The Australian Ballet ends 2023 with Swan Lake and 16 promotions

The Australian Ballet’s 60th anniversary celebrations came to a close in Sydney with Swan Lake and with promotions for 16 dancers – about 20 per cent of the company. TAB ended 2023 with 67 dancers although that number will increase to 77 when three new soloists and seven new corps de ballet members join next year. Swan Lake was…

Swan Lake. The Australian Ballet, State Theatre, Melbourne, September 19-20, 2023

Tradition reigns in The Australian Ballet’s new Swan Lake, based on a fondly remembered 1977 production by former artistic director Anne Woolliams. Nearly 50 years on it’s still recognisable as her work, albeit with lashings of 21st-century glamour.  Swan Lake is the main event in artistic director David Hallberg’s celebration of the company’s 60th anniversary and in what…