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	Australian Ballet Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Ballet works in close cooperation with The Australian Ballet School, of which many of the company’s dancers are graduates.
		Giving approximately 185 performances a year, The Australian Ballet is one of the busiest ballet companies in the world.
		The Franz Léhar ballet, "The Merry Widow" was created bySir Robert Helpmann,and choreographed by Ronald Hynd, especially for the Australian Ballet Company.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Ballet (290 words)

	Ballet-Dance Magazine - Australian Ballet - David McAllister - Interview by Ana Abad-Carles
		McAllister studied at the School of the Australian Ballet, before joining the company founded in 1962 by Dame Peggy van Praagh, who was “a wonderful teacher, a wonderful coach and […] a visionary woman when it came to choreography and developing new choreographers”, in 1983.
		However, ballet has survived because we speak to an audience on an emotional level, and I think that is the way in which it can continue to be relevant.
		And to have the Australian Ballet as it was certainly in the seventies, eighties and early nineties: an internationally recognised ballet company.
	www.ballet-dance.com /200502/articles/McAllister20050111a.html (2204 words)

	The Australian Ballet in New York City
		The next ballet on the program was choreographed by Stephen Baynes, a resident choreographer with the Australian Ballet since 1995, who has recently been commissioned by several Australian dance companies to create new works.
		I was impressed with how well the Australian Ballet dancers were able to shed the rigidity inherent in classical training and free up the use of their bodies.
		The Australian Ballet deserves a good deal of credit for providing the opportunity for a new generation of choreographers to enter what is a rather exclusive world.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/oct1999/danc-o23.shtml (1517 words)

	Australian Ballet - The Company - The Australian Ballet Centre
		The Australian Ballet and its associate organisation, The Australian Ballet School, occupy in excess of 5,100 square metres of the building.
		On Level Five, both The Australian Ballet and The Australian Ballet School dancers and students share eight first class studios, spacious dressing-rooms (with showers and laundry facilities), audio visual rooms, library, class rooms, common rooms, medical clinic, a gym and a canteen.
		The facilities occupied by The Australian Ballet and The Australian Ballet School, on levels 4 and 5, are continually being upgraded to ensure that the Centre continues to be the appropriate home of Australia’s national ballet company.
	www.australianballet.com.au /thecompany_theaustralianballetcentre.htm (374 words)

	criticaldance.com: BIG Forum on Ballet - Body - Image
		She cited the fashion for the ‘six o’clock’ legs and the fact that once the audience’s eye develops a taste for the extremes of physical aptitude, it is hard to modify that.
		The debate that followed concentrated on the ‘ballerina’ on the basis that it is generally in ballet that the dancer’s body is required to conform to a particular size and shape, and that is much more prevalent for the female than male ballet dancer.
		The Royal Ballet physiotherapist explained that a dancer with what would generally be perceived as a physical weakness and therefore bar to success, can, with hard work, improve and compensate for those weaknesses and become an outstanding dancer.
	www.criticaldance.com /features/2001/bigballetimage.html (1598 words)

	National Australia Bank - The National and The Australian Ballet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Australian Ballet and National Australia Bank are tonight launching a three-year partnership.
		The National will be a Lead Sponsor of The Australian Ballet and as a part of the arrangement will also be Major Sponsor of the national Education Programme to promote ballet through classes and workshops across metropolitan and regional Australia.
		The Australian Ballet Education Programme is designed to promote ballet and the performing arts to people of all ages.
	www.national.com.au /Sponsorships/0,,63475,00.html (465 words)

	the Australian Ballet
		SYDNEY -- Arriving at the Sydney Opera House for the local premiere of Graeme Murphy's "Swan Lake" Friday, one was confronted with a large ice sculpture of a swan at the base of the staircase leading from the box office foyer to the southern foyer of the Opera Theatre.
		The Australian Ballet's Inaugural production on November 2 1962 was Peggy van Praagh's rather unimaginative staging of the evening-length Petipa-Ivanov "Swan Lake." The last production in the Australian Ballet's repertoire was Anne Woolliams's version, with a heart-rending pas de deux choreographed for Act IV.
		The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra under the baton of Principal Conductor Mark Summerbell gave a satisfyingly dramatic and clear performance of Tchaikovsky's score, and one which supported the dancers.
	www.danceinsider.com /f2002/f1204_2.html (1518 words)

	ABC News: Australian Ballet Star Ross Stretton Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		"His time at the Australian Ballet was a fertile and creative one as he brought the company and its dancers bounding into the 21st century.
		Stretton retired from dancing in May 1990 and became artistic director of The Australian Ballet in 1997.
		In September 2001 he was appointed director of The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House in London but resigned in October 2002 and returned to Australia.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=857316 (370 words)

	Australian Ballet on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		national ballet company of Australia, founded in Melbourne in 1962; its school was established in 1964.
		The company drew on the tradition established (1940) by Edouard Borovansky of the Ballets Russes (see Diaghilev, S. The Australian Ballet is linked to Britain's Royal Ballet in style and repertoire largely through the efforts of its first director (1962-74), the dancer and choreographer Dame Peggy van Praagh.
		Freedom to create a dream ballet in Britain; Birmingham Royal Ballet is giving internationally acclaimed Australian choreographer Stanton Welch his debut with a British company.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/AustrlnB1a.asp (483 words)

