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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.

'Duck Pond' rehearsal, Yaron Lifschitz and cast. Photo: Jade Ferguson.
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A world premiere from the ever-inventive and imaginative Circa

The leading performance company explores the art of ballet, classical music and fairy tales alongside the physicality of circus in…

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Dancing on Glass: ballet is more than ‘dying swans and madmen’

We love the genre but are ballet dancer’s voices and bodies being authentically represented on our screens?

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Dance review: Anna Karenina, The Australian Ballet

All the creative forces join to ensure power and sublimity in this dance interpretation of a classic novel.

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From ballet to Broadway: dancers learn new steps

Two dancers at The Australian Ballet are plunging headlong into the world of musical theatre.

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