Comments on: Damien’s swan song

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Designing Birthday Suit: a Q&A with Georgia Clark | Behind Ballet — Fri, 14 May 2010 05:34:55 +0000

[...] choreographer Damien Welch set out to create a ballet about the relationship between personality and clothing choice. “I [...]

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:39:16 +0000

Damien will be missed but if we are lucky he may do a guest appearance with Kirsty now that she is coming back. I also have seen Garth and Marilyn dance when I was very young and Damien certainly did his parents proud. I hope he will have an influential behind the scenes role in the AB in the future.
Thank you for gracing the stage Damien.

By: Sophia Bastas

Sophia Bastas — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:46:29 +0000

I cannot believe that Damien has retired as it only seems like yesterday that I used to watch him and his brother playing in the S.O.H.Greenroom, and being piggybacked by the then Ballet dancers–the brothers must have been pre -schoolers waiting for either mum or dad to come off the stage…..I worked as an usherette since 1973 and I know that time has passed, but I still cannot believe that having admired Damien’s parents dancing for so long, that in fact I then admired the talents of both brothers on stage as well for a further 18 years—-Damien was wonderful to watch in all of his roles given and I feel proud and priviledged to have seen 2 generations of Welch family magically dance on our Sydney Opera House stage.
Damien I wish you a long and happy life and looking forward to seeing you as a guest artist next year.

Thank you Anna for the great photos, and one more thing, if I may, I once asked their dad, who out of the two boys would make it as a better dancer, his reply was “Damien, as my other son will be a better choreographer” and so it was predicted a long time ago, and so it came to pass.

By: Kay Searle

Kay Searle — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:36:29 +0000

It is a while since we happened to see Damien Welch dance on one of our subscription nights, but always he is the complete professional and able to ‘do’ all moves and moods required. I am old enough to have loved watching his parents perform in the fledgling AB as well.

By: Charlotte Hollis

Charlotte Hollis — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:35:26 +0000

I’ve seen Damien perform quite a few times now but most loved his performances with Kirsty Martin. Such chemistry – everything else disappears when they’re on stage together. Damien, you shall be missed.

By: Kate Scott

Kate Scott — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:34:22 +0000

Hi Anna, good pick, thanks. Is there a particular ballet you wanted to see Damien in? Unfortunately photographs from a lot of our earlier ballets haven’t yet been digitised, but we can have a look.