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2009 sees the return of many powerful and emotional tales from leading choreographers including Graeme Murphy's stirring Swan Lake , Sir Kenneth MacMillan's sweeping tale of love and temptation Manon and Maina Gielgud's exquisite Giselle.

French Connections explores the Ballets Russes' legacy and we celebrate legendary dance maker of ballet, Broadway and beyond in our Jerome Robbins mixed bill. Interplay features new works from today's leading lights in dance and music, and upcoming choreographers experiment with the iconic ballet slipper in Bodytorque.To the Pointe .

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SWAN LAKE

Swan Lake is one of the world's favourite ballets. Created by superstar choreographer Graeme Murphy, this dazzling version infuses the most classic of ballets with a contemporary storyline full of drama, wit and passion.

Perth 21 Oct - 25 Oct

Graeme Murphy's internationally acclaimed favourite returns
Following sell-out seasons around Australia and critical acclaim in Paris, London, Tokyo and Shanghai, this dramatically intense and visually stunning ballet classic is finally coming to Perth.

Swan Lake is one of the world's favourite ballets. Created by superstar choreographer Graeme Murphy, this dazzling version infuses the most classic of ballets with a contemporary storyline full of drama, wit and passion.

At the centre of Murphy's Swan Lake is a familiar love triangle: the innocent young maiden who discovers on the day of her wedding that her handsome prince has a prior claim on his heart. After moving audiences in sell-out seasons across Australia and the world, Murphy's masterwork is finally coming to Perth.

Opulent sets and costumes and Tchaikovsky's immortal score make it a theatrical experience not to be missed.

"A treat for ballet virgins and connoisseurs alike."
The Independent, UK

"The Australian Ballet puts the fire in the Lake."
Le Figaro, Paris

"Murphy is a master of movement invention and this is what gives this very contemporary ballet its extraordinary dramatic impact."
The Age

Credits

GRAEME MURPHY'S SWAN LAKE

Choreography Graeme Murphy
Music Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concept Graeme Murphy, Janet Vernon & Kristian Fredrikson
Set & costume design Kristian Fredrikson
Lighting design Damien Cooper

Performed with live orchestra

This performance runs for approximately 171 minutes with two intervals

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Concord

From Russia, England and Spain, Concord gathers three of the most exciting choreographers working in ballet today: Alexei Ratmansky, Wayne McGregor, and Nacho Duato.

Sydney 11 Nov - 30 Nov

A journey to the centre of modern ballet

From Russia, England and Spain, Concord gathers three of the most exciting choreographers working in ballet today: Alexei Ratmansky, Wayne McGregor, and Nacho Duato.

Working across dance, visual arts, and film, Wayne McGregor is known for his daring musical commissions and electrifying choreographic voice. Driven by ideas of exploration and discovery, his new work for The Australian Ballet - Dyad 1929 - will see McGregor forge movement, music and design into a perfect whole.

St Petersburg's Alexei Ratmansky was just 35 when he was appointed Director of the Bolshoi Ballet, credited with bringing the famed company to the forefront of ballet once again. The Australian Ballet has been lucky enough to snare him for one of his first solo commissions. Ratmansky will bring his deft comedic touch to a new production of Scuola di ballo (The school of ballet), where the high drama of the ballet studio threatens to eclipse the dancing, and talent is no match for nepotism.

Completing the bill is Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato's Por vos muero, a ballet Dance Australia called "totally absorbing, ravishingly beautiful" and "deeply affecting".

Concord is a coup: two world premiere works from arguably the world's most in-demand choreographers, plus the welcome return to the Australian stage of a much-loved ballet.

"A dancemaker who likes to think outside the traditional box. You never know where his insatiable curiosity will take him." The Times UK on Wayne McGregor

"... one of the most sought-after choreographers in the world."
The New York Times on Alexei Ratmansky

"An artist of exceptional skill merging old and new to make a dance language of his own."
Sydney Morning Herald on Nacho Duato

Credits

Dyad 1929

Choreography Wayne McGregor

Music Steve Reich's Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet

Stage concept Wayne McGregor and Lucy Carter

Costume design Moritz Junge

Lighting design Lucy Carter

Scuola di ballo

Choreography Alexei Ratmansky

Music Luigi Boccherini arranged by Jean Francaix

Costume and set design Hugh Colman

Lighting design Rachel Burke

Por vos muero

Choreography Nacho Duato

Music Spanish old music - XV and XVI centuries - (Cancons de la Catalunya millenaria-El mestre, popular of Catalonia by La Capella Reial de Catalunya, directed by Jordi Savall; Canciones y Danzas de Espana and Espana, Antologia de la Musica Espanola)

Set design Nacho Duato

Costume design Nacho Duato (in co-operation with Ismael Aznar)

Lighting design Nicolas Fischtel

Text Garcilaso de la Vega

Staging Kim McCarthy

Oranisation and production Mediart SL-Spain (C) Nacho Duato, all rights reserved

SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET ENDOWMENT
Supported by The Dame Peggy van Praahg Fund for choreography
and The Maina Gielgud Fund

Melbourne: performed with Orchestra Victoria

Sydney: performed with The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

This performance runs for approximately 125 minutes with two intervals

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The Sleeping Beauty

Stanton Welch's magnificent production of The Sleeping Beauty returns to enchant Australian audiences once again. A ballet treat for the whole family.

Melbourne 9 Sep - 19 Sep

Sydney 4 Dec - 23 Dec

Stanton Welch's smash hit The Sleeping Beauty enchants Australian audiences once again

A princess, cursed by a wicked fairy, falls into a hundred-year sleep on her sixteenth birthday. Only the kiss of her one true love can break the spell ...

Seventeenth-century fairytale The Sleeping Beauty was first adapted to the stage by Marius Petipa in 1890. The décor, the dancing and the spellbinding score by Tchaikovsky made it an instant classic.

In Stanton Welch's hands, this timeless fairytale became a greater story about the nature of good and evil, replete with romance, enchantment, and three acts of beautiful dancing. Designer Kristian Fredrikson conjured a series of opulent fantasy worlds that evoked the exoticism of the Orient and the Middle East. Welch, meanwhile, infused the tale with fresh, fiendishly difficult choreography and brought to life a cast of unforgettable characters, including charming animals, irresistible fairies, and the ravishing baddie Carabosse.

The Sleeping Beauty, as The Daily Telegraph concluded, is "thoroughly enchanting ... Beautiful to look at but also beautifully danced." This magical ballet is not to be missed.

"Stylish and stunning. The stagecraft is first rate; the costumes are simply amazing; Stanton Welch's direction is assured." Herald Sun

Credits

The Sleeping Beauty (2005)

Choreography Stanton Welch, after Marius Petipa
Music Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Set and costume design Kristian Fredrikson
Design associate Fiona Reilly
Lighting design John Rayment

SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET ENDOWMENT
The costumes for this production were created with the support of the James and Diana Ramsay Australian Ballet Fund

Melbourne: performed with Orchestra Victoria

Sydney: performed with The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

This performance runs for approximately 178 minutes including two intervals


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Founded in 1962, The Australian Ballet is one of Australia’s flagship arts companies, and one of the busiest ballet companies in the world. Each year, it presents approximately 200 performances in cities and regional areas around Australia, in addition to regular international touring.

The Australian Ballet’s diverse repertoire reflects our vision: caring for tradition, daring to be different. Each year, we perform works from the classical repertoire as well as more contemporary works and commissions that explore the development and future of this dynamic artform.

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