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Express Yourself : Nathan Brook

What’s it liking growing up a dancer in a sport-loving family? How do you follow your passion even if it goes against the grain? In this episode, Coryphée Nathan Brook ta

I'm Still Standing | Dana Stephensen

Senior Artist Dana Stephensen never considered herself a ‘ballet girl’. As a highly spirited and boisterous child, she didn’t think she was quite elegant enough, but coul

We Are Family : Jake Mangakahia

An artist’s commitment and drive is fundamental to shaping a successful career, but sometimes it takes the unconditional love and support of family to enable an aspiring

Don't Stop Me Now : Benedicte Bemet

In our latest episode, newly-promoted Senior Artist Benedicte Bemet explains how it feels to be the face of our 2019 season, and what goes into shaping a successful caree

You Can Go Your Own Way : Graeme Murphy

What was it like being a creative leader in the golden era of dance? In our latest episode, we chat to Australia’s most renown living Choreographer Graeme Murphy about fi

It's a Long Way to the Top : Amy Harris

Amy Harris was a country kid from Ararat who dreamed of becoming a ballerina. Fast-forward seventeen years and she has paved a highly successful career in the company, bu

She Moves in Her Own Way: Alice Topp

Alice Topp has recently been bestowed upon with a great honour within The Australian Ballet: she is now its only female Resident Choreographer (while still dancing for th

Lose Everything ... And Find Yourself : David Hallberg

Described by the New Yorker as “the most exciting male dancer in the Western world”, David was at the peak of his powers when he suffered a devastating injury that could

From Beethoven to Queen : Nicolette Fraillon

There’s something magical about the healing effect of music and its ability to connect humans to one another. Nicolette, music director and chief conductor of The Austral

The Ultimate Leading Man : Kevin Jackson

Inspired as a child by watching Fred Astaire glide across the floor with Ginger Rogers, raised by a woman who gave him everything, Kevin grew into a dancer who loves to s

Ballerina Down The Rabbit Hole : Amber Scott

Even after a three-hour stint down the rabbit hole of Christopher Wheeldon’s epic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland©, Amber Scott is constantly humbled and inspired by the

A Love Story, Onstage and Off : Chengwu Guo & Ako Kondo

Ako is from Japan. Chen is from China. They both started dancing at the age of three. Both of them have blazing talents that brought them across the world to meet at The

The Power of Imagination : David McAllister

Growing up in the 70s in suburban Australia, David didn’t always fit into his ‘meat-and-two veg’ environment. This theatrical boy pirouetting around his lounge room was a