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.
12 Days of The Australian Ballet
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).
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Written by
Heather Bloom
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Published on
17 Dec 2024
♫ On the... ♫
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.
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).
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©.
Photo Kate Longley
8 (000) pairs of pointe shoes
Principal Artists who dance en pointe can go through several pairs in a single performance.
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.
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.
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.
Composer Joby Talbot and Singer Victoria Lambourn in rehearsal for Oscar©
Photo The Australian Ballet archives
4 mezzo sopranos
An operatic addition to Joby Talbot's score for Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar©.
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.
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.
Principal Artist Ako Kondo, Oscar© (Wheeldon) 2024
Photo Daniel Boud
and a Nightingale in a rose tree
The tragically beautiful Oscar Wilde tale that became the perfect ballet inspiration in Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar©.
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