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MelbourneThe Australian Ballet – Swan Lake

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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Anne Woolliams; The Australian Ballet; David Hallberg; Daniel Ostling; Mara Blumenfeld; T.J. Gerckens

SydneyThe Australian Ballet – Swan Lake

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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Anne Woolliams; The Australian Ballet; David Hallberg; Daniel Ostling; Mara Blumenfeld; T.J. Gerckens
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Callum Linnane as Oscar Wilde in Christopher Wheeldon’s Oscar © Curtis Brown
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Ako Kondo as The Nightingale in Christopher Wheeldon's Oscar © Daniel Boud
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The Australian Ballet in Stephanie Lake's Circle Electric © Daniel Boud
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Ako Kondo as the Queen of Hearts in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland © Daniel Boud
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