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Queensland Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream review
Queensland Ballet makes a triumphant Melbourne debut of their utterly charming 2016 production A Midsummer Night’s Dream. With his new Swan Lake for Royal Ballet being such a resounding success earlier...
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The Australian Ballet School: La Sylphide & Other Works review
The Australian Ballet School ends their year with a selection of well-chosen highlights to accompany the welcome addition of La Sylphide to their repertoire. A trio of brightly polished works showcase...
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The Australian Ballet: Storytime Ballet: Coppélia review
The Australian Ballet continues their cleverly conceived Storytime Ballet series with Coppélia, an ideal first ballet for young audiences. The running time may be condensed to a swift 50 minutes, but...
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Opera and Ballet Year in Review 2018
Melbourne continues to enjoy a full and rewarding program of high-class opera, wondrous dance and high profile visiting artists. Opera The opera community around Australia mourned the death of Richard...
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Paris Opéra Ballet: Cinderella review
Paris Opéra Ballet revived Rudolf Nureyev’s grand 1986 “Hollywood” Cinderella as part of the celebration to mark 80 years since the birth of Nureyev. Said to be partly inspired by Nureyev’s own career...
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Paris Opéra Ballet: La Dame aux camélias review
Conceived as an emotional memory play, John Neumeier’s La Dame aux Camélias is a haunting exploration of the ephemeral nature of love. Created for Stuttgart Ballet in 1978, La Dame aux Camélias entered...
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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake [London 2019]
Iconic modern dance favourite Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake makes a welcome return in a freshly re-polished staging. Seeing at least one production by New Adventures each year has made it clear that their...
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The Royal Ballet: Asphodel Meadows / The Two Pigeons review
The Royal Ballet combines a contrasting pairs of works to create a well rounded mixed program with Asphodel Meadows / The Two Pigeons. In this first revival of Asphodel Meadows, the 2010 work stands...
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The Australian Ballet: Cinderella review [Melbourne 2019]
As witty as it is romantic, The Australian Ballet’s characterful production of Cinderellamakes an unplanned yet very welcome return visit to Melbourne, showcasing the glorious partnership of married...
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The Australian Ballet: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland review [Melbourne 2019]
The Australian Ballet heads straight back down the rabbit hole, returning award-winning 2017 hit Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to the Melbourne stage for a very welcome encore season. At a time when...
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The Australian Ballet: Sylvia review
Brilliantly bolstered and boosted, Stanton Welch’s new Sylvia enlivens and enhances the 1876 original for an evening of pure theatrical enchantment. Although its uninspiring plot saw Sylvia almost...
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The Australian Ballet: Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker review
Cherished on every ballet world stage, The Nutcracker can be enjoyed at any time of year, especially as presented in The Australian Ballet’s decadently sumptuous production. With as lavish a staging as...
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The Australian Ballet School: Summer Season 2019 review
As a sampler of the bountiful work of The Australian Ballet School, Summer Season 2019 capably demonstrates the depth of talent and attention to detail that set the School apart. Unfortunately,...
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Opera and Ballet Year in Review 2019
Melbourne continues to enjoy a well-balanced opera program of large and smaller scale productions featuring a wide array of local and international artists. Opera World opera news was dominated by the...
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The Australian Ballet: Volt review
The Australian Ballet returns the mixed contemporary program to the stage, showcasing the depth of talent in the company with Volt. Bookended by an almost too well-matched pair of Wayne McGregor works,...
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David McAllister: Soar book review
Bright and brisk, David McAllister’s autobiography Soar: A Life Freed by Dance nimbly chronicles the sacrifices, setbacks and successes of a life devoted to dance. Supportively co-authored by...
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The Australian Ballet: Summertime at the Ballet review
With gala presentation Summertime at the Ballet, The Australian Ballet makes a triumphant return to the stage, the stellar quality testament to the sheer determination and dedication of the dancers...
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The Australian Ballet: Celebration Gala review [Melbourne]
After some 21 months, The Australian Ballet finally returns to the State Theatre, the dancers and musicians showing themselves at tiptop form in the very welcome program of this Celebration Gala....
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The Australian Ballet: Anna Karenina review [Melbourne 2022]
Roaring back to the stage, The Australian Ballet triumphs with the twice-delayed Anna Karenina, a major new work that is steeped in tradition and yet boldly staged at the vanguard of contemporary...
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The Australian Ballet: Kunstkamer review [Melbourne]
The mighty State Theatre stage becomes a bustling, beautiful “room full of art” as The Australian Ballet brings modern masterwork Kunstkamer to Melbourne. “Ouch!” As David Hallberg makes a silky...
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