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Romeo & Juliet Comes to Perth

Dance 27 Jul, 2024

Romeo & Juliet West Australian Ballet Be part of the grandeur, seduction and tragedy West Australian Ballet is so excited to share this re-imagining of Romeo & Juliet with you ahead of the Australian premiere in August. As soon as the costumes arrived, they knew they had to sho… Read Article

REVIEW | WA Ballet’s “Swan Lake”

Reviews 21 Nov, 2022

  West Australian Ballet “Swan Lake” 18th November 2022 at His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth Reviewed by Courtney Allen It may seem strange to begin at the end, in reviewing WA Ballet’s world premiere of their innovative recreation of Swan Lake, but upon seeing the tripar… Read Article

Record Dancer Promotion at WA Ballet

Dance 18 Dec, 2021

Promotion of Six Dancers at West Australian Ballet Oscar Valdes to the Rank of Principal With the curtain falling on the final performance of West Australian Ballet’s critically acclaimed season of The Sleeping Beauty, Aurélien Scannella has promoted six dancers, a rec… Read Article

Review | Sleeping Beauty

Reviews 27 Nov, 2021

  West Australian Ballet’sThe Sleeping Beauty 18th November – 12th December 2021 at His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth Review by Courtney Allen It’s no secret that the West Australian Ballet has had an incredible season. From the genre-bending Genesis; to the melancholic frag… Read Article

Review | Dracula

Reviews 23 Aug, 2021

WA Ballet’s Blood Thirsty Triumph in Dracula’s Return Crown Theatre, Perth, Thursday August 19 reviewed by Courtney Allen Just one year after a COVID-restricted 2020 season of Dracula at His Majesty’s Theatre following a 2018 debut, the West Australian Ballet company’… Read Article

WA Ballet Revives Giselle

Dance 18 Mar, 2021

Feel the Devastation of Heartbreak in Giselle by West Australian Ballet His Majesty’s Theatre, May 13 – 22 The second production of the 2021 season for West Australian Ballet is the classic ballet Giselle, choreographed by Aurélien Scannella and Sandy Delasalle after Je… Read Article

WA Ballet | La Sylphide

Dance 3 Apr, 2018

Internationally acclaimed romantic ballet returns to Perth West Australian Ballet presents La Sylphide | May 18 – June 2 This May, Perth audiences will be treated to an exclusive season of one of the world’s longest surviving classical ballets from their own award-winning Stat… Read Article

Valdés joins WA Ballet

Dance 7 Feb, 2017

Cuban born Oscar Valdés returns to Perth to join West Australian Ballet as full-time Company member With jumps that defy gravity and perfectly placed turns that never end, Oscar Valdés will be joining West Australian Ballet’s full-time ranks as a Soloist from April 2017. Ballet bad-bo… Read Article