The Australian Ballet have launched a 10-part web series, “A Year Inside The Australian Ballet,” a behind-the-scenes window into the inner workings of the Company. A new episode will be posted each month. The series explores what it's like to be a dancer in an internationally renowned ballet company. -- the hard work, the performance highs, the tight-knit friendships, the laughs and challenges, seen through the eyes of company members Amy Harris and Jake Mangakahia.
Check out the first episode here, as the Company dancers return from their break to gear up for the 50th Anniversary season:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOYZE4rVEcU
The Australian Ballet will be at Lincoln Center June 12th - 17th, 2012. Information here.
In Autumn 2011, four of the Company's dancers were in New York City to presant calling-card performances of Glen Tetley's GEMINI at the Fall for Dance Festival. Photographer Matt Murphy and I got to watch the four exceptional dancers in rehearsal.
Following the studio session that day, Matt took the two ballerinas - Lana Jones and Amber Scott - out onto the Plaza and produced the striking SWAN LAKE image above. Click on the photo to enlarge.