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All posts tagged "The Australian Ballet"
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2.7KFeaturedDance 2020: Our most anticipated dance shows of the year
2020 promises to be another busy and creative year for Australia’s legion of dancers, dancelovers and creatives. In the mix includes the...
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2.8KFeaturedWise on the prize: Jill Ogai, winner of 2019 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award
The Australian Ballet Soloist Jill Ogai has been awarded the 2019 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award. The Telstra award, which exists to promote...
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2.6KFeaturedQueensland Ballet’s Laura Hidalgo: Vision for 2020
Queensland Ballet’s 2020 season also happens to be the company’s 60th anniversary. The program is a mixture of much-loved classical works from...
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3.5KDancer HealthAustralia’s leading dance and musical theatre artists share their self-care secrets
Dance Informa recently interviewed some of Australia’s favourite dance and musical theatre artists at a prestigious red carpet event in Melbourne. Lucy...
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3.3KFeaturedWinners of the Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards revealed
Soloist with The Australian Ballet, Jill Ogai, took centre stage last night, when she was announced the 2019 Rising Star winner of...
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5.2KFeatured‘Gene Kelly: The Legacy’: An American in plain clothes
Patricia Kelly says it plainly, “Most spouses don’t write down most of what their wives or husbands say because it isn’t their...
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2.8KFeaturedA year of celebrations for the Royal Academy of Dance
2020 is a momentous year for the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) as it celebrates 100 years of educating dance teachers and their...
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4.5KFeaturedSpotlight on Daisy Sexton: Young Far North Coast dancer creates her own path to success
Byron Bay, located on the Far North Coast of Regional NSW, Australia is not only known for its spectacular beaches; it’s also...
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4.1KAustralian Dance ReviewsHouston Ballet and The Australian Ballet’s co-production of ‘Sylvia’
Sydney Opera House, Sydney. 8 November 2019. The production of Sylvia is one work where it really pays to read the synopsis beforehand...
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4.0KDance AdviceWhat is it like to be an independent dance artist?
“I like to think that maybe I was the dancer who took the road less travelled,” she says. “But with that, obviously,...
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4.8KFeaturedGet to know the 2019 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award nominees
The Australian Ballet and Telstra have announced that six talented young dancers have been selected as nominees for the prestigious and coveted...
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3.4KFeaturedDancing with the Willis: Kevin Jackson’s homecoming with WA Ballet
In ballet, everyone loves Giselle. This 178-year-old tale has love, betrayal, ghosts looking for vengeance and the ultimate forgiveness. Whether they are the...
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2.6KFeaturedAn Afternoon at The Australian Ballet School: One day, five positions, countless dreams
Even amidst the swirl of gregarious, digital modernity, ballet retains an aura. For young dancers in this country, the dream of one...
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10.3KFeaturedHyo Shimizu wins City of Sydney Eisteddfod Ballet Scholarship
The prestigious Sydney Eisteddfod ballet scholarship has been won this year by 16-year-old Hyo Shimizu. This is his first year in the...
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113.1KDance AdviceWhy The Australian Ballet dancers quit stretching
Dancers love to sit in an impressive stretch and yank their legs into all sorts of positions in order to ‘increase’ their...
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69.0KDance Teacher ResourcesDance Teachers: Are you missing out?
Victorian Dance Festival (VDF) has recently announced its much anticipated 2020 professional development day for teachers and studio owners, Vitality Teacher Day,...
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9.0KFeatured2019 Australian Tap Dance Festival shuffles in this spring
The eighth annual Australian Tap Dance Festival will shuffle into Melbourne this spring, 28 September – 5 October, featuring a world class...
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4.6KFeaturedSimonne Smiles on her new ballet, ‘Gold’
Simonne Smiles, Sydney-based dancer and emerging ballet choreographer, is creating a new Australian-themed ballet, developing it from the ground up. With a unique...
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4.6KFeaturedDavid Hallberg: A pure dancer returns
When David Hallberg returns to perform with ballet luminary Natalia Osipova in Pure Dance at the Sydney Opera House, it caps a remarkable comeback. ...
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3.2KAustralian Dance ReviewsThe ballistic brilliance of the Bolshoi
Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane.27 June 2019. QPAC’S decision to return the Bolshoi Ballet as part of its International Series is a masterstroke,...
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4.2KFeatured‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ Li Cunxin honoured with an Order of Australia
Li Cunxin has had a distinguished career, first as a dancer, then as a stockbroker, author and as Artistic Director of Queensland...
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3.5KFeaturedTaking the ballet body forward
Last month, we asked, “Is ballet future proof?” This month, we dig deeper, and ponder what comes next for an artform sandwiched...
