Young Dancers Dizzy With Ballet Joy

FOUR young Hunter dancers will swap school uniforms for tutus and tights this week when they appear in Queensland Ballet's The Nutcracker.

Ballet's Rising Stars Tilt At $20,000

Ballet's rising stars

Forget Tutus, Bourne Puts The Brawn Into Classic Ballet

MATTHEW Bourne doesn't like to use the word "ballet" to describe his version of Swan Lake. The London-born choreographer thinks the word puts some people off. "A lot of people decide either they like ballet or they don't and they're very clear about it," he says. "And I think, 'that's a shame because you'd probably like this'."

Dancers Give Auditions A Crack

YOUNG Hunter ballet dancers pirouetted and pointed with all their might yesterday in the hope of securing a place on stage in The Nutcracker.