The Australian Ballet returns to Brisbane this March to perform a dazzling mixed bill of ballet favourites at the Brisbane Riverstage. This year's instalment of the free Telstra Ballet in the Gardens event will feature seven virtuosic gems from The Australian Ballet's repertoire including Walter Bourke's Grand Tarantella, the Paquita pas de trois, Stephen Baynes' El Tango, Stanton Welch's The Sleeping Beauty Act 3 pas de deux, Diana and Actéon, Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote Act 3 pas de deux and the La Bayadère pas d'action.

Credits

Grand Tarantella (1974)

Choreography Walter Bourke
Music Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Costume design Walter Bourke

Paquita pas de trois (1846)

Choreography Marius Petipa
Music TBA
Costume design Hugh Colman

El Tango (1998)

Choreography Stephen Baynes
Music Giya Kancheli, Astor Piazzola arranged by Astor Quartet
Costume design Michael Pearce

The Sleeping Beauty Act 3 pas de deux (2005)

Choreography Stanton Welch
Music Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Costume design Kristian Fredrikson

Diana and Actéon(1935)

Choreography Agrippina Vaganova after Joseph Mazilier
Music Cesare Pugni

Don Quixote Act 3 pas de deux(1970)

Choreography Rudolf Nureyev
Music Ludwig Minkus
Costume design Barry Kay

La Bayadère pas d'action (1877)

Choreography Marius Petipa
Music Ludwig Minkus
Costume design Alexis George

Duration

No intervals, ending at approximately 8.25pm

Suitable

Age 5 to adult