The Australian Ballet 2025 Season, Shows, Reviews

byCherilyn J. Lee

January 1, 2020 - Updated on December 19, 2024

The Australian Ballet

♦ Location: South Bank, Victoria – Australia

♦ Artistic Director: David Hallberg

♦ Orchestra: Orchestra Victoria

♦ Affiliated School: Australian Ballet School

♦ Founded in 1962 by Dame Peggy van Praagh

♦ Official Website of The Australian Ballet

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The Australian Ballet 2025 Season

Artistic Director David Hallberg has announced The Australian Ballet 2025 season which features the return of beloved classical ballets as well as contemporary tales and company premieres.

“It’s season that pushes the boundaries of ballet and gives you the entire arc of the human experience expressed through dance.”

David Hallberg, Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet

Hallberg goes on to describe each of the programs for the season.

Nijinsky (John Neumeier )

“John Neumeier has successfully interwoven so many facets of Vaslav Nijinsky’s personal and professional trajectory into this work. John’s masterful storytelling incorporates characters from Nijinsky’s most iconic roles to create a layered narrative of the artist’s troubled life.

You can feel the very essence of Nijinsky through John’s work. The temperamental, the volatile and the engaging energy of a brilliant but unpredictable artist. John’s musical choices show the pivotal role music plays in bringing characters to life in dance and bridges the gap between sight and sound in this uniquely collaborative piece.”

Carmen (Johan Inger)

“Johan’s vision for this famous story is really unique. What I love is the reality of the emotions, and the grit of the movement. This is a Carmen for today’s time.”

Manon (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

“The duets in this ballet are some of the greatest ever created. When I danced them, it was just my partner and myself together, falling in passionate love with the audience as voyeurs to our love story.”

The Sleeping Beauty (David McAllister)

“Tchaikovsky and Petipa created some of the most significant works in classical ballet. We are thrilled to give audiences ballets of this magnitude that celebrate its tradition and grandeur. A ballet like The Sleeping Beauty deserves a production as lavish and colourful as David McAllister’s.”

Prism featuring Blake Works VI (The Barre Project) (William Forsythe), Glass Pieces (Jerome Robbins), A World Premiere (Stephanie Lake)

“To showcase these three powerfully unique choreographers in one program is a rarity. Only a company like The Australian Ballet has the range and skill to take on such a wide range of styles in one program.”