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12 Days of The Australian Ballet

3377101 TAB The Nutcracker Wright Drew Hedditch Credit Daniel Boud 1 — Drew Hedditch with artists of The Australian Ballet, *The Nutcracker* (Wright) 2024
Photo Daniel Boud

The 12 Days of Christmas, with a balletic twist (or tour jeté).

Written by
Heather Bloom
Published on
17 Dec 2024

♫ On the... ♫

3341665 TAB Etudes Lander Ako Kondo Credit Kate Longley 2 — Principal Artist Ako Kondo, *Études* (Lander) 2024
Photo Kate Longley

12 months of ballet

A Wild(e) Wonderland of Études, (Circle) Electric performances that sparkle like Jewels and take you to faraway lands and fairy tale worlds.

Aus Ballet SWANLAKE Opera House 17 Dec23 01113 2 — Jill Ogai and Marcus Morelli receiving their promotions to Principal Artist on closing night of *Swan Lake* (Woolliams) 2023
Photo Pierre Toussaint

11 promotions

2024 began with 11 company dancers starting in their newly promoted roles from coryphée to principal artist.

Kaack S Joel Bass CE REGENT 3 1 — Artists of Orchestra Victoria
Photo Sally Kaack

10 years with Orchestra Victoria

It may be our tin anniversary, but our collaboration with Orchestra Victoria is a diamond achievement in our eyes (and ears).

Alice Sydney Dress Rehearsal BJ 80 1 — Mason Lovegrove, *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland©* (Wheeldon) 2024
Photo Brodie James

9 sets of teeth

Constructed for the March Hare and Door Mouse in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland©.

Pointe Shoes photo Kate Longley 0 G4 A1390 2017 8 — Photo Kate Longley

8 (000) pairs of pointe shoes

Principal Artists who dance en pointe can go through several pairs in a single performance.

New dancer pic — Mia Heathcote, Victor Estévez, Alexandra Walton, David Hallberg, Alice McArthur, Yaru Xu, Laura Griffiths, Macy Trethewey and Davi Ramos
Photo The Australian Ballet archives

7 new corps de ballet dancers

We also welcomed 3 new soloists into the company.

Primary — The Education and Outreach team on tour
Photo The Australian Ballet archives

6 states visited

Across mainstage performances, touring productions and our Education and Outreach program.

3219314 TAB Swan Lake Hallberg Annabelle Watt Jake Mangakahia Credit Jonathan van der Knaap 1 — Annabelle Watt and Jake Mangakahia, *Swan Lake* (Hallberg) 2024
Photo Jonathan van der Knaap

5 weeks dancing On Tour

The Australian Ballet On Tour danced across Renmark, Tanunda, Port Pirie, Whyalla, Bendigo, Goulburn, Newcastle and Wagga Wagga.

Videoframe 429502 1 — Composer Joby Talbot and Singer Victoria Lambourn in rehearsal for *Oscar©*
Photo The Australian Ballet archives

4 mezzo sopranos

3112807 TAB Alices Adventures in Wonderland Wheeldon Artists of TAB Credit Kate Longley 1 — Artists of The Australian Ballet and Orchestra Victoria, *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland^©* (Wheeldon) 2024
Photo Kate Longley

3 years between dances

We bid farewell to our beloved State Theatre in Arts Centre Melbourne while it closes for renovations until 2027 and made ourselves right at home at the historic Regent Theatre.

3340666 TAB Circle Electric Lake Credit Kate Longley 1 — Artists of The Australian Ballet, *Circle Electric* (Lake)
Photo Kate Longley

2 world premieres

10 including the Education and Outreach team's Wonderland by Paul Knobloch, From The Gadhu by Tristan Field and Ella Havelka, and the 6 new works performed in Bodytorque as well as Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar© and Stephanie Lake's Circle Electric.

3363825 TAB Oscar Wheeldon Ako Kondo Credit Daniel Boud 1 — Principal Artist Ako Kondo, *Oscar©* (Wheeldon) 2024
Photo Daniel Boud

and a Nightingale in a rose tree

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