Episodes

  • Express Yourself : Nathan Brook

    Express Yourself : Nathan Brook
    Apr 16 2019
    What’s it liking growing up a dancer in a sport-loving family? How do you follow your passion even if it goes against the grain? In this episode, Coryphée Nathan Brook talks about what it was like growing up the youngest of three brothers in the Northern Beaches of Sydney and why he chose to pursue an unlikely career in dance.

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    43 mins
  • I'm Still Standing | Dana Stephensen

    I'm Still Standing | Dana Stephensen
    Mar 20 2019
    Senior Artist Dana Stephensen never considered herself a ‘ballet girl’. As a highly spirited and boisterous child, she didn’t think she was quite elegant enough, but couldn’t help falling in love with the stage. In this episode, Dana shares her vulnerability as she tells us about becoming a mother, living with an autoimmune disease and juggling a demanding career, all while keeping her passion for performing alive.  

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    57 mins
  • We Are Family : Jake Mangakahia

    We Are Family : Jake Mangakahia
    Feb 19 2019
    An artist’s commitment and drive is fundamental to shaping a successful career, but sometimes it takes the unconditional love and support of family to enable an aspiring dancer to go all the way. In our latest episode, newly promoted Soloist Jake Mangakahia goes back to his roots, and tells us how deeply his family and his background have inspired his creative path.

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    32 mins
  • Don't Stop Me Now : Benedicte Bemet

    Don't Stop Me Now : Benedicte Bemet
    Jan 23 2019
    In our latest episode, newly-promoted Senior Artist Benedicte Bemet explains how it feels to be the face of our 2019 season, and what goes into shaping a successful career as a ballerina, beyond the spotlight of the stage.  

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    39 mins
  • You Can Go Your Own Way : Graeme Murphy

    You Can Go Your Own Way : Graeme Murphy
    Dec 19 2018
    What was it like being a creative leader in the golden era of dance? In our latest episode, we chat to Australia’s most renown living Choreographer Graeme Murphy about finding his stride in the exhilarating dance culture of the 1970s and 1980’s and how he plans to paint the town gold in his new work The Happy Prince in 2019.   

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    40 mins
  • It's a Long Way to the Top : Amy Harris

    It's a Long Way to the Top : Amy Harris
    Nov 21 2018
    Amy Harris was a country kid from Ararat who dreamed of becoming a ballerina. Fast-forward seventeen years and she has paved a highly successful career in the company, but there was just one thing missing… Amy had convinced herself that her ultimate dream of becoming a Principal Artist might be out of her reach, until one enchanting evening, amidst rapturous applause, all eyes turned to Amy as her fairy tale came true.  

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    45 mins
  • She Moves in Her Own Way: Alice Topp

    She Moves in Her Own Way: Alice Topp
    Oct 24 2018
    Alice Topp has recently been bestowed upon with a great honour within The Australian Ballet: she is now its only female Resident Choreographer (while still dancing for the company). Her new role brings with it questions of “why” she is just the second female to reach this position in The Australian Ballet’s history. Her answer may be just as surprising as the other sides to this footy-loving ballerina from Bendigo.  

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    54 mins
  • Lose Everything ... And Find Yourself : David Hallberg

    Lose Everything ... And Find Yourself : David Hallberg
    Dec 15 2017
    Described by the New Yorker as “the most exciting male dancer in the Western world”, David was at the peak of his powers when he suffered a devastating injury that could have ended his career. He turned to The Australian Ballet’s medical team for help, and began a journey involving intense self-reflection, reinvention and the realisation that sometimes the end is just the beginning. BIO David Hallberg made history in 2011 by becoming the first dancer to occupy principal rank at American Ballet Theatre and the first American Principal at Bolshoi Ballet. After working with The Australian Ballet’s medical team to make a heroic recovery from a two-and-a-half-year injury, he is back dancing with American Ballet Theatre, appearing with The Australian Ballet as its resident guest artist, and featuring as an ambassador for both Nike and Tiffany & Co.

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    23 mins