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Ballet + Indigenous Dance

Dance 13 Apr, 2017

WA Ballet and NT Dance collaborate on new fusion of indigenous dance and classical ballet To premiere at Ballet in the Quarry 2018 West Australian Ballet is have to announce a ground-breaking collaboration with Gary Lang, Darwin based Indigenous choreographer and Artistic Director… Read Article

West Australian Ballet's GENESIS

Dance 8 Mar, 2017

West Australian Ballet dancers’ emerging choreography GENESIS to excite in 2017 West Australian Ballet’s most innovative season of the year is just around the corner. Following a sellout season each year running, Genesis is back with only a handful of seats still available. Th… 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

WA Ballet in the Quarry Returns

Dance 16 Jan, 2017

TAKUTO Rocking the Quarry | Feb 2017 Perth audiences are in for yet another treat with the third season return of West Australian Ballet’s – Ballet at the Quarry. Proving the hottest festival ticket in town, the mixed-bill program of contemporary ballet has sold to capacity 3 years runni… Read Article

WA Ballet 2017 Season

Dance 15 Nov, 2016

WA Ballet Invite You to Follow Them … Into Their Most Transcending Season Ever! West Australian Ballet describe their 2017 offerings as a journey “…into a dream, into another world, into madness, an illusion, a fantasy and imagination.” Artistic Director Aurélien Scannella’s… Read Article

Bangarra Dance Theatre's 'Lore'. Photo Jeff Tan

AusDance Awards Winners!

Dance 19 Sep, 2016

Winners List 2016 Australian Dance Awards Bangarra Dominates The 2016 Australian Dance Awards were presented last night in Perth acknowledging a year of outstanding artistic achievement from dance companies, choreographers and dancers from around Australia. Performers on sta… Read Article

Terri Charlesworth

Dance 9 Sep, 2016

Australian Dance Awards Announces 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award The Australian Dance Awards panel has announced that the Lifetime Achievement Award for 2016 will be presented to prominent West Australian Terri Charlesworth OAM CitWA. The panel has noted Terri’s initiative, de… Read Article

Australian Dance Awards 2016 Shortlist

Helpmann Awards 2016

WA Ballet Principal Dancer to Retire

Dance 12 May, 2016

Jayne Smeulders will depart the stage after 20 years After over twenty years on the stage, Jayne Smeulders is set to retire with the closing of West Australian Ballet’s Beauty & the Beast this month. Born in Dampier, Western Australia, Jayne began her ballet training at Jody M… Read Article

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