An American in situ
“To bring in (someone) like Christopher Wheeldon and tell a story that’s diverse that the ballet world has shied away from, ...
The Australian21d
Nijinsky review: Legacy honoured in vast emotional powerhouse
David Hallberg, in his fifth year as artistic director of The Australian Ballet, says the ballet he is most asked to bring back is this one. John Neumeier’s Nijinsky was made for Hamburg Ballet ...
Becoming MJ: ‘It’s the most difficult thing I’ve had to do in my life’
It’s a pressure Wheeldon felt acutely when casting relatively untested actors in the show’s most demanding roles. The ...
Broadsheet5d
Where the Australian Ballet’s Lead Dancer Eats in Melbourne
We get Jill Ogai's Melbourne hit-list, plus her thoughts on balletcore, advice for aspiring dancers and do some ballerina ...
Australian Ballet’s Carmen misses heights of dark passion
It’s 31 degrees with threat of a thunderstorm on the horizon when Ice Cube, one of the icons of the golden age of west coast ...
Why F1 has become everyone’s latest obsession
When Australian race car driver Daniel Ricciardo crashed out of the Japanese Grand Prix last year, Ali Whittle felt it. The ...
Covid five years on: how the pandemic’s first 100 days reshaped Australia
Five years on from the day the World Health Organisation officially declared Covid-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, it ...
NewsWire on MSN16d
Perth parents jailed for almost starving their ballerina daughter to death lodge notices of appeal
Parents who almost starved their ballerina daughter to death are pushing to have their convictions overturned.
ArtsHub5d
Ballet review: Carmen, Regent Theatre
International Women’s Day eve was a fitting opening night for Johan Inger’s production of Carmen, presented by The Australian ...
Broadsheet4d
Score a Free Double Pass to the Australian Ballet’s Carmen
Access members can watch the nation’s leading dancers give a gritty rendition of the tale, in a grand Melbourne setting. And ...