	AllRefer.com - Royal Ballet (Dance) - Encyclopedia
		Granted a royal charter in 1956, the company was formed from the Sadler's Wells Ballet, which had its origins in the Academy of Choreographic Art, founded by Dame Ninette de Valois in 1926.
		The company's principal ballerina was Dame Alicia Markova; when she left in 1935, Margot Fonteyn, who had made her debut that year at age 15, was trained to become prima ballerina, a rank she held until she became guest artist with the company in 1959.
		He was succeeded by Ross Stretton, the former director of the Australian Ballet and first non-Briton in the post (2001–2), and Monica Mason (2002–).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RoyalBal.html (422 words)

	Ballet-Dance Magazine - Australian Ballet - Rural Retreat - David McAllister - Interview by Ana Abad-Carles
		It was seen as the first time ballet directors were practising an exercise in networking and bonding, an exercise in exchanging views and practices, a first attempt in making a unanimous stand for ballet.
		When the full length ballet sort of took over, the canon of the repertoire was compressed.
		It was very hard to then invest in doing a new full length ballet, because it’s a much bigger investment and if it’s not successful you’ve got a lot of greater opportunity to get into a difficult time.
	www.ballet-dance.com /200502/articles/McAllister20050111b.html (1077 words)

	The Australian Ballet
		Helpmann's connection with the Royal Ballet elevated the standing of The Australian Ballet significantly.
		For the live performances, excerpts from the 1980 "Beyond Twelve," by Australian choreographer Graeme Murphy, opened the first act and opened and closed the second, the final image for the evening being of an individual who walked upstage toward a wide open door filled with bright light.
		However, the set was all but discarded in the second act, comprised mostly of contemporary ballets, with but a few bits of set flown in as needed.
	www.danceinsider.com /f2002/f0226_2.html (1659 words)

	Mr. B - The Australian Ballet
		The Australian Ballet’s 2004 season opened this week with a tribute to the great choreographer, George Balanchine.
		This was a little reminiscent of a ballet school concert rather than a piece from a renowned choreographer.
		The ballet is divided into four movements, ranging from slow adage to fast quick movements.
	www.theblurb.com.au /Issue39/MrB.htm (459 words)

	Girlie Mags and the Australian Ballet - www.ezboard.com
		Girlie Mags and the Australian Ballet - www.ezboard.com
		Unleash the codpiece, its the Australian Ballet's sexiest!)'
		Some patrons of the Australian Ballet, the country's premier ballet company, have cancelled their subscriptions in protest at the pictures in the January issue of the Australian edition of FHM magazine.
	p207.ezboard.com /faicdchatfrm13.showMessage?topicID=111.topic (1553 words)

	The Australian Ballet
		Founded in 1962, The Australian Ballet is one of Australia’s flagship arts companies, and one of the busiest ballet companies in the world.
		The Australian Ballet’s diverse repertoire reflects our vision: caring for tradition, daring to be different.
		Each year, we perform works from the classical repertoire as well as more contemporary works and commissions that explore the development and future of this dynamic artform.
	www.geocities.com /amber_scott_ballet/theab.html (85 words)

	National Australia Bank - The Australian Ballet
		As one of Australia's true national treasures, The Australian Ballet represents the hallmark of artistic excellence on both the Australian and world stage.
		Through the beauty of movement and dance, the Australian Ballet plays an important role in defining modern Australian culture, by communicating passion and ideas to audiences throughout the country.
		Like the National, the Australian Ballet is on a continued journey to find new and inspiring ways of doing things to achieve the ultimate performance.
	www.national.com.au /Sponsorships/0,,62416,00.html (125 words)

	Australian Ballet School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Australian Ballet School shares its purpose-built facilities, which are considered to be among the best in the world, with The Australian Ballet, providing both example and inspiration for students.
		The Australian Ballet Centre, in which the School and Company are housed, is located in the creative atmosphere of Melbourne's Arts Precinct, adjacent to the Victorian Arts Centre.
		The Australian Ballet Centre houses a suite of medical and conditioning staff, which the students may access as required.
	www.australianballetschool.com.au /facilities.html (168 words)

	Colorado Ballet: The Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1990, he was a guest dancer at the International ballet Festival in Havana Cuba, honoring Alicia Alonso, and a guest principal dancer for the National Theater of Macedonia in Skopje, Yugoslavia.
		She also served as a ballet mistress and repetiteur in Jacobson’s Fund, which is also known as Small Ballet of Mariinsky, as well as for Eifman Ballet Company where she fully prepared and rehearsed such Eifman’s ballets as TCHAIKOVSKY, DON QUIXOTE, RED GISELLE, REQUIEM and PINOCCHIO.
		This is her second season company teacher for Colorado Ballet, and as a principal faculty of the Academy of Colorado Ballet.
	www.coloradoballet.org /artists (792 words)

	Australian National Theatre - Ballet School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Ballet School commenced operations in 1939 under Miss Jean Alexander in the old King's Theatre, becoming the third of the National Movements Schools of Training.
		Following the death of Jean Alexander in 1972, the Australian prima ballerina Marilyn Jones was appointed Director; she was joined two years later by Kathleen Gorham.
		Miss Jones became Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet in 1979 and Gailene Stock, herself a former Australian Ballet principal, became Director of the National.
	www.nationaltheatre.org.au /www/ballet/ballet.htm (428 words)

	Business Asia: Ballet seeks sponsor for Asian shows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sponsorship of the Australian Ballet's performances in Asia could be