Lana Jones
DanceGracia & LouiseAlice Topp, The Australian Ballet, Leanne Stojmenov, David Hallberg, Lana Jones, Amanda McGuigan, Little Atlas, Patti Smith, Balanchine, Fjord Review, Gracia Haby, State Theatre, Richard House, Andrew Killian, Ovid, Bizet, Ludovico Einaudi, Greenpeace, Karen Nanasca, Agrippina Vaganova, Viktor Gsovsky, Grand Pas Classique, Marcus Morelli, Amy Harris, Diana and Actaéon

“Dem dancing bones”

The Australian Ballet’s Symphony in C

DanceGracia & LouiseAlice Topp, The Australian Ballet, Leanne Stojmenov, David Hallberg, Lana Jones, Amanda McGuigan, Little Atlas, Patti Smith, Balanchine, Fjord Review, Gracia Haby, State Theatre, Richard House, Andrew Killian, Ovid, Bizet, Ludovico Einaudi, Greenpeace, Karen Nanasca, Agrippina Vaganova, Viktor Gsovsky, Grand Pas Classique, Marcus Morelli, Amy Harris, Diana and Actaéon
“Dem dancing bones”
DanceGracia & LouiseKarina González, Romeo and Juliet, Houston Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Jane Albert, Kate Scott, Roberta Guidi di Bagno, Sergei Prokofiev, Stanton Welch, Jared Matthews, Connor Walsh, Sara Webb, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama, Christopher Coomer, Derek Dunn County, Jessica Collado, Linnar Looris, Barbara Bears, State Theatre, Oliver Halkowich, Fjord Review, Cranko, Ashton, MacMillan, Lana Jones, Primrose Potter Centre, Lottie

With her blood-red brocade worthy of a Capulet

Houston Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet

DanceGracia & LouiseKarina González, Romeo and Juliet, Houston Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Jane Albert, Kate Scott, Roberta Guidi di Bagno, Sergei Prokofiev, Stanton Welch, Jared Matthews, Connor Walsh, Sara Webb, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama, Christopher Coomer, Derek Dunn County, Jessica Collado, Linnar Looris, Barbara Bears, State Theatre, Oliver Halkowich, Fjord Review, Cranko, Ashton, MacMillan, Lana Jones, Primrose Potter Centre, Lottie
With her blood-red brocade worthy of a Capulet
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills, Juliet Burnett, Cristiano Martino, Chengwu Guo, Cameron Hunter, Andrew Killian, Daniel Camargo, Stanton Welch, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann, Rose Mulready, Giselle, Cyril W. Beaumont, Albrecht, Queen Myrtha, Adolphe Adam, petipa, Wilis, George Meredith

Turn and peep, turn and peep

Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills, Juliet Burnett, Cristiano Martino, Chengwu Guo, Cameron Hunter, Andrew Killian, Daniel Camargo, Stanton Welch, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann, Rose Mulready, Giselle, Cyril W. Beaumont, Albrecht, Queen Myrtha, Adolphe Adam, petipa, Wilis, George Meredith
Turn and peep, turn and peep
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills, Juliet Burnett, Cristiano Martino, Chengwu Guo, Cameron Hunter, Andrew Killian, Daniel Camargo, Stanton Welch, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann, Rose Mulready, Giselle, Cyril W. Beaumont, Albrecht, Queen Myrtha, Adolphe Adam, petipa, Wilis, George Meredith

Abandoned to love delirious

The Australian Ballet’s Giselle

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills, Juliet Burnett, Cristiano Martino, Chengwu Guo, Cameron Hunter, Andrew Killian, Daniel Camargo, Stanton Welch, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann, Rose Mulready, Giselle, Cyril W. Beaumont, Albrecht, Queen Myrtha, Adolphe Adam, petipa, Wilis, George Meredith
Abandoned to love delirious
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Madeleine Eastoe, Lana Jones, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Daniel Camargo, Elisa Badenes, San Francisco Ballet, George Balanchine, Julie Kent, American Ballet Theatre

Spun, thrown, and stretched within an existing framework

Dance Highlights for 2014

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Madeleine Eastoe, Lana Jones, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Daniel Camargo, Elisa Badenes, San Francisco Ballet, George Balanchine, Julie Kent, American Ballet Theatre
Spun, thrown, and stretched within an existing framework
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills, Juliet Burnett, Cristiano Martino, Chengwu Guo, Cameron Hunter, Andrew Killian, Daniel Camargo, Stanton Welch, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann, Rose Mulready

“Ah, if I could linger here but a while….”

The Australian Ballet’s The Nutcracker

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills, Juliet Burnett, Cristiano Martino, Chengwu Guo, Cameron Hunter, Andrew Killian, Daniel Camargo, Stanton Welch, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann, Rose Mulready
“Ah, if I could linger here but a while….”
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills, Juliet Burnett, Cristiano Martino, Chengwu Guo, Cameron Hunter, Andrew Killian, Daniel Camargo, Stanton Welch, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann, Rose Mulready

A hypnotic repetition of low arabesques

Stanton Welch's La Bayadère

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills, Juliet Burnett, Cristiano Martino, Chengwu Guo, Cameron Hunter, Andrew Killian, Daniel Camargo, Stanton Welch, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann, Rose Mulready
A hypnotic repetition of low arabesques
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Madeleine Eastoe, Lana Jones, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Elisa Badenes, San Francisco Ballet, George Balanchine, NGV, Eve Lawson, Jiří Kylián, Paul Hindemith, Bella Figura, Pergolesi, Jane Casson, Dana Stephensen, Ballet Russes, Catherine Lambert, Rudy Hawkes, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann, Katherine Kemp, Serge Lifar, Nicolette Fraillon, Ballet Imperial

Grazed by tutu tulle

The Australian Ballet’s Imperial Suite

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Madeleine Eastoe, Lana Jones, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Elisa Badenes, San Francisco Ballet, George Balanchine, NGV, Eve Lawson, Jiří Kylián, Paul Hindemith, Bella Figura, Pergolesi, Jane Casson, Dana Stephensen, Ballet Russes, Catherine Lambert, Rudy Hawkes, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann, Katherine Kemp, Serge Lifar, Nicolette Fraillon, Ballet Imperial
Grazed by tutu tulle
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Madeleine Eastoe, Lana Jones, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Elisa Badenes, San Francisco Ballet, George Balanchine, NGV, Eve Lawson, Jiří Kylián, Paul Hindemith, Bella Figura, Pergolesi, Jane Casson, Dana Stephensen, Ballet Russes, Catherine Lambert

And lo! A double helix is indirectly referenced.

The Australian Ballet’s BODYTORQUE.DNA

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Madeleine Eastoe, Lana Jones, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Elisa Badenes, San Francisco Ballet, George Balanchine, NGV, Eve Lawson, Jiří Kylián, Paul Hindemith, Bella Figura, Pergolesi, Jane Casson, Dana Stephensen, Ballet Russes, Catherine Lambert
And lo! A double helix is indirectly referenced.
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Madeleine Eastoe, Lana Jones, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Elisa Badenes, San Francisco Ballet, George Balanchine, NGV, Eve Lawson, Jiří Kylián, Paul Hindemith, Bella Figura, Pergolesi, Jane Casson, Dana Stephensen, Ballet Russes, Catherine Lambert, Wayne McGregor, Mozart, Sechs Tänze, The White Stripes, Blue Orchid, Joby Tolbot, Antoine Vereecken, Stephen Baynes, Petite Mort, Dr Mark Carroll, The Royal Ballet

All is held in perfect balance, and it wears fine corseting

The Australian Ballet’s Chroma

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Madeleine Eastoe, Lana Jones, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Elisa Badenes, San Francisco Ballet, George Balanchine, NGV, Eve Lawson, Jiří Kylián, Paul Hindemith, Bella Figura, Pergolesi, Jane Casson, Dana Stephensen, Ballet Russes, Catherine Lambert, Wayne McGregor, Mozart, Sechs Tänze, The White Stripes, Blue Orchid, Joby Tolbot, Antoine Vereecken, Stephen Baynes, Petite Mort, Dr Mark Carroll, The Royal Ballet
All is held in perfect balance, and it wears fine corseting
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills, Nat Cursio

To the unknown!

Nat Cursio’s The Middle Room

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills, Nat Cursio
To the unknown!
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills

You do love me then devotedly?

The Australian Ballet’s Manon

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills
You do love me then devotedly?
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Erik Bruhn, John Constable, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills

‘We are all at the mercy of the dream’

Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Erik Bruhn, John Constable, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell, Leanne Stojmenov, Lynette Wills
‘We are all at the mercy of the dream’
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie Taglioni, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Erik Bruhn, John Constable, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell

Those tortured romantics, they do love their anguish

La Sylphide and Paquita

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Diane Ackerman, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie Taglioni, David McAllister, Marius Petipa, Erik Bruhn, John Constable, Madeleine Eastoe, Daniel Gaudiello, Olivia Bell
Those tortured romantics, they do love their anguish
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Rudy Hawkes, Ty King-Wall, Juliet Burnett, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Janet Vernon, Graeme Murphy, Anish Kapoor, Tamara Toumanova, Graeme Gibson, Owen Edwards, Diane Ackerman

“Aloft, birds look like parts of the sky that have broken loose.”

Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Amber Scott, Lucinda Dunn, Rudy Hawkes, Ty King-Wall, Juliet Burnett, Amy Harris, Robyn Hendricks, Fjord Review, Ako Kondo, Lana Jones, Janet Vernon, Graeme Murphy, Anish Kapoor, Tamara Toumanova, Graeme Gibson, Owen Edwards, Diane Ackerman
“Aloft, birds look like parts of the sky that have broken loose.”
DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Madeleine Eastoe, Lana Jones, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Elisa Badenes, San Francisco Ballet, George Balanchine, NGV, Eve Lawson, Jiří Kylián, Paul Hindemith, Bella Figura, Pergolesi, Jane Casson, Dana Stephensen, Ballet Russes, Catherine Lambert

Simplify the palette, better see the subject

The Australian Ballet’s Vanguard

DanceGracia & LouiseAdam Bull, Madeleine Eastoe, Lana Jones, Amber Scott, Andrew Killian, Elisa Badenes, San Francisco Ballet, George Balanchine, NGV, Eve Lawson, Jiří Kylián, Paul Hindemith, Bella Figura, Pergolesi, Jane Casson, Dana Stephensen, Ballet Russes, Catherine Lambert
Simplify the palette, better see the subject