The Australian Conservatoire of Ballet has a well established reputation and is invited regularly to perform its large repertoire of dance works and ballets.

ACB INVITATIONS

ACB dance students have participated in the Port Fairy and Castlemaine Arts Festival, the Sans Souci Arts Festival in Germany, taken part in the inaugural performances of the Queensland Youth Ballet, participated in the "Pacific Brands" corporate events and have assisted in restaging ballet for Royal Ballet of Flanders.

ONE ACT BALLETS

One act ballets performed by the school are Christine Walsh's Paquita, A Midsummer Night's Dream, La Leçon, La Vivandiere, Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadere, Le Corsaire Act 2, Octet for 9, Marc Bogaert's Ritualism and Framing and William Forsythe's Frankfurt Dances.

FULL-LENGTH BALLETS

In December 2002 & 2004, ACB staged a new spectacular production of the full-length Swan Lake with 100 musicians of the Melbourne Youth Orchestra at the Melbourne Town Hall and the Hamer Hall of the Arts Centre. This was followed in 2005 by an even more ambitious collaboration with the Melbourne Youth Orchestra in a production of Romeo & Juliet at the Melbourne Town Hall.

Other fully staged productions are Christine Walsh's Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hansel & Gretel, The Nutcracker and Harry Haythorne's La Sylphide.

On 12th and 13th December, ACB will perform its popular production of The Nutcracker with The Melbourne Youth Orchestra and with the choir of the Vox Synergy at the Hamer Hall of the Arts Centre. For bookings, return this mail booking form or by contacting Ticketmaster.