Podcasts by Meet Me At The Barre
How do you keep your imagination alive? What inspires a ballerina? If you’re an artist whose instrument is your body, how do you cope with injury? Amber Petty meets the real people behind the magic on stage. Listen in and discover the fascinating (and unexpected) stories behind a world-class ballet company.
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Express Yourself : Nathan Brook from 2019-04-16T23:00
What’s it liking growing up a dancer in a sport-loving family? How do you follow your passion even if it goes against the grain? In this episode, Coryphée Nathan Brook talks about what it was like...
ListenI'm Still Standing | Dana Stephensen from 2019-03-20T01:12:56
Senior Artist Dana Stephensen never considered herself a ‘ballet girl’. As a highly spirited and boisterous child, she didn’t think she was quite elegant enough, but couldn’t help falling in love w...
ListenWe Are Family : Jake Mangakahia from 2019-02-19T22:42:21
An artist’s commitment and drive is fundamental to shaping a successful career, but sometimes it takes the unconditional love and support of family to enable an aspiring dancer to go all the way. I...
ListenDon't Stop Me Now : Benedicte Bemet from 2019-01-23T05:48:48
In our latest episode, newly-promoted Senior Artist Benedicte Bemet explains how it feels to be the face of our 2019 season, and what goes into shaping a successful career as a ballerina, beyond th...
ListenYou Can Go Your Own Way : Graeme Murphy from 2018-12-19T13:00
What was it like being a creative leader in the golden era of dance? In our latest episode, we chat to Australia’s most renown living Choreographer Graeme Murphy about finding his stride ...
ListenIt's a Long Way to the Top : Amy Harris from 2018-11-21T14:00
Amy Harris was a country kid from Ararat who dreamed of becoming a ballerina. Fast-forward seventeen years and she has paved a highly successful career in the company, but there was just one thing ...
ListenShe Moves in Her Own Way: Alice Topp from 2018-10-24T23:00:26
Alice Topp has recently been bestowed upon with a great honour within The Australian Ballet: she is now its only female Resident Choreographer (while still dancing for the company). Her new role br...
ListenLose Everything ... And Find Yourself : David Hallberg from 2017-12-15T14:00
Described by the New Yorker as “the most exciting male dancer in the Western world”, David was at the peak of his powers when he suffered a devastating injury that could have ended his career. He...
ListenFrom Beethoven to Queen : Nicolette Fraillon from 2017-12-08T14:00
There’s something magical about the healing effect of music and its ability to connect humans to one another. Nicolette, music director and chief conductor of The Australian Ballet, tells us what i...
ListenThe Ultimate Leading Man : Kevin Jackson from 2017-12-01T14:00
Inspired as a child by watching Fred Astaire glide across the floor with Ginger Rogers, raised by a woman who gave him everything, Kevin grew into a dancer who loves to support his leading ladies a...
ListenBallerina Down The Rabbit Hole : Amber Scott from 2017-11-24T14:00
Even after a three-hour stint down the rabbit hole of Christopher Wheeldon’s epic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland©, Amber Scott is constantly humbled and inspired by the magic of ballet. She bring...
ListenA Love Story, Onstage and Off : Chengwu Guo&Ako Kondo from 2017-11-17T14:00
Ako is from Japan. Chen is from China. They both started dancing at the age of three. Both of them have blazing talents that brought them across the world to meet at The Australian Ballet. They dan...
ListenThe Power of Imagination : David McAllister from 2017-11-08T14:00:31
Growing up in the 70s in suburban Australia, David didn’t always fit into his ‘meat-and-two veg’ environment. This theatrical boy pirouetting around his lounge room was always meant for something m...
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