Ballet News
Seven Dancing Boys, One Cat And 14 Carers
Saturday January 17, 2009
IF THE boys who play ballet prodigy Billy Elliot or his cross-dressing friend Michael ever get up to mischief off stage - one too many pirouettes down the corridor perhaps - their punishment is to do the laundry and pair up the socks.Barre Helps Dunn Get To The Pointe
Friday January 16, 2009
Rigorous Pilates and strengthening each layer of muscles from the inside out helped a ballerina get in shape after giving birth five months ago, writes Elissa Blake.
Her waist-length dark hair, soft, glittering make-up and tiny, compact body make Australian Ballet star Lucinda Dunn look more like the teenage girl next door than a 35-year-old woman who gave birth just five months ago.Dance As Art / High, On Life / Trips Start Online / Bid For A Getaway / Wooden Boat Fleet
Saturday January 10, 2009
Crowds flock to see balletFather Moved To Tears By His Dancing Billy
Friday January 2, 2009
ELVIS Tavares didn't always love the idea of his son being a dancer. Ballet was for his two daughters, he reckoned; his boy did taekwondo.
But on New Year's Eve, any residual doubts were blown away when Dayton, 12, nailed the lead role on the Melbourne opening night of the musical Billy Elliot.
Dayton TavaresMarathon Task: It Takes Five To Keep A Billy On The Boil
Wednesday December 31, 2008
PLAYING the lead role of ballet wunderkind Billy in the West End hit Billy Elliot the Musical is as difficult as "running a marathon and performing Hamlet at the same time".The Sleeping Beauty
Sunday December 21, 2008
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
By the Australian Conservatoire of Ballet. At Hamer Hall. Season ended.Manon
Sunday December 7, 2008
Manon
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Critic's rating 8/10Heartfelt Plea For Lost Treasure To Be Found
Tuesday December 2, 2008
ROSALIE Tindall is heartbroken after her treasured 25-year-old collection of ballet memorabilia was inadvertently put out for the council household garbage collection.Ballet Prize Rewards Life Passion
Thursday November 27, 2008
IT WAS a lead role in a musical theatre production of Pinocchio that catapulted a young Kevin Jackson onto the stage and into a lifelong passion for dance.Ballet's Big Leap
Sunday November 16, 2008
Matjash Mrozewski is pushing the boundaries of the most traditional dance form.Romantic Twist Brings Story To Life
Saturday November 15, 2008
THE destructive tensions between love and ambition add a twist to an old fairytale in the West Australian Ballet's production of The Red Shoes, which opened at Newcastle's Civic Theatre last night.Billy Elliot Dances Up Storm
Saturday November 15, 2008
A MONTH before it opens in Melbourne, ballet-boy Billy Elliot has started dancing down Broadway.Teacher Takes Her Final Bow
Monday November 3, 2008
WELL-KNOWN Hunter ballet teacher Daphne Parker, 66, died at the weekend following an 18-month battle with cancer.Inspirations 2008
Thursday October 30, 2008
INSPIRATIONS
2008
set a record for Subscriber
numbers and Subscriber
ticket sales. The 2008
season concludes with a
very special performance
of the West Australian
Ballets The Red Shoes.Dancer Has Whole World At Gifted Feet
Thursday October 23, 2008
AT the age of 22 former Toronto resident Damian Smith has found international success in the ballet scene, with leading roles in productions across Europe and the United States.Lunch Celebrates 20 Years
Thursday October 16, 2008
WHEN The Sydney Morning Herald-Dymocks Literary Event Program started on December 2, 1988, 120 people turned up at the Hilton hotel to have lunch and hear the author Morris West talk. Yesterday, at the event's 20th anniversary lunch, 1000 people listened to the guest speaker Li Cunxin, former ballet dancer and author of the autobiographical Mao's Last Dancer, at Star City's Grand Harbour Ballroom.True Gold For Star
Thursday October 16, 2008
Spandau Ballet's first tour set off a love affair with Australia, writes Anita Beaumont.Ahoy, There Be Pirates For Sure
Monday October 13, 2008
THOUSANDS of visitors flocked to Newcastle Harbour yesterday to savour a taste of seafaring life. Among them was Taylor Darlington, 9, who donned pirate garb to visit the city's new $5 million Maritime Centre at Lee Wharf. Its official opening yesterday coincided with the annual Maritime Festival, which featured waterski racing, jet boat rides, a tug boat ballet and visits by historic ships the James Craig and HMB Endeavour. The Mattara Festival and Darby Street Fair were also at the weekend. ? ...Rites Draws Raves And Repugnance
Friday October 10, 2008
DANCE critics have either loved or loathed this week's London season of Rites, performed by artists of The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre.Ballet Should Step Up Fight Against Disorders
Sunday October 5, 2008
DANCE students should undergo compulsory nutrition training to address the industry's problem with eating disorders, says a leading instructor.