A silvan Sylvia
BE prepared to be delighted by The Australian Ballet’s premiere of Stanton Welch’s enchanting Sylvia, which was first danced earlier this year by Welch’s Houston Ballet. In this collaboration between the two companies, gods and demi-gods, nymphs and naughty fauns abound. But there is no doubt that the power lies with Artemis and her army of amazonian warriors, clad in needle-sharp tunics of armour. The action moves between contrasting realms - from the heavens of the mythological
