Wheels Turn Ballet Around

LIKE an eccentric modern ballet, a BMX rider dances from pedal to peg while circled by a skateboarder, all to the music of Bach.

Swanning In Good Company

THREE years ago Mitchell Rayner told The Word of ambitions to be accepted into the Australian Ballet by age 20.

Gifts Keep Ballet Company On Its Feet

A LAVISH new production of The Nutcracker contributed to the Australian Ballet's $1.8 million operating loss last year, but private support helped turn this into a $1.4 million consolidated surplus.