Sixty-one students in The Australian Ballet School’s full-time training program took to the stage of The Concourse in Chatswood last night – each one of them a shining beacon of hope and resilience in the face of a pandemic that brought the dance world to a standstill. By the time this review is published, only one more opportunity will remain to see this beautiful performance in Sydney. With just a handful of seats still available, interested readers should immediately scroll down to the booking link below to avoid disappointment.

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Amy Ronnfeldt and Mathew Solovieff with students of The Australian Ballet School in Butterfly, 2022. Photo © Lynette Wills

It is uplifting to see our future ballet stars on stage. Their joy at performing is both infectious and reassuring. It cannot have been easy to maintain the will to pursue a dance career when COVID first hit. In previous years, on average 90 percent of the school’s graduates had landed a contract within six months. In 2020 everything ground to a halt.

As The Australian Ballet School Director Lisa Pavane told Limelight in January last year, none of the...