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The Victorian State Ballet is the state ballet company of Victoria devoted to the pursuit of artistic excellence, dance education, presentation of outstanding classical ballet repertoire and innovative neo-classical and contemporary dance works.
The Victorian State Ballet is a vibrant, creative, full-time ballet company committed to connect people and dance across Victoria by offering a program of outstanding classical repertoire ballets, exhilarating & innovative contemporary dance works and educational workshops for the enrichment, entertainment, education and engagement of communities.
VSB is committed to providing employment to Australian and internationally recognised professional ballet dancers, plus training and performing opportunities to young artists through our youth ballet and mentoring programs under the expertise of Martin and Michelle Sierra which counts for over 30 years of professional experience worldwide. VSB was launched to fulfil the needs of Victoria’s dance community.
Birthed out of passion to create works that captivate and challenge audiences, the vision of VSB is to remain the central hub for ballet in the State of Victoria. Our commitment is to connect people and dance across Victoria through a program of beautiful, exciting and challenging works, collaborating with leading artists and organisations.
Operating continuously throughout the year, The Victorian State Ballet covers a vast range of performance opportunities from festivals, full length productions, galas, charities, commercial events and educational performances for primary & secondary schools across Melbourne, regional Victoria and interstate Australia. The Victorian State Ballet's rapid rise to success and continuous expansion, fulfilling the role of State ballet company since its launch in 2015 is a strong indicator of the bright future Victorian communities can expect in the future of ballet in Victoria and Australia. VSB continues to to receive continuous highly acclaimed recognition and countless highly praised reviews of the Company’s sell out seasons. Michelle and Martin Sierra's choreographies have also been highly praised in Australia & overseas. Photo by Michael Lean of leading artists Robyn Begg & Michael Braun in VSB’s Production of GISELLE.
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Victorian State Ballet - Statement of Support to the Ukraine Nation”
"The Victorian State Ballet condemns Putin’s war of choice and attacks on the sovereign nation and people of Ukraine. All our artists and production team stand in support of the brave citizens of Ukraine in their heroic efforts to resist Russia’s invasion.
Our hearts go out to all the victims of war who died or are forced to live in exile. With our current production of Anastasia, we stand united in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and refugees of war including those Russian citizens persecuted for protesting against the tyranny of Putin’s government. As part of our efforts to make a difference, we are committed to contribute to the relief efforts to the Ukrainian Red Cross from the proceeds of Anastasia. " 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 #supportukraine
What a fun time we had filming this morning for TV with local dancers of Darwin. Looking forward to tonights performance of Beauty and the Beast!
Looking forward to performing one of our favourite ballets at the Darwin Entertainment Centre this weekend! Stunning image by @sasha.kane
Season 2022! Featuring one of our favourite ballets - the beautiful and magical fairytale Cinderella! Coming to the Concourse Theatre, Chatswood in April! Tickets on sale now. Image by @sasha.kane
How amazing was our first show of the Season! The Nutcracker at the stunning Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo. Sold out performance and amazing audience! Thank you Bendigo!!
Announcing company dancer promotions day 2. Beautiful Janae Kerr promoted to leading soloist. Image by Jacqueline Mitchell @everlineimagery
Today officially starts our Season 2022 'Moving Beyond' We are pleased to announce promotions! Congratulations to Tynan Wood promoted to senior artist. Image by @enpointe.productions
Not long until our Summer Dance Intensive! #summerfun #summerdanceintensive #summervibes Image by @enpointe.productions
We warmly welcome our new artists to VSB! Introducing Benjamin Harris. Image by David Kelly. Benjamin commenced ballet training at the age of 8 in his hometown of Bendigo, Victoria. At the age of 13 he began to travel to Ballarat to take on extra classes as well as continuing training in Bendigo. In 2018 he commenced full time training in Melbourne, continuing there for 2 years before being accepted into Queensland Ballet pre-professional program for 2020. At
Queensland Ballet he had the opportunity to work with many world renowned teachers and choreographers on a number of new and established works which he found to be an invaluable experience.
Benjamin joins the corps de ballet at VSB in 2022 and is very excited to develop his career.
Happy New Year! May 2022 be a year of moving beyond for all if us. Image by @enpointe.productions #season2022 #movingbeyond #victorianstateballet
