Ballet, a premier U.S. dance company with roots dating...

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Teaching Cupid Russian: Aussie Tours with Imperial Russian Ballet

When the Imperial Russian Ballet Company tours their lavish production of “Don Quixote” across the country in April and May, they will...

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Dance Teacher Resources

Dance Quiz – Famous Artistic Directors

1. Ethan Stiefel is the current Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. His name was made more famous in mainstream...

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Celebrating Nureyev – Part 2

By Rain Francis. Rudolf Nureyev was one of the single most influential people in the history of dance. This year marks 20...

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Australian Dance Reviews

Don 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...

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Celebrating Nureyev – Part 1

By Rain Francis. Rudolf Nureyev was one of the single most influential people in the history of dance. This year marks 20...

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Stuttgart Ballet’s Daniel Camargo & Elisa Badenes

By Rebecca Martin. Two of Stuttgart Ballet’s rising stars, Daniel Camargo and Elisa Badenes, journeyed to Melbourne to perform at The Australian...

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Yaroslava Araptanova and Alexander Volkov of Imperial Russian Ballet

By Rebecca Martin. The Imperial Russian Ballet’s lead dancers will be returning to Australia in April as part of OperaMania – a...

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Dance Teacher Resources

Dance Quiz – Rudolf Nureyev

This year is the 75th anniversary of ballet legend Rudolf Nureyev’s birth, and 20 years since his death. How much do you know...

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Australian Dance Reviews

The Australian Ballet 50th Anniversary Gala

State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne October 31 2012 By Rebecca Martin. The Australian Ballet has come a long way since it took...

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The Australian Ballet’s Stunning Principals

In the Australian Ballet’s 50th year Dance Informa is celebrating the company by highlighting three of the Ballet’s Principal Dancers each edition....

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Spring Dance 2012

Sydney Opera House has unveiled a vibrant and eclectic program for Spring Dance 2012 – Australia’s only international festival of contemporary dance...