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Rat alert - Rodents have been blamed for chewing through the wiring in the Adelaide Festival Centre.

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Blackout - The blackout occurred during the second intermission of 'Sleeping Beauty', plunging the entire building into darkness.

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Show must go on - Astonishingly, the ballet dancers continued to perform, illuminated by the glow of the audience's mobile phones.

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Stopped - Eventually, management stopped the performance, whereby the audience gave a standing ovation.

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Torchlight - Audience members were led out with torchlights from the venue.

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Bad rats - State energy authorities later confirmed that rodents caused the  damage.

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Chaos - The power outage affected the city's entire riverside arts precinct, and stopped another dance performance in the Adelaide Festival Centre.

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Refund - The audience will receive a refund for the interrupted performance.

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Wake - Will 'Sleeping Beauty' ever awake, the audience will never know!

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Ballet in Australia - For over 50 years Australia has embraced ballet and boasts one of the world's best companies, The Australian Ballet.

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Around the world - The Australian Ballet has been invited all around the world to perform some of the most intricate choreography.

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Australia on stage - They have represented Australia on stage in 87 cities such as New York, Shanghai, Tokyo, London and Paris.

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Artistic excellence - The company is committed to "artistic excellence, a spirited style and a willingness to take risks...both onstage and off."

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Rave reviews - Take a look at some of the beautiful photos from past performances.

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'La Bayadere' - The 2014 extravagant production told a story about unrequited love, deceit, opulent wedding parties, cruel deaths and physical destruction.

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Tiger - It also boasted the added bonus of swirling saris, statuesque gods, even poisonous snakes and a stuffed Bengal tiger on stage.

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Spectacle - The production was a highly exotic Indian affair set in the 19th century.

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Stanton Welch - This new version came from Stanton Welch, the acclaimed resident choreographer of the Australian Ballet and Houston Ballet’s artistic director.

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Death dance - This sumptuous reimagining of the exotic Russian classic opened with a tiger hunt in a mythical India and ends with everyone on stage dying at the hands of a wrathful god

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'Don Quixote' - 'Don Quixote' opened at the Art Centre, Melbourne in 2013.

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Classic - 'Don Quixote' was immortalised in the 1972 film with Nureyev and Lucette Aldous.

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Plot - Don Quixote dreams he is a knight surrounded by beautiful maidens in which Kitri symbolizes Dulcinea.

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Dreamy - At sunrise, Lorenzo and Gamache interrupt his dream. They continue in their pursuit of Kitri and Basilio, but Don Quixote attempts to lead Lorenzo and Gamache astray.

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Exuberant - The performance was met with rave reviews from fans and critics alike.

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'50th Overture' - The celebration of the Australian Ballet's 50th anniversary in 2012, was with '50th Overture'.

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Ballet-style birthday party - The anniversary list included guest artists from American Ballet Theatre, Stuttgart Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of China and the Tokyo Ballet.

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A collection - They performed excerpts from 'Giselle' (National Ballet of China), 'Swan Lake' (San Francisco Ballet), and 'After the Rain' (Australian Ballet's Amber Scott and San Francisco Ballet's Damian Smith).

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'Swan Lake' - The Australian Ballet's interpretation of 'Swan Lake' received its premiere in 2016.

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Late 19th century tradition - Choreographer Stephen Baynes drew on the late 19th-century tradition of the ballet, but with a few new additions, including the re-framing (and removal) of a few characters and a revised backstory of the hero.

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Love - Everybody loves the story of 'Swan Lake'

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Graeme Murphy's 'Firebird' - The Australian Ballet honoured and celebrated 50 years of Graeme Murphy in ballet, from student to an international choreographer.

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Standing ovation - The opening night saw the audience give a standing ovation to Graeme Murphy.

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Story - The story of Graeme Murphy's 'Firebird' is a strange and wonderful tale of good, evil, enchantments, love and malice.

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'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' - The Australian Ballet performed 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' in 2017.

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Biggest production of the year - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was the Australian Ballet’s biggest production of the year, breaking records for the number of costumes and set pieces ever made by the company.

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Bold - The set design was bold and extravagant.

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'Voluntaries' - In 2003, The Australian Ballet company performed 'Voluntaries'.

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Memorial tribute - Glen Tetley choreographed 'Voluntaries' as a memorial tribute to John Cranko in 1973.

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