Courtesy RNZB Rahi Rezvani Ross Brown Top The Emerald City in Francesco Ventriglia’s The Wizard of Oz. Centre row Cacti, part of Speed of Light. Above Shane Urton and Lucy Green in Giselle. The New Year will see Royal New Zealand Ballet artistic director Francesco Ventriglia overseeing his first full season for the company, including […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: a world première for the Royal New Zealand Ballet
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is not just a Royal New Zealand Ballet première, it’s a world première—so if you’re looking for a ballet event to attend in mid-August, this should be the one on your calendar. Created by Liam Scarlett, ballet’s fast-rising star who is now one of the most sought-after choreographers today, A […]
Ross Brown Top Neil Ieremia’s Passchendaele with RNZB dancer William Fitzgerald. Above Kirby Selchow dances Andrew Simmons’ Dear Horizon. The Royal New Zealand Ballet has revealed more about Salute, its commemoration of World War I, that premières in Wellington on May 22, with a nationwide tour after its stint there. As revealed in Lucire earlier […]
Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Salute, commemorating the centenary of World War I, to première May 22
Ross Brown Above Dancer Joseph Skelton. One of the most anticipated ballets from the Royal New Zealand Ballet, since news of it was announced in 2014, will première in Wellington on May 22. Salute, which comprises four dance works to mark the centenary of World War I, will tour Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Takapuna, Auckland and […]
Don Quixote opens the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 2015 season
Ross Brown The Royal New Zealand Ballet opens its 2015 season in March with Don Quixote, marking its first production under the company’s new artistic director Francesco Ventriglia. The sets and costumes have been conceived by former artistic director and designer Gary Harris, whose prior work for the RNZB included The Nutcracker and The […]
