Just as we have opportunities to see internationally renowned ballet companies from abroad on cinema screens here in Australia, soon viewers around the world will be to watch the Australian Ballet, thanks to a new partnership between Australian company CinemaLive and the Australian Ballet.
The first program is entitled “The Fairy Tale Series”. Made up of David McAllister’s The Sleeping Beauty, Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella and Peggy van Praagh’s Coppelia, the program is expected to screen in over 600 cinemas worldwide, in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Central America and South America.
The Sleeping Beauty, which had its premiere in 2015, will be the first production to screen, in October 2016. Second will be Ratmansky’s Cinderella, which will play the London Coliseum in July 2016 before its world premiere to cinema audiences in late 2016. Coppelia will play Melbourne and Sydney in late 2016 before being released on screens in 2017.
“It’s exciting to take our company and performances from the stage to the big screen and to reach audiences we may not have otherwise reached,” remarks McAllister. “This is an incredible opportunity to showcase Australia’s national ballet company.”
