by Leila Lois | Jul 31, 2023 | Career, Pointe+, Profiles
Amber Scott has been a principal artist at The Australian Ballet since 2011. Her career highlights include dancing Odette/Odile with Adam Bull in Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake and partnering with guest artists David Hallberg, Robert Tewsley, and Damian Smith. She’s also a...
by Catja Christensen | Jun 9, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
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...
by Candice Thompson For Dance Magazine | Jan 28, 2021 | Career, News, Profiles, The Latest
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...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 25, 2020 | Company Life, Instagram, News, The Latest
While very little about this year has felt normal, we’re excited to share that one of the dance community’s landmark events is returning despite the pandemic. October 29 marks World Ballet Day 2020. This year’s iteration of the annual social media...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Mar 5, 2020 | Profiles
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...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 2, 2020 | Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher, News, Profiles, The Latest
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,...
by Madeline Schrock For Dance Magazine | Feb 18, 2019 | Career
Building a full-length ballet from scratch is an intense process. For the world premiere of Anna Karenina, a collaboration between The Joffrey Ballet and The Australian Ballet, that meant original choreography by Yuri Possokhov, a brand-new score by Ilya Demutsky,...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 3, 2018 | Career, News, Trending, Viral Videos
Here at Pointe, every day feels like World Ballet Day, though the official 2018 event took place on Tuesday. While WBD is a thrill for any bunhead, it can also be overwhelming. How are you supposed to sit in front of your computer all day when you have class and...