Donizetti Variations
Donizetti Variations

Donizetti
Variations

Talbot Theatre, Thomas Dixon Centre

Talbot Theatre, Thomas Dixon Centre

#A collaboration between Queensland Ballet Academy and Queensland Youth Orchestras.

Join us for a celebration of the exquisite artforms of ballet and music in this beloved collaboration between Queensland Ballet Academy and Queensland Youth Orchestras.  

Act 1

Gayane Suite

Writer/Composer - Aram Khachaturian 

Conductor - David Deacon

Music performed by - Queensland Youth Orchestras’ second symphony orchestra, QYO2

Danse Macabre 

Writer/Composer - Saint Saens

Conductor - David Deacon

Music performed by - Queensland Youth Orchestras' second symphony orchestra, QYO2

Selections from Swan Lake

Writer/Composer - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Conductor - David Deacon

Music performed by - Queensland Youth Orchestras’ second symphony orchestra, QYO2

Act 2

Donizetti Variations

Choreographer- Paul Boyd

Dancers – Queensland Ballet Academy’s Pre-Professional Program

Music – Gaetano Donizetti

Conductor - David Deacon

Music performed by - Queensland Youth Orchestras’ second symphony orchestra, QYO2


Don’t miss this special collaborative production of stunning ballet and live music. 

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Price
Single Tickets
Adult$53
Concession$26
Child$26

Fees

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Venue
TALBOT THEATRE
THOMAS DIXON CENTRE

406 Montague Road
West End
QLD 4101


Duration

Approximately one hour and 30 minutes including a 20-minute interval featuring a special Q&A with the choreographer and conductor.

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Paul Boyd

Paul Boyd

Choreographer

Aram Khachaturian

Composer - Gayane

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Composer - Swan Lake Suite Op. 20a

Gaetano Donizetti

Composer - Donizetti Variations

Kathryn Lee

Costume Designer / Stylist

Queensland Youth Orchestras

Queensland Youth Orchestras

Music

David Deacon

Conductor


#Choreographer notes

Donizetti Variations

Donizetti Variations

Choreographed by Paul Boyd

Donizetti Variations was a work originally created for the Upper School dancers for the 2024 Queensland Ballet Academy Gala and its original duration was 17 minutes long.

The work has now been extended to 25 minutes which has given me scope to build on the technical prowess of the dancers and take the work to an even higher level given that the dancers are more advanced.

The music, composed by the 18th Century Italian composer, Gaetano Donizetti, is a fine vehicle, with the differing moods and ‘flavours’ in the ten variations, to allow me to challenge the dancers both technically and artistically.

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