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WA Ballet’s 70th Anniversary

Dance 22 Oct, 2021

West Australian Ballet’s Season 2022 70th Anniversary Celebrations In 2022, Australia’s oldest professional ballet company, West Australian Ballet, will celebrate its 70th anniversary with an ambitious program featuring a number of ground-breaking new works in a definin… Read Article

Sleeping Beauty Coming to Perth

Musical Theatre 8 Oct, 2021

The Sleeping Beauty by West Australian Ballet 18 Nov – 12 Dec 2021 The Sleeping Beauty awakens this festive season! Be spellbound as West Australian Ballet presents The Sleeping Beauty. Feel like a child again as you’re swept away by the time old tale of Princess Aurora fa… Read Article

WA Ballet Invigorates Aussie Dance Industry

Dance 24 Sep, 2021

  Former WAAPA students Brent Carson, Madeline Gill, Beatrice Manser and Sarah Ross, and The Australian Ballet School graduates Ziggy Debrincat, Rab Flanigan and Izaak Westhead have been offered a full-time positions at West Australian Ballet for 2022. Photo by Frances Andrij… Read Article

Coppélia Comes To Life In Perth

Dance 17 Sep, 2021

Well-Loved Ballet Returns September 16 – 25, 2021 As ballet icon George Balanchine said, “Just as Giselle is ballet’s great tragedy, so Coppélia is its great comedy.” The colourful tale of two lovers and an eccentric doctor, along with an exquisite life-like doll co… 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 Dancer to Retire

Dance 29 Jul, 2021

One Final Bite for McCabe in Dracula Perth, Crown Theatre, August 19-24 After an esteemed 20-year professional dance career, including 13 years at West Australian Ballet, Demi-Soloist Melissa McCabe (nee Boniface) will retire from the stage after one final season performing as Lucy… Read Article

DanceX

Dance 9 Jul, 2021

  Eight Companies Come Together for New Dance Festival 24 September – 2 October This September, eight renowned dance companies from around Australia will gather at Arts Centre Melbourne for this inaugural event. DanceX is a two-part festival conceived and curated by The… Read Article

Review | STATE

Reviews 25 Jun, 2021

West Australian Ballet Premieres its New Contemporary Season State Theatre Centre, Perth, Thursday June 24 reviewed by Courtney Allen [N.B. WEST AUSTRALIAN BALLET ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING AND RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK IN WA. WEST AUSTRALIAN BALLET WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH T… Read Article

STATE

Dance 3 Jun, 2021

New Contemporary Ballet Season for West Australian Ballet STATE Triple Bill from June 24 West Australian Ballet is embarking on an ambitious new annual season of dynamic contemporary ballet opening with STATE at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia on June 24. This new triple… Read Article

Dracula Returns

Dance 22 Apr, 2021

West Australian Ballet to Reincarnate Dracula at Crown Theatre Limited Season August 19 – 24 With theatres returning to 100 per cent audience capacity, West Australian Ballet will return to the Crown Theatre stage in the first time in over a decade with their acclaimed, award-wi… Read Article