Brett Chynoweth

  • Ballet Review: Spartacus/ The Australian Ballet

    Spartacus The Australian Ballet Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House 10 November, 2018 Written by Deen Hamaker Spartacus is perhaps the ultimate Soviet ballet, a spectacle of bravura dancing and athleticism, characterised by muscular gladiators and Roman soldiers executing stunning leaps and jumps. It is about as far from the romantic ‘white’ ballets as one…

  • Ballet Review: Nijinsky

    Nijinsky  The Australian Ballet Sydney Opera House 12 November 2016 Written by Deen Hamaker In 1919, a broken Vaslav Nijinsky gave his final performance in the lobby of a Swiss hotel. American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director  American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director John Neumeier has taken as his starting point, the recollections and thoughts…