Meet Me At The Barre

The Australian Ballet

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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.

16/04/2019

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...

43 min
20/03/2019

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...

57 min
19/02/2019

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...

32 min
23/01/2019

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.

39 min
19/12/2018

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...

40 min
21/11/2018

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...

45 min
24/10/2018

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 ...

54 min
15/12/2017

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...

23 min

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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.

Creator

The Australian Ballet
Years Active

2017 - 2019
Episodes

13
Rating

Clean
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Meet Me At The Barre

Meet Me At The Barre

Express Yourself : Nathan Brook

I'm Still Standing | Dana Stephensen

We Are Family : Jake Mangakahia

Don't Stop Me Now : Benedicte Bemet

You Can Go Your Own Way : Graeme Murphy

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

She Moves in Her Own Way: Alice Topp

Lose Everything ... And Find Yourself : David Hallberg

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Meet Me At The Barre

Episodes

Express Yourself : Nathan Brook

I'm Still Standing | Dana Stephensen

We Are Family : Jake Mangakahia

Don't Stop Me Now : Benedicte Bemet

You Can Go Your Own Way : Graeme Murphy

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

She Moves in Her Own Way: Alice Topp

Lose Everything ... And Find Yourself : David Hallberg

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