Australian Ballet Archives - Dance Informa Magazine

Queensland Ballet Principal Dancer Victor Estevez. Photographer David Kelly

Australia’s Queensland Ballet to hold NYC Auditions

Queensland Ballet is one of Australia’s leading state ballet companies, led by Artistic Director Li Cunxin (Mao’s Last Dancer). On Sunday, August...

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Interviews

Social Media Sensation Talia Fidra (@dancetaggi)

Talia Fidra is a 14 year old dance student who trains full time at Janine McGrath’s Classical Coaching Australia. Not only has...

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Feature Articles

Robert Curran heads Louisville Ballet

By Grace Gassin of Dance Informa. Former Australian Ballet Principal Artist Robert Curran was officially pronounced incoming Artistic Director at Louisville Ballet...

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Dance Teacher Resources

Swan Lake Quiz

By Rain Francis. How well do you know the ballet classic? 1. Who composed the original score for Swan Lake? a) Prokofiev...

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Interviews

Making the Leap: Dancer to Choreographer

By Laura Di Orio When a dancer steps down from the stage and “hangs up his or her shoes”, it doesn’t always...

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Feature Articles

Artistic Vision

What it Takes to Be a Dance Company’s Artistic Director. By Laura Di Orio. When an audience sees a performance, it notices...

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Feature Articles

Is Ballet Dead?

By Rebecca Martin. Talk about opening a can of worms. With the release of Jennifer Homans’ book Apollo’s Angels, which charts the...

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Giveaways!

Danielle Rowe Dances to Houston

By Deborah Searle. After ten very successful years at the Australian Ballet, principal dancer Danielle Rowe has packed her bags and taken...

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Feature Articles

Audition Advice from the Pros

By Rain Francis. Do you have an upcoming audition? Dance Informa wanted to give you a headstart with some top audition advice....

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International Dance News

2010 Australian Dance Awards

The Arts Centre, State Theatre Sunday June 20th By Deborah Searle. What a night of nights! This year’s Awards Gala was a...

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International Reviews

The Silver Rose

The Australian Ballet The Arts Centre, Melbourne March 23rd By Regina Green. Based on Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the...

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Giveaways!

Win Passes – The Silver Rose

The Silver Rose – The Australian Ballet 26 February – 3 March Lyric Theatre, QPAC with Queensland Symphony Orchestra Choreographic legend Graeme...

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Feature Articles

A Moment with Simon Hoy

Resident Choreographer, Melbourne Ballet Company By Rebecca Martin. From eleven years of age Simon Hoy trained in the Vagonova ballet style and at...

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International Dance News

Aussie Ballet Star Damien Welch Retires

After 18 distinguished years, Australia’s prince of ballet moves on… Damien Welch, Australia’s prince of ballet, has announced that he will retire...

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International Reviews

The Australian Ballet – Concord

Sydney Opera House November 13th By Dolce Fisher. Concord brought together three international choreographers – Spain’s Nacho Duato, Russia’s Alexei Ratmansky and...