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Ballet review: Carmen, Sydney Opera House

A rethinking of 'Carmen' reflects on gender power structures in a brilliant performance for our times.

Benjamin Millepied's 'Romeo & Juliet' with female-female, male-male, and female-male couples. Photo: Josh Rose. Two female performers balance with holding hands with each other. They appear to be on a tall platform outdoors, overlooking a city scape and blue sky.
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Rediscovering Romeo & Juliet through universal love

Benjamin Millepied and L.A. Dance Projects bring a twist to 'Romeo & Juliet', giving it cinematic elements and same-sex couples.

‘Skid’ by Damien Jalet for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani. Photo: Lennart Sjoberg. Dancers battling gravity on a tilted white stage. They are upright with knees bent and arms in different movements.
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Dance review: GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Sydney Festival

Two works by starkly different choreographers exemplified the uniting vision of this leading Swedish contemporary dance company.

‘La Bayadère‘ being staged at Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, 1901. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Vintage photograph of ballet production with performers standing outside of a temple setting.
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Hindu leader decries ballet production

Throughout the years, Rajan Zed has protested against numerous productions of ‘La Bayadère’, a piece of classical ballet that is…

A Midsummer Night's Dream. Image is of ballet dancers against a black backdrop, fairies all reaching up with one arm and the other reaching down, behind two principals - a male in black and a female in traditional white tutu - in the same pose.
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Ballet review: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Canberra Theatre Centre

A charming and exquisite production, Queensland Ballet’s interpretation of the Shakespeare classic is likely to bring a little bit of…

regional ballet. Photo of ballet dancers' lower legs wearing ballet shoes on a black stage.
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Ballet on the road: what goes into a regional ballet tour

Regional touring takes ballet out of its traditional and rigid contexts, and opens up viewing experiences to audiences around Australia

Strictly Gershwin. A number of ballet dancers pose mid dance in front of a film screen showing Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
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Dance Review:  Strictly Gershwin, QPAC

A welcome return tribute offers a sparkling production and splendid dancing from Queensland Ballet.

Photo of a male ballet dancer holding up a female ballet dancer against a dark grey background.
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Boys can do ballet too

Ballet dancer and educational leader Gregor Thieler discusses breaking gender stereotypes in classical dance.

Li Cunxin, Artistic Director, Queensland Ballet. Image supplied
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Exit interview: Li Cunxin, Queensland Ballet

Mao’s Last Dancer has had an enormous impact on the ballet world, not only in Queensland, but across Australia and…

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How ballet makes well-rounded performers

Pre-professional courses at the National Ballet School gear students for a sustainable career with diverse pathways.

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