Meet Me At The Barre

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The Australian Ballet

13 episodes

8 months ago

How do you keep your imagination alive? What inspires a ballerina? If you’re an artist whose instrument is your body, how do you cope with injury? Amber Petty meets the real people behind the magic on stage. Listen in and discover the fascinating (and unexpected) stories behind a world-class ballet company.

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Episodes (13/13)

Meet Me At The Barre

Express Yourself : Nathan Brook

What’s it liking growing up a dancer in a sport-loving family? How do you follow your passion even if it goes against the grain? In this episode, Coryphée Nathan Brook talks about what it was like growing up the youngest of three brothers in the North...

6 years ago

42 minutes

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I'm Still Standing | Dana Stephensen

Senior Artist Dana Stephensen never considered herself a ‘ballet girl’. As a highly spirited and boisterous child, she didn’t think she was quite elegant enough, but couldn’t help falling in love with the stage. In this episode, Dana shares her vulnera...

6 years ago

56 minutes

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We Are Family : Jake Mangakahia

An artist’s commitment and drive is fundamental to shaping a successful career, but sometimes it takes the unconditional love and support of family to enable an aspiring dancer to go all the way. In our latest episode, newly promoted Soloist Jake Manga...

6 years ago

31 minutes

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Don't Stop Me Now : Benedicte Bemet

In our latest episode, newly-promoted Senior Artist Benedicte Bemet explains how it feels to be the face of our 2019 season, and what goes into shaping a successful career as a ballerina, beyond the spotlight of the stage.

6 years ago

38 minutes

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You Can Go Your Own Way : Graeme Murphy

What was it like being a creative leader in the golden era of dance? In our latest episode, we chat to Australia’s most renown living Choreographer Graeme Murphy about finding his stride in the exhilarating dance culture of t...

6 years ago

39 minutes

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It's a Long Way to the Top : Amy Harris

Amy Harris was a country kid from Ararat who dreamed of becoming a ballerina. Fast-forward seventeen years and she has paved a highly successful career in the company, but there was just one thing missing… Amy had convinced herself that her ultimate dr...

6 years ago

45 minutes

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She Moves in Her Own Way: Alice Topp

Alice Topp has recently been bestowed upon with a great honour within The Australian Ballet: she is now its only female Resident Choreographer (while still dancing for the company). Her new role brings with it questions of “why” she is just the second ...

7 years ago

54 minutes

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Lose Everything ... And Find Yourself : David Hallberg

Described by the New Yorker as “the most exciting male dancer in the Western world”, David was at the peak of his powers when he suffered a devastating injury that could have ended his career. He turned to The Australian Ballet’s medical team for hel...

7 years ago

23 minutes

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From Beethoven to Queen : Nicolette Fraillon

There’s something magical about the healing effect of music and its ability to connect humans to one another. Nicolette, music director and chief conductor of The Australian Ballet, tells us what it’s like to act as the conduit between orchestra and da...

7 years ago

39 minutes

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The Ultimate Leading Man : Kevin Jackson

Inspired as a child by watching Fred Astaire glide across the floor with Ginger Rogers, raised by a woman who gave him everything, Kevin grew into a dancer who loves to support his leading ladies and who has developed a radar sensitivity to his partner...

7 years ago

30 minutes

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Ballerina Down The Rabbit Hole : Amber Scott

Even after a three-hour stint down the rabbit hole of Christopher Wheeldon’s epic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland©, Amber Scott is constantly humbled and inspired by the magic of ballet. She brings a positive, mindful attitude to every element of her ...

7 years ago

29 minutes

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A Love Story, Onstage and Off : Chengwu Guo & Ako Kondo

Ako is from Japan. Chen is from China. They both started dancing at the age of three. Both of them have blazing talents that brought them across the world to meet at The Australian Ballet. They danced together … and a love story was born. Amber steps...

7 years ago

34 minutes

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The Power of Imagination : David McAllister

Growing up in the 70s in suburban Australia, David didn’t always fit into his ‘meat-and-two veg’ environment. This theatrical boy pirouetting around his lounge room was always meant for something more. Today, as one of the most successful artistic di...

7 years ago

31 minutes