On June 10, The Australian Ballet brings the critically acclaimed Kunstkamer from the Arts Centre Melbourne to the global, digital stage in a stunning merging of dance and technology. The livestream is part of the company’s Ballet TV programming, which will include Alexei Ratmansky’s Harlequinade on June 24 and John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet on […]
The Australian Ballet has long been a home away from home for David Hallberg. During a two-year struggle with an ankle injury that required two surgeries, he spent the most pivotal time of his recuperation in Melbourne, working with TAB’s in-house medical and physical therapy team. Combined with a decade of guest performances there, including […]
David Hallberg, as told to Marina Harss The role of Albrecht has gone through the widest arc of any that I’ve danced in my career. You know, Romeo will always be Romeo. And I’ve always had a sort of two-dimensional relationship with Siegfried in Swan Lake. But with Albrecht, I’ve constantly worked on developing and […]
This week’s announcement that David Hallberg is taking over The Australian Ballet has been a long time coming. Hallberg’s been fielding offers to direct various ballet companies since at least 2014, when injury kept him off the stage for two years. At the time, the offers weren’t the right fit, and he didn’t want injury […]
Yesterday evening, international ballet star David Hallberg took fans by surprise with an exciting announcement: In 2021, he will become the artistic director of The Australian Ballet. Hallberg will follow in the footsteps of current director David McAllister, who’s been at the helm for nearly 20 years. Hallberg is no stranger to The Australian Ballet. […]
American Ballet Theatre’s David Hallberg and New York City Ballet’s Joseph Gordon are two very different dancers at very different points in their careers. Yet they each made striking debuts when they came together to dance Maurice Béjart’s Song of a Wayfarer last August. Staged by Maina Gielgud for The Joyce Theater’s annual Ballet Festival, […]
Yesterday, The Royal Ballet announced that David Hallberg will be joining the company as a principal guest artist for the 2019–20 season. Hallberg is already a familiar face at The Royal. As a guest last season he danced alongside beloved partner and Royal principal Natalia Osipova in Sir Frederick Ashton’s A Month in the Country […]
In recent years, Royal Ballet principal and international touring artist Natalia Osipova has curated her own evenings of new works, collaborating with a slew of contemporary choreographers. The newest of these is Pure Dance, which premiered last September at Sadler’s Wells and comes to New York City Center April 3–6. “I really like to try […]