Browsing Articles - Leanne Benjamin

Queensland Ballet Announces New Artistic Director

Dance 21 Dec, 2023

Leanne Benjamin AM OBE Queensland Ballet Queensland Ballet has announced Leanne Benjamin AM OBE as its new Artistic Director.  Named Australian of the Year in the UK 2023, this is a homecoming for Ms Benjamin, a Queenslander who has been a vibrant voice in ballet, vocational developmen… Read Article

Queensland Ballet Jetes Onto the International Stage

Dance 3 Jun, 2022

The Royal Ballet’s 2022 Next Generation Festival Queensland Ballet  Four years after its acclaimed 2018 tour to China with Liam Scarlet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Queensland Ballet is set to perform on the international stage once again in a special exchange celebrating the cultur… Read Article

Romeo & Juliet Returns for QB

Dance 25 Jul, 2019

Queensland Ballet Brings Back Record Breaking Shakespearean Ballet Kenneth MacMillan’s Classic Romeo & Juliet It was the ballet that broke a 54-year box office record for Queensland Ballet back in 2014 and in August this year  is set to return to the Brisbane stage. Audien… Read Article

Prima Ballerina returns home for A.M. honours

Dance 20 Mar, 2016

Leanne Benjamin – The Royal Ballet’s Longest Serving Principal Ballerina – Returns Home to Australian Honours More than three decades after she left regional Queensland as a teenager to pursue her dreams on the international stage, one of Australia’s most accomp… Read Article