A Feast For Lovers Of Ballet, On The Small Screen At Least

FOR balletomanes still mourning the departure of the Paris Opera Ballet from Sydney, help is on the way. Breaking the city's virtual dance drought of the past two months, the Australian Ballet principal Steven Heathcote will host a ballet week on the cable channel Ovation from Sunday.

Tribute Challenge Daunted Choreographer

The Australian Ballet's latest offering remembers Leonide Massine, writes Robin Usher.

Tchaikovsky: Ballet At The Opera

3/5 Tchaikovsky: Ballet At The Opera Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Eloquence

Ballerinas Leap Into Stars Spirit

WITH less than a week week until the Southern Stars public schools extravaganza hits the Wollongong stage, 30 senior ballet performers practised their pirouettes and pointes yesterday.

Ballet Keeps Men On Their Toes

An all-male ballet troupe dons tutus for the sake of comedy, writes Emily Dunn.

'for Me It's A Major Panic When The Shoes Are Wrong. For The Dancer It's A Tragedy'

DAVID WILKENFELD It's a craft that has made this quietly spoken Australian an instantly recognised name in the world of ballet, Danielle Teutsch writes.

Full-on Performance, But It's Not This Dingo's Thingo

WHUMBI the dingo doesn't know much about art, but she knows what she likes. Released into a cage containing an Irish performance artist, she lay down and adopted a hang-dog expression. The artist, Andre Stitt, did his best to engage Whumbi's interest in the performing arts by pouring her some water and dragging a tin cup on a chain in front of her. He even wore a black vest emblazoned with the word "Dingo", but still his canine audience of one remained nonplussed. Might Whumbi prefer ballet?