On 20 May, on the stage of the Sydney Opera House, dancer Lilla Harvey was announced the winner of the 2023 Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards and bestowed the prestigious Telstra Rising Star Award. Joining Harvey centre-stage, Soloist Isobelle Dashwood was named the winner of the Telstra People’s Choice Award. As The Australian Ballet and Telstra […]

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Sydney Opera House, Sydney.12 April 2021.  The Australian Ballet is back in Sydney, after a long break due to COVID, and the Sydney audiences have been counting down for this new season to commence. The anticipation and excitement for live performance has been such a build-up after everything that happened in 2020. With the drought […]

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$20,000 up for grabs for Australia’s emerging dance talent Six dancers are in the running to take home Australian ballet’s highest honour, with the 2013 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award (TBDA) nominations recently announced in Melbourne. The 2013 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award nominees are Benedicte Bemet (Mackay, QLD), Cameron Hunter (East Fremantle, WA), Natasha Kusen (Maroubra, […]

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By Brian Nolan  In the Australian dance world, there is a very privileged assembly of leading and influential teachers. In Victoria, we are fortunate to have three standout Divas of Classical Dance. Over the next three issues Dance Informa will be highlighting these talented teachers who have helped shape ballet in this country. In our […]

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