Find out what’s happening in New Zealand dance news! The Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) has anounced the appointment of its new Artistic Director, New Zealander Ty King-Wall. Born in Waihi, King-Wall moves from his current role of Dancers’ Director on the Board of The Australian Ballet to the RNZB in November. Trained at Tauranga’s […]

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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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Telstra and The Australian Ballet are delighted to reveal the five talented dancers selected as nominees for the 2023 Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards. The announcement comes as the partners celebrate the 20th anniversary of these prestigious awards, and toast to one of the longest running arts partnerships in Australia of 39 years. The five dancers […]

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The Australian Ballet and Telstra are delighted to announce the four artists selected as finalists in Telstra Emerging Chorographer (TEC).A new award dedicated to nurturing choreographic talent and artistic creativity in Australia, TEC offers aspiring choreographers the chance to create new work and potentially the opportunity to take part in The Australian Ballet’s 2022 Bodytorque program. The winner will […]

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The Australian Ballet Soloist Jill Ogai has been awarded the 2019 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award.   The Telstra award, which exists to promote the artform, to nurture talent and provide them with new opportunities, is frequently a gateway to becoming a principal dancer with The Australian Ballet. Ogai has already been dancing principal roles with the […]

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The Australian Ballet and Telstra have announced that six talented young dancers have been selected as nominees for the prestigious and coveted Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards 2019. Those dancers include Corps de Ballet Dancer Isobelle Dashwood, Soloist Jill Ogai, Senior Artist Cristiano Martino, Senior Artist Marcus Morelli, Soloist Sharni Spencer and Corps de Ballet Dancer […]

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Six dancers with The Australian Ballet have been announced as nominees for the prestigious Telstra Ballet Dancer Award 2018. Now in its 16th year, the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award is one of the longest-running arts partnerships and most prestigious ballet prizes in the country. Seven former winners of the award went on to become principal artists […]

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Australian Ballet Coryphée Benedicte Bemet has been named the 2015 winner of the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award. The news was announced recently at the Sydney Opera House. She won the grand prize of $20,000! “We were called onto the stage, and David McAllister announced it,” recalls Bemet. “We were given bouquets of flowers and our […]

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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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