Ballet Review: Spartacus/ The Australian Ballet

Ballet Review: Spartacus/ The Australian Ballet

Spartacus The Australian Ballet Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House 10 November, 2018 Written by Deen Hamaker Spartacus is perhaps the ultimate Soviet ballet, a spectacle of bravura dancing and athleticism, characterised by muscular gladiators and Roman soldiers executing stunning leaps and jumps. It is about as far from the romantic ‘white’ ballets as one…

Ballet Review: Nijinsky

Nijinsky  The Australian Ballet Sydney Opera House 12 November 2016 Written by Deen Hamaker In 1919, a broken Vaslav Nijinsky gave his final performance in the lobby of a Swiss hotel. American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director  American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director John Neumeier has taken as his starting point, the recollections and thoughts…