Review: The Nutcracker (WA Ballet)
The culmination of two years of work and costing two million dollars, WAB’s The Nutcracker is an immense labour of love. Samuel J. Cox reviews.
Review: Genesis (West Australian Ballet)
The industrial feeling of the West Australian Ballet Centre in Maylands provides the perfect environment for the unique and short season of Genesis. Set against unclad red brick walls and…
Review: Beauty & the Beast (WA Ballet)
The performance gives the audience what they might expect from a well-known classic; the nostalgia of a childhood favourite and the thrill of a night out at the ballet. Melissa…
Interview: Matthew Lehmann (West Australian Ballet)
"Here, most people are quite welcoming to the fact I do ballet, it’s only guys in suits that seem to have a problem with me. Bikers I meet at the…
PIAF Review: Five by Night – Ballet at the Quarry (WAB)
I appreciated the aesthetic of their glistening, rippling abs and iron thighs as I lounged back and quaffed wine, completely enthralled by their sure footed athleticism in pointe shoes. My…
Review: Cinderella – WA Ballet
Ballet is defined as an artistic dance performed to music, using precise and highly formalised set steps and gestures. I know this because I googled it in the über on…