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Dreamscapes in Motion: WA Ballet’s Incandescence at the Quarry

9 February 2026

In this review, Sarah Chaffey explores Incandescence, WA Ballet’s 2026 Ballet at the Quarry program, where four vivid works illuminate time, memory and imagination under the night sky.

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Sleepless beauty to haunt your dreams

12 September 2022

Natalie Weir’s new contemporary ballet captivates with every waking moment, moving magically through the restless hours, writes Nina Levy.

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Platinum standard under the stars

12 February 2022

West Australian Ballet launches a landmark year with a Perth Festival favourite, and Kim Balfour is swept up in the display of raw emotion.

Juan Carlos Osma as Prince Desiré and Alexa Tuzil as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. Photo by Bradbury Photography copy A female ballerina in an elaborate tutu is held by a male ballet dancer. He clasps her around her waist and her legs are both airborne, one bents and one extended vertically.Her torso angles downwards, so that her shape is a graceful arc. Too many soft centres in chocolate box ballet

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Too many soft centres in chocolate box ballet

22 November 2021

If you have a sweet tooth when it comes to ballet then Javier Torres’s Sleeping Beauty should satisfy, says Kim Balfour. But if you’re looking for reinvention rather than convention, you won’t find it here.

Oscar Valdés as Jonathan Harker with Alexa Tuzil, Glenda Garcia Gomez and Claire Voss as Vampire Brides in Dracula (2020). Photo by Bradbury Photography Three vampires pin down Jonathan Harker. One bares her teeth in a kind of awful grin. They are framed by crimson velvet curtains. WA Ballet’s ‘Dracula’ is a hypnotic, gothic treat

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WA Ballet’s ‘Dracula’ is a hypnotic, gothic treat

15 September 2020

Seesaw theatre reviewer Xan Ashbury takes a walk on the balletic side, with West Australian Ballet’s Dracula… and it’s a thrilling detour.

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Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region. Continue

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Dreamscapes in Motion: WA Ballet’s Incandescence at the Quarry

Sleepless beauty to haunt your dreams

Platinum standard under the stars

Too many soft centres in chocolate box ballet

WA Ballet’s ‘Dracula’ is a hypnotic, gothic treat

Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
Continue