The Australian Ballet announces its 2021 season
Incoming Artistic Director David Hallberg has launched a program that includes three full-length ballets, two contemporary mixed bills, and a gala.
Deborah Jones is a writer specialising in dance. A former long-serving Arts Editor of The Australian, she is currently the newspaper’s national dance critic and also reviews musical theatre and theatre. She is the Sydney correspondent for London-based Opera magazine and Vancouver-based Dance International.
Incoming Artistic Director David Hallberg has launched a program that includes three full-length ballets, two contemporary mixed bills, and a gala.
Four very different works by Jesse Scales, Chloe Leong, Joel Bray and Raghav Handa make for an absorbing evening.
In her final column, Deborah Jones looks at two productions, Giselle and Betroffenheit, available on Marquee TV, dubbed the Netflix of the arts.
This week Deborah Jones recommends a group of works from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Cuatro from SDC and SSO, and La Sylphide from Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre.
This week, Deborah Jones immerses herself in Cathy Marston's memorable ballet The Cellist about Jacqueline du Pré, and recommends New York City Ballet in Balanchine's Dream and Akram Khan in Xenos.
This week Deborah Jones enjoys some feel-good dance thanks to ABC Arts iView, including The Australian Ballet's The Merry Widow and Bangarra's Ochres.
This week Deborah Jones settles down with a glass of wine to enjoy Finnish National Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream, San Francisco Ballet's Romeo & Juliet, and the Mariinsky's Sleeping Beauty.
This week Deborah Jones explores ADT's digital program ADAPT, the documentary about the making of the RNZB's The Piano – the ballet, and Christopher Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale.
This week, for your digital viewing, Deborah Jones recommends New York City Ballet's Concerto DSCH by Alexei Ratmansky, and Liam Scarlett's Swan Lake.
Deborah Jones explores Alexei Ratmansky's Cinderella created for The Australian Ballet, and also recommends Bangarra's Bennelong among streaming options.
Stanton Welch’s new version of Sylvia puts a welcome spotlight on composer Léo Delibes. As The Australian Ballet prepares to perform it for the first time, we explore the history of the work and its score.
George Balanchine changed the face of Western ballet. We talk to the Bolshoi’s Artistic Director Makhar Vaziev and two of his rising stars about how the world famous company has belatedly embraced the “lost son” of Russian ballet, as they perform Jewels in Brisbane.
On its 10th anniversary tour, the musical reaffirms the huge, loveable heart it has beneath the camp, shiny exterior.