What’s it liking growing up a dancer in a sport-loving family? How do you follow your passion even if it goes against the grain?
In this episode, Coryphée Nathan Brook talks about what it was like growing up the youngest of three brothers in the North...
Apr 16, 2019
42 min
Senior Artist Dana Stephensen never considered herself a ‘ballet girl’. As a highly spirited and boisterous child, she didn’t think she was quite elegant enough, but couldn’t help falling in love with the stage. In this episode, Dana shares her vulnera...
Mar 20, 2019
56 min
An artist’s commitment and drive is fundamental to shaping a successful career, but sometimes it takes the unconditional love and support of family to enable an aspiring dancer to go all the way.
In our latest episode, newly promoted Soloist Jake Manga...
Feb 19, 2019
31 min
In our latest episode, newly-promoted Senior Artist Benedicte Bemet explains how it feels to be the face of our 2019 season, and what goes into shaping a successful career as a ballerina, beyond the spotlight of the stage.
Jan 23, 2019
38 min
What was it like being a creative leader in the golden era of dance? In our latest episode, we chat to Australia’s most renown living Choreographer Graeme Murphy about finding his stride in the exhilarating dance culture of t...
Dec 19, 2018
39 min
Amy Harris was a country kid from Ararat who dreamed of becoming a ballerina. Fast-forward seventeen years and she has paved a highly successful career in the company, but there was just one thing missing… Amy had convinced herself that her ultimate dr...
Nov 21, 2018
45 min
Alice Topp has recently been bestowed upon with a great honour within The Australian Ballet: she is now its only female Resident Choreographer (while still dancing for the company). Her new role brings with it questions of “why” she is just the second ...
Oct 24, 2018
54 min
Described by the New Yorker as “the most exciting male dancer in the Western world”, David was at the peak of his powers when he suffered a devastating injury that could have ended his career.
He turned to The Australian Ballet’s medical team for hel...
Dec 15, 2017
23 min
There’s something magical about the healing effect of music and its ability to connect humans to one another. Nicolette, music director and chief conductor of The Australian Ballet, tells us what it’s like to act as the conduit between orchestra and da...
Dec 8, 2017
39 min
Inspired as a child by watching Fred Astaire glide across the floor with Ginger Rogers, raised by a woman who gave him everything, Kevin grew into a dancer who loves to support his leading ladies and who has developed a radar sensitivity to his partner...
Dec 1, 2017
30 min
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