Australian Ballet 2019 season altered

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The Australian Ballet's 2019 season has undergone a revision.

 

It was announced today (on Facebook and Instagram) that due to "unexpected health concerns of choreographer Graeme Murphy" the anticipated The Happy Prince would be postponed into 2020.

 

Céline Gittens, Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal, is guesting with the company in the Wheeldon Alice as the Queen of Hearts; she is currently in Melbourne but no announcement has been made as to whether she is performing in Brisbane or Melbourne.

 

2019 now looks like this:

• Brisbane 25 Feb - 2 Mar: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Wheeldon) 
• Melbourne 9-28 Mar: Cinderella (Ratmansky) - replaces The Happy Prince
• Sydney 5-25 Apr: Verve mixed bill - Constant Variants (Baynes), Aurum (Topp), Filigree and Shadow (Harbour)
• Sydney 1-18 May: Giselle (Gielgud after everybody else) - replaces The Happy Prince
• Melbourne 8-22 Jun: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Wheeldon)
• Melbourne 27 Jun - 6 Jul: Les Ballets de Monte Carlo with Lac (Maillot) while Australian Ballet is in Paris
• Melbourne 31 Aug - 10 Sep: Sylvia (Welch)
• Melbourne 17-28 Sep: The Nutcracker (Wright) minus Hans-Peter
• Adelaide 8-12 Oct: The Nutcracker (Wright) minus Hans-Peter
• Sydney 8-23 Nov: Sylvia (Welch)
• Sydney 30 Nov - 18 Dec: The Nutcracker (Wright) minus Hans-Peter

[Sophoife]

Per the Sydney Morning Herald, in the persons of Valerie Lawson and Nick Galvin: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/dance/graeme-murphy-illness-forces-happy-prince-to-be-postponed-20190122-h1abzn.html