After 35 years as Australia’s leading First Nations performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre moved last year from their residence of 20 years, the Drama Theatre at the Sydney Opera House, upstairs to the Joan Sutherland Theatre, which they now …
Sydney Opera House, 21 November 2025. David McAllister’s decade-old production of The Sleeping Beauty returns, and from the first chord it is clear this is no children’s fairy tale but a glittering allegory of absolutist order. Premiered in 1890 by …
The Nijinsky ballet, makes its return to Sydney Opera House after 9 years in hiatus since its Australian premiere in 2016. Devised by German based, American Choreographer, John Neumeier, this contemporary ballet is a mammoth undertaking for any …
The story of Carmen is most commonly recognised as one of the most popular classical operas in the world. Bizet based his 1875 opera on a novella written by Prosper Mérimée 30 years before. The plot is action packed filled …
The latest double bill by the Australian Ballet is IDENTITY a most exciting combination of two world premieres by two of Australia’s top choreographers that explores the concept of Identity, what it means to be ‘Australian’ and the history of …
At Home with Ballet TV is back, and the Australian Ballet is kicking off its 2021 offerings with a classic production, Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake, now available to stream for free, thanks to the Australian Ballet’s Principal Partner Telstra.
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The latest work in Australian Ballet’s Bodytorque Digital season is ‘Forma’ created by our dancer Jill Ogai on herself at home. This ‘love letter to creativity during the time of the Covid-19 lockdown, blends Jill’s movement with 2D choreography that …
In 2011 Christopher Wheeldon created sustained narrative with ongoing character development, with his new classic ballet “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” a full-length work in three acts, for the Royal Ballet at The Royal Opera House in Bow Street, Covent Garden, …
THE DANCERS COMPANY ballet drew a crowd of first-timers at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC) last weekend. The audience bustled excitedly with aspiring ballerinas, regular IPAC attendees, families, school groups and many first time ballet goers. It wasn’t just …
An alternative title for this programme might be ‘Three Ashton Masterpieces’. Here were three landmark works by the great British choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton including the Australian Ballet premiere of ‘ Symphonic Variations’.
First on the bill was the elegant, …