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The Australian Ballet - "Firebird" and Other Legends |
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Tuesday, 03 February 2009 |
Plus Meet The New Dancers! View the costume gallery and listen to the podcasts.
 | Another masterwork for Murphy
Seven years after creating his iconic Swan Lake, Graeme Murphy returns to The Australian Ballet to premiere Firebird, a richly layered tale of love, enchantment, and the triumph of good over evil.
Using the sublime Stravinsky score as his base, Murphy has collaborated with up-and-coming designer Leon Krasenstein to create a visually stunning new interpretation of this classic Ballets Russes work.
The Firebird and other legends triple bill is completed by Les Sylphides and Petrouchka.
Adelaide 24-28 February
Melbourne 13 - 24 March
Sydney 2-22 April
Adelaide and Melbourne tickets are on sale now. Sydney tickets go on sale to the general public on 6 February. | | 
|  |  |  | Firebird gallery and podcast
View the Firebird photo gallery featuring Leon Krasenstein’s original designs, photographs of the costumes in the making, and images from the rehearsal studio which chart the creation of this fiery new ballet. Listen to Leon talk about his influences and the techniques he employed in the Firebird podcast. | |  |  | Meet our newest dancers
Each year The Australian Ballet welcomes a fresh crop of dancers into the corps de ballet and farewells those leaving the company to pursue new challenges. Kristy Corea, Noah Gumbert, Luke Marchant, Karen Nanasca and Valerie Tereshchenko took up hard-earned places at the barre at the beginning of 2009, while Tristan Message, Adam Thurlow, Frances Murphy, Melissa Lenehan and Simone Pulga departed to pursue other adventures.
Meet the new recruits | | |  | |  | Ballet Blokes
Australia is known for its bronzed Aussie surfers, footballers and swimmers but for decades now, in opera houses around the world, we have also been recognised for producing some of the world's best male dancers. Ballet Blokes, the newest in our series of mini docs, introduces you to The Australian Ballet’s
Robert Curran, Luke Ingham and Rudy Hawkes as they shoot some pool and talk about dance as a career. Watch now | | |  | Lana Jones
Lana Jones is one of the three ballerinas who will dance the title character in Graeme Murphy’s Firebird. The role was created on the senior artist over a period of months with choreographer Graeme Murphy and creative associate Janet Vernon in the studio.
Read Lana Jones’ Dancer Download | | |  |  | | 2009
Education programmes – Bookings now open!
Learning is a lifelong adventure and discovering dance can be life-changing. Our 2009
Education Programme has a fantastic range of access activities, including introductory and participatory events for children and adults such as beginners’ workshops, open classes and special days for boys. We also have talks, forums and informative in-theatre programmes where you see
The Australian Ballet in practice and performance, and a special programme where The Sleeping Beauty is narrated as the dancers perform excerpts.
To book or explore what’s on offer in your city click here
or request a 2009 Education brochure for Adelaide, Victoria or New South Wales | | | | | Our 2009 calendar now $15
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Celebrate The Australian Ballet all year long with your very own copy.
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