Verve: The Australian Ballet’s resident choreographers

By Chantal Nguyen, 11 April 2019

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“Aurum resonated, very deeply, with the heart of the audience”

Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney on 9 April 2019

Constant Variants (Stephen Baynes)

Aurum (Alice Topp)

Filigree and Shadow (Tim Harbour)

The Australian Ballet

Simon Thew, Conductor

Michael Pearce, Set Designer

Jon Buswell, Lighting Designer

Aoko Kondo, Dancer

Lucien Xu, Dancer

Callum Linnane, Dancer

Dimity Azoury, Dancer

Dana Stephensen, Dancer

Fall for Dance, Program IV

Stephanie Sirabian, 16th October

New York City Center's 11th annual Fall for Dance Festival's program four reaches out to new audiences with a unique program.

***11

The Australian Ballet and Bangarra Dance Theatre in Flora

Katie Lawrence, 7th April

Flora unites the Australian Ballet with Bangarra Dance Theatre in a glorious collaboration that traces loss, renewal, resilience, cultural continuity and enduring vitality of the body.

****1

Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically

Sandra Bowdler, 17th March

Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary.

****1

Humperdinck hobbled in Opera Australia revival

Jeremy Eccles, 27th January

Elijah Moshinsky’s 33-year-old production of Hansel and Gretel hasn’t aged well.

***11

A psychological Turandot in Ann Yee's Opera Australia staging

Sandra Bowdler, 15th January

Opera Australia's new Turandot succeeds with musical, dramatic and visual values with a mix of local and imported talent.

****1

Siobhan Stagg leads a strong Marriage of Figaro revival in Sydney

Sandra Bowdler, 31st July

Siobhan Stagg is an outstanding Susanna in a strongly cast and well produced Marriage of Figaro at the Sydney Opera House

****1

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Chantal Nguyen

Chantal has a background in ballet and contemporary dance, and was the first Australian to complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Higher Level Dance. She has completed violin studies, and plays regularly in Sydney ensembles. She also dabbles in folk songs and subversive musical parody.