In the almost 50 years The Australian Ballet has been rehearsing, touring and performing, there’s invariably been a photographer on the sidelines.
Filed away in the archives of The Australian Ballet and beyond are tens of thousands of images, taken in dressing rooms, rehearsal studios, theatres, and on tour – backdrops are as magnificent as the Great Wall of China, as humble as the Ballet’s first home, a disused ladies college, and as unexpected as the ocean floor of Coogee Beach.
As our 50th birthday in 2012 draws closer, we’ll be sharing some of the best images on Behind Ballet, many of which have never been published before.
The question is, what’s your favourite image of The Australian Ballet? Leave a comment below!
Lyn Willis in La Bayadere in the fluttering maroon costume that looks so much like the shape of an orange jingle shell – very Rococo
I love the photo of Marilyn Rowe in the role of The Merry Widow, my favourite “non-traditional” ballet.
Couldn’t possibly pick a single favourite, but I love the Justine Summers ‘Divergence’ shot, and any shot of Odette’s wedding dress in Murphy’s ‘Swan Lake’ is stunning! Also love 2 photos I have of Madeleine Eastoe and Tim Harbour in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ – just stunning
My bedroom wall is covered in Aus Ballet pictures & posters!
The beautiful royal blue and red costume of the bad fairy from the earlier version of The Sleeping Beauty. Appeared in one of the AB’s Calender. Such a stunning costume all of the costumes in this version were stunning. Please bring this version of The Sleeping Beauty back to the stage. The modern version pales in comparison.
Has to be Steven Heathcote in the famous Spartacus poster shot. That was on the wall in the crew’s room at QPAC for many years and it always hit me in the face every time I walked in. That body, those muscles, those eyes!