Talking Pointes

For our bonus episode this season, we’re catching up with the Australian Ballet’s Artistic Director David Hallberg.

For our final episode of the summer series recap of Talking Pointes, we revisit our conversation with the legendary Paul Mercurio.

For any outsider, it was clear the Roberts sisters were born to dance—with high arches and long, lean legs, genetics almost pre-determined their careers. By the time Jenna was a teen, she was winning scholarships and accolades before, at 16, she was accepted into the Royal Ballet School in London.

Beau Dean Riley Smith on falling in love with dance, his career with Bangarra, and what's next for the award-winning performer.

We revisit our conversation with Mary Li, wife of Li Cunxin, former dancer and ballet mistress at Queensland Ballet. Her story to the stage is an unlikely one; one of eight children, Mary grew up in a small town in Central Queensland called Rockhampton.

For episode five of our summer series, we revisit Steven McRae's wild ride to become principal dancer at the Royal Ballet.

From London's West End to becoming a star with the Australian Ballet, Lucinda Dunn's pathway to success.

A rejection letter from the Australian Ballet School changed the trajectory of Dana Stephensen's life.

Award-winning dancer Deborah Brown was a Senior Artist with Bangarra Dance Theatre, joining the company in 2003. She is a descendant of the Wakaid Clan, Badu Island, the Meriam people of Murray Island, and has numerous choreographic and directorial credits to her name.

For our first episode of our summer series 2024, we revisit our chat with the unstoppable Rafael Bonachela, who danced his way to success, from a small town in Spain to become the beating heart of the Sydney Dance Company.