FROM THE WINGS

A dancer's eye view of The Australian Ballet

By The Australian Ballet

Artists of The Australian Ballet in George Balanchine's Symphony in C (2016)The Australian Ballet

Imagine this ...

You're somehow invisible, able to drift from your theatre seat to the side of the stage, where voices are hushed, the lights shine like luminous moons and the air hums with the electricity of performance. Your eye homes in on detail - the roses in a queen's hands, the beads of sweat on a dancer's throat. Just a few feet away from the stage, you feel with new depth the soloists' anguish and passion, and appreciate afresh the discipline of the corps de ballet. It's from the wings that each of our dancers takes flight. Join us for a unique perspective on the company's performances.

Robyn Hendricks in Glen Tetley's Gemini (2012)The Australian Ballet

Amber Scott as Odile and Adam Bull as Prince Siegfried in Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake (2012)The Australian Ballet

Nicola Curry as the Chosen Virgin in John Neumeier's Nijinsky (2016)The Australian Ballet

Artists of The Australian Ballet in Maina Gielgud's Giselle (2015)The Australian Ballet

Amber Scott as Cinderella and Ty King-Wall as the Prince in Alexei Ratmansky's Cinderella (2013)The Australian Ballet

Artists of The Australian Ballet backstage at a performance of David McAllister's The Sleeping Beauty (2015)The Australian Ballet

Andrew Killian as Prince Siegfried in Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake (2012)The Australian Ballet

The Queen holds Aurora's roses in David McAllister's The Sleeping Beauty (2015)The Australian Ballet

Valerie Tereshchenko as the Queen of the Wilis in Maina Gielgud's Swan Lake (2015)The Australian Ballet

Brett Chynoweth in DGV©: Danse à grande vitesse (2016)The Australian Ballet

Eloise Fryer and Imogen Chapman as Mirlitons in Peter Wright's The Nutcracker (2014)The Australian Ballet

Artists of The Australian Ballet backstage before a performance of George Balanchine's Symphony in C (2016)The Australian Ballet

Amber Scott as Manon in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon (2014)The Australian Ballet

Robyn Hendricks as the Nymph and Jarryd Madden as the Golden Slave in John Neumeier's Nijinsky (2016)The Australian Ballet

George Balanchine's Symphony in C (2016)The Australian Ballet

Bendicte Bemet as Aurora with artists of The Australian Ballet in David McAllister's The Sleeping Beauty (2015)The Australian Ballet

Sharni Spencer as a Nymph in David McAllister's The Sleeping Beauty (2015)The Australian Ballet

Laura Tong as a Spanish Dancer in Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake (2012)The Australian Ballet

Vivienne Wong in Stephen Page's Warumuk - in the dark night (2012)The Australian Ballet

Kevin Jackson as Prince Désiré in David McAllister's The Sleeping Beauty (2015)The Australian Ballet

Bendicte Bemet, as Aurora in David McAllister's The Sleeping Beauty, waits in the wings for her final scene (2015)The Australian Ballet

Amber Scott and Ty King-Wall in DGV©: Danse à grande vitesse (2016)The Australian Ballet

Georgia Scott-Hunter as a Fairy in Storytime Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty (2015)The Australian Ballet

Isobelle Dashwood as the Lilac Fairy in Storytime Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty (2015)The Australian Ballet

Amber Scott as the Sugarplum Fairy and Adam Bull as the Prince in Peter Wright's The Nutcracker (2014)The Australian Ballet

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