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Take a deep dive into the lives and work of some of opera's most fascinating figures with Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini.
Kelley Abbey creates dance that's eclectic, highly stylised, beautiful and extraordinarily energetic. The choreographer, actor and dancer has been working since the 1980s, when she got her start in the Australian Youth Ballet company. Over the decades, she's filled all played all sorts of parts in the arts industry, from starring roles in major musicals like Sweet Charity, Hair and Grease, to a role on the soap opera E Street, and choreographing everything from opera singers in our productions of Salome and Carmen to dancing penguins in the movie Happy Feet.
In this interview with our Artistic Director, Lyndon Terracini, Abbey reflects on the "glorious mistakes" that have been key to her career and explains her creative process.
In Conversation with Lyndon Terracini
Take a deep dive into the lives and work of some of opera's most fascinating figures with Opera Australia Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini.