AND WE DANCED
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EPISODE THREE
Executive Producers Veronica Fury Alan Erson Michael Tear
Development Producer Stephen Waller
INTERVIEWEES
Margot Anderson Dimity Azoury Peter F Bahen Lisa Bolte Adam Bull Ita Buttrose AC OBE Chengwu Guo David Hallberg Ella Havelka Steven Heathcote AM Marilyn Jones OBE Ako Kondoo David McAllister AC Graeme Murphy AO Stephen Page AO Lisa Pavane Colin Peasley OAM Marilyn Rowe AM OBE Amber Scott Hugh Sheridan Fiona Tonkin OAM Elizabeth Toohey Emma Watkins Michael Williams
SPECIAL THANKS TO
David McAllister AC David Hallberg Nicolette Fraillon AM
1 Artists of The Australian Ballet past and present Artists of Bangarra Dance Theatre past and present Orchestra Victoria Opera Australia Orchestra The Australian Ballet School Tony Iffland Janine Burdeu The Wiggles The Langham Hotel Melbourne Brett Ludeman, David Ward
ARCHIVE SOURCES
The Australian Ballet ABC Archives National Film and Sound Archive Associated Press Getty The Apiary The Wiggles International Arts Newspix Bolshoi Ballet American Ballet Theater
FOOTAGE
The Australian Ballet
Year of Limitless Possibilities, 2020 Brand Film Artists of The Australian Ballet Valerie Tereshchenko, Robyn Hendricks, Dimity Azoury, Callum Linnane, Jake Mangakahia Choreography David McAllister AM Cinematography Brett Ludeman and Ryan Alexander Lloyd Produced by Robyn Fincham and Brett Ludeman
Filmed on location at Mundi Mundi Station, via Silverton NSW The Living Desert Sculpture Park, Junction Mine, The Imperial Fine Accommodation, Broken Hill NSW. With thanks to 2019 Under 15s West Broken Hill Football Club Broken Hill Council, NSW Department of Industry - Lands and Water
Aurora’s Wedding (1964) Choreography Marius Petipa Additional Choreography Dame Peggy van Praagh Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Scenery Design Warwick Armstrong Costume Design Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Kathleen Gorham and Garth Welch
2 Aesthetic Arrest (2004) Choreography Adrian Burnett Music John Adams Costume Design Jennifer Irwin Scenery Design Peter England Lighting Design John Rayment
Alchemy (1996) Choreography Stephen Page Music David Page Costume Design Jennifer Irwin Scenery Design Fiona Foley Lighting Design Joseph Mercurio Vocals David Page, Leah Purcell, Kirk Page, Connie Mitchell and Ningali Electric and acoustic guitar Steve Francis. Indigenous language groups Umpila, Yugambeh and Walmadjarri
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2017) Choreography Christopher Wheeldon Composer Joby Talbot Orchestrations Christopher Austin and Joby Talbot Set and Costume Design Bob Crowley Set Design Associate Jaimie Todd Costume Design Associate Sukie Kirk Scenario Nicholas Wright Lighting Designs Natasha Katz Projection Designs Jon Driscoll and Gemma Carrington Puppet Concept and Design Toby Olié A production commissioned and first performed by The Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada With Orchestra Victoria Conductor Nicolette Fraillon AM Concert Master Yi Wang Featured Artists Ako Kondo,Jacqueline Clark, Adam Bull, Ty King-Wall, Andrew Wright, Kevin Jackson, Luke Marchant, Jarryd Madden
At The Edge of Night (1997) Choreography Stephen Baynes Music Sergei Rachmaninoff Costume and Scenery Design Michael Pearce Lighting Design Stephen Wickham Featured Artists Justine Summers and Robert Curran
Beyond Twelve (2002), (2012) Choreography Graeme Murphy Music Maurice Ravel Set and Costume Design Alan Oldfield Lighting Design Christopher Maver, reproduced by Francis Croese Featured Artists Marc Cassidy, Nigel Burley, Steven Heathcote (2002
3 Jack Hersee, Calvin Hannaford, Brooke Lockett, Steven Heathcote (2012)
Chroma (2014) Concept, Direction and Choreography Wayne McGregor Music Joby Talbot and Jack White Costume Design Moritz Junge Scenery Design John Pawson Lighting Design Lucy Carter Featured Artists Lana Jones and Daniel Gaudiello
Cinderella (2015) Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky Music Sergei Prokofiev Costume and Scenery Design Jerome Kaplan Lighting Design Rachel Burke, reproduced by Graham Silver Projection Design Wendell K Harrington Featured Artist Ako Kondo
Constant Variants (2018) Choreography Stephen Baynes Costume and Scenery Design Michael Pearce Lighting Design Jon Buswell Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Featured Artists Sharni Spencer and Brett Simon
Coppélia (2001), (2016) Original Choreography Arthur Saint-Léon and Marius Petipa Additional Choreography Dame Peggy van Praagh Direction George Ogilvie Music Léo Delibes Costume and Scenery Design Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Design Christopher Maver Featured Artists David McAllister (2001) Ako Kondo Chengwu Guo (2016)
Divergence (1994) Choreography Stanton Welch Costume Design Vanessa Leyonhjelm Lighting Design William Akers, Reproduced by Francis Croese Music Georges Bizet Footage from 1994 used sets designed by Benedict Anderson
Don Quixote film (1973) Directed by Rudolf Nureyev and Sir Robert Helpmann Produced by John Hargreaves Choreography Rudolf Nureyev Based on the ballet Don Quixote by Marius Petipa Music Ludwig Minkus With State Orchestra of Victoria
4 Conductor John Lanchbery Cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth Edited by Anthony Buckley Presented by International Arts Featured Artists Rudolf Nureyev, Sir Robert Helpmann, Lucette Aldous, Marilyn Rowe
A Little Bit of Don Quixote documentary (1973) Produced and Directed by Kay Roberts Edited by John Hutchards Produced by Artransa Park Studios Restoration and Remastering (1999) For The Australian Broadcast Corporation Head ABC Video Janine Burdeu, ABC Enterprises Producer Cheryl Forrest-Smith, Forrest-Smith Productions
Don Quixote (1970) Choreography Marius Petipa (Rudolf Nureyev) Costume Design Barry Kay Scenery Design Anne Fraser Lighting Design William Akers Music Ludwig Minkus, arranged by John Lanchbery
Dyad 1929 (2009) Choreography and Stage Concept Wayne McGregor Music Steve Reich Stage Concept and Lighting Design Lucy Carter Costume Design Moritz Junge Featured Artists Leanne Stojmenov and Remi Wortmeyer
Faster (2017) Choreography David Bintley Music Matthew Hindson Costume Design Becs Andrews Scenery and Lighting Design Peter Mumford
Filigree and Shadow (2015) Choreography Tim Harbour Music Ulrich Müller, Siegfried Rössert Costume Concept Tim Harbour Scenery Design Kelvin Ho Lighting Design Benjamin Cisterne
Firebird (2009) Choreography Graeme Murphy Music Igor Stravinsky Costume and Scenery Design Leon Krasenstein Lighting Design Damien Cooper Creative Associate Janet Vernon Featured Artists Danielle Rowe and Kevin Jackson
5 Gaîté Parisienne (1984) Choreography Maurice Bejart Music Jacques Offenbach, arranged by Manuel Rosenthal Costume and Scenery Design T Bosquet Lighting Design J van der Hayden Featured Artist David McAllister
Giselle (2001) Choreography Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot Scenario Theophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de St Georges Production Dame Peggy van Praagh Music Adolphe Adam Set and Costume Design Kenneth Rowell Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Miranda Coney and David McAllister (2001) Nicole Rhodes, Steven Heathcote, Olivia Bell (2001)
Giselle (2015) Choreography Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli Production Maina Gielgud Music Adolphe Adam Set and Costume Design Peter Farmer Lighting Design William Akers Reproduced by Francis Croese Featured Artists Reiko Hombo, Ako Kondo and Chengwu Guo
Grand Tarantella (1985) Choreography Walter Bourke Music Louis Gottschalk, arranged by Hershy Kay Costume Design Walter Bourke Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Elizabeth Toohey and David McAllister
In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated (1999) Choreography William Forsythe Music Thom Willems Costume, Scenery and Lighting Design William Forsythe
La Bayadere (2014) Choreography Stanton Welch Music Ludwig Minkus, arranged by John Lanchbery Costume and Scenery Design Peter Farmer Lighting Design Francis Croese Costumes and scenery courtesy of Houston Ballet Featured Artist Ako Kondo
La Bayadere, Kingdom of the Shades (2021) Choreography Marius Petipa Staged by David Hallberg Guest Repetiteur Kirsty Martin
6 Music Ludwig Minkus arranged by John Lanchbery Costume Design Alexis George
La Fille mal gardée (1989) Choreography Sir Frederick Ashton Staged by Faith Worth, Scenario Jean Dauberva Music Ferdinand Herold, arranged by John Lanchbery Costume and Scenery Design Osbert Lancaster Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Fiona Tonkin and David McAllister
Logos (2020) Choreography Alice Topp Music Ludovico Einaudi Costume Design Alice Topp Scenery and Lighting Design Jon Buswell Featured Artists Coco Mathieson and Callum Linnane
Molto Vivace (2003) Choreography Stephen Baynes Music George Frideric Handel Costume Design Anna French Scenery Design Richard Robert Lighting Design Rachel Burke
Nutcracker, The Story of Clara (2017) Choreography Graeme Murphy Artistic Associate Janet Vernon Concept Graeme Murphy and Kristian Fredrikson Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arranged by Alan Smith and Peter Bandy Costume and Set Design Kristian Fredrikson Original Lighting Design John Drummond Montgomery Recreated by Francis Croese with Graeme Murphy and Graham Silver Film Collage Philippe Charluet
Onegin (2012) Choreography John Cranko Reproduced by Anne Woolliams Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Arranged and Orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze Costume and Scenery Design Jürgen Rose Original Lighting Design William Akers Reproduced by Francis Croese Featured Artists Madeleine Eastoe and Andrew Killian (2012)
Paquita (2013) Choreography Marius Petipa Music Ludwig Minkus Costume Design Hugh Colman Lighting Design Francis Croese
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Personal Best (2000) Choreography Stephen Baynes Music Philip Glass Costume Design Christina Smith Scenery Design Andrew Carter Lighting Design Nigel Levings
Raymonda (1968) Choreography Marius Petipa Revised Choreography Rudolf Nureyev Music Alexander Glazunov Costume Design Nadine Baylis Scenery Design Ralph Koltai Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch (1968)
Semele (2008) Choreography Matjash Mrozewski Music Gerard Brophy Costume and Scenery Design Adam Gardnir Lighting Design Brad Fields Featured Artists Madeleine Eastoe and Kevin Jackson
Spartacus (2018) Choreography Lucas Jervies Music Aram Khachaturian Set and Costume Design Jerome Kaplan Lighting Design Benjamin Cisterne Fight Director Nigel Poulton
Squander and Glory (2017) Choreography Tim Harbour Music Michael Gordon ‘Weather One’ Scenery Design Kelvin Ho Soundscape Designer Tony David Cray Lighting Design Benjamin Cisterne
Swan Lake Pas de Deux (1972) Choreography Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Music Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky
Swan Lake (1983), (1990) Devised and Directed by Anne Woolliams Choreography Act II after Lev Ivanov Additional Choreography Anne Wooliams and Ray Powell Music Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky, arranged by John Lanchbery Costume and Scenery Design Tom Lingwood
8 Lighting Designer William Akers Featured Artists Marilyn Rowe and Kelvin Coe (1983) Fiona Tonkin and Steven Heathcote (1990) *1983 With The Elizabethan Melbourne Orchestra Conductor Ormsby Wilkins Concertmaster Maurice Stead
Swan Lake (2002), (2006), (2008) Choreography Graeme Murphy Creative Associate Janet Vernon Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Set and Costume Design Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Design Damien Cooper M.C. Escher’s “Rippled Surface” © 2008 The M.C. Escher Company – The Netherlands. All rights reserved. www.mcescher.com *2002 With Orchestra Victoria Conducted by Mark Summerbell Orchestra Victoria Concertmaster Peter Exton Featured Artists Simone Goldsmith, Margaret Illman and Steven Heathcote (2002) Madeleine Eastoe and Robert Curran (2006) Amber Scott and Adam Bull (2008)
Swan Lake (2012) Choreography Stephen Baynes Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Costume and Scenery Design Hugh Colman Lighting Designer Rachel Burke Projection Design Domenico Bartolo Featured Artist Adam Bull
The Display (1966) Choreography Sir Robert Helpmann Music Malcolm Williamson Scenery Design Sidney Nolan Costume Design Adele Weiss Lighting Design William Akers
The Lady and the Fool (1962) Choreography John Cranko, reproduced by Ray Powell Music Giuseppe Verdi, arranged by Charles Mackerras Costume Design Richard Beer Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artist Marilyn Jones
The Melbourne Cup (1962) Choreography Rex Reid Set and Costume Design Anne Church
9 Lighting Design William Akers Music arranged by Harold Badger
The Merry Widow (2000), (2018) Choreography Ronald Hynd Scenario Sir Robert Helpmann and Ronald Hynd Music Franz Lehár Based on the operetta by Victor Léon and Leo Stein Arranged and Orchestrated by John Lanchbery Set and Costume Design Desmond Heeley Lighting Design Francis Croese Presented by arrangement with Glocken Verlag Ltd Featured Artists Nicole Rhodes and David McAllister (2000) Leanne Stojmenov, Adam Bull and Marcus Morelli (2018)
The Narrative of Nothing (2012) Choreography Graeme Murphy Music Brett Dean Costume Design Jennifer Irwin Creative Associate Janet Vernon Lighting and Stage Design Damien Cooper
The Nutcracker (2014) Choreography Peter Wright, Lev Ivanov, Vincent Redmon Production Peter Wright Music Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky Costume and Scenery Design John F Macfarlane Original Lighting Design David Finn With Orchestra Victoria Conducted by Nicolette Fraillon Concertmaster Roger Jonsson Featured Artists Madeleine Eastoe, Benedict Bemet and Kevin Jackson
The Storyteller (1997) Choreography Twyla Tharp Music Ki-Young Kim Costume and Scenery Design Santo Loquasto Lighting Design Jennifer Tipton Featured Artists Kirsty Martin and Matthew Trent
The Sleeping Beauty (1973) Devised and Directed by Sir Robert Helpmann Choreography Marius Petipa Reproduced by Dame Peggy van Praagh Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Arranged by John Lanchbery Costume and Scenery Design Kenneth Rowell Lighting Design William Akers
10 The Sleeping Beauty (2015) Director David McAllister Choreographer Marius Petipa Production and Additional Choreography David McAllister Music Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky Costume and Scenery Design Gabriela Tylesova Lighting Design Jon Buswell With Orchestra Victoria Conducted by Nicolette Fraillon Orchestra Victoria Concertmaster © 2015 Foxtel Arts, Fremantle Media, The Australian Ballet Featured Artists Ako Kondo, Chengwu Guo, Lana Jones, Kevin Jackson
Warumuk - In The Dark Night (2012) The Australian Ballet with Bangarra Dance Theatre Choreography Stephen Page Music David Page* Orchestration Jessica Wells Costume Design Jennifer Irwin Set Design Jacob Nash Lighting Design Padraig O'suilleabhain *featuring Dhuwa and Yirritja songs and stories from North East Arnhem Land vocals by Jamie Wanambi, Banula Marika and Janet Guypunguna Munyarryun With Orchestra Victoria Conductor Nicolette Fraillon Orchestra Victoria Concertmaster Adam Chalabi *Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Featured Artists Vivienne Wong, Leanne Stojmenov, Elma Kris, Ella Havelka, Jake Mangakahia, Deborah Brown
Wild Swans (2003) Choreography Meryl Tankard Music Elena Kats-Chernin Costume Design Angus Strathie Scenery Design Regis Lansac Lighting Design Stephen Wickham
The Australian Ballet Education With Miriki Performing Arts. Artistic Director Pauline Lampton
Coppélia (2019) Choreographer Paul Knobloch Music Delibes Designer David Anderson Featured Artists Chantelle van der Hoek, Yvette Sauvage, Alexander Mitchell, Ben Obst
PHOTOGRAPHY
David Hallberg Svetlana Postoenko
11 Rosalie O'Connor Nana Sakai David McAllister Lucinda Dunn David Geraghty Julian Kingma Jim McFarlane Ally Deacon Branco Gaica Earl Carter Kate Longley Jeff Busby Lynette Wills Christopher Rodgers-Wilson Lisa Tomasetti
MUSIC RECORDINGS
With thanks to ABC Classics Wise Music Universal Production Music Universal Music
“Warumuk - In The Dark Night” Written by David Page © Sony Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Limited Licensed by Sony Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Limited
“Alchemy” Written by David Page © Sony Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Limited Licensed by Sony Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Limited
The Nutcracker Orchestra Victoria Conductor Nicolette Fraillon Narrator Geoffrey Rush Concertmaster for this recording Yi Wang © 2016 Australian Broadcast Corporation and The Australian Ballet
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