A Once in a Lifetime Ballet Treat this Friday & Saturday
For the first time in fifty years, the Scottish Ballet visits Aotearoa for a dream collaboration. This Friday and Saturday in Pōneke only, the RNZB and the Scottish Ballet will share the stage to present four gorgeous works. Dextera (Scottish Ballet) commissioned to celebrate the Scottish Ballet’s 50th Anniversary in 2019, is created by Franco-British […]
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Delve into the sublime, surreal and a little bit sexy this Halloween with the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s rebirth of their iconic ballet A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A co-production with the Queensland Ballet and first performed in 2015, this stunning performance combines the late Liam Scarlett’s choreography with Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream score […]
Review: Romeo & Juliet
Image credit: Stephen A’Court Reviewed by Talia Carlisle What a magical place Wellington is, when you can start your evening with gin and fresh seafood at Cinderella’s for the Wellington on a Plate Launch — and pop down to the St James Theatre, home of the Royal New Zealand Ballet for their opening night of […]
Giselle by the Royal New Zealand Ballet
Giselle is a ballet I know very little about, aside from one episode of Angel and reading the synopsis on Wikipedia: The ghost-filled ballet tells the tragic, romantic story of a beautiful young peasant girl who falls for the flirtations of the deceitful and disguised nobleman Albrecht. When the ruse is revealed, the fragile Giselle dies […]
Interview Feature: Venus Rising
I sat down with Katherine Minor, a soloist with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, to discuss rehearsing during COVID lockdown, what it’s like being back in the studio, and the RNZB’s upcoming Venus Rising tour. The Royal New Zealand Ballet will be one of the first dance companies in the world to return to the […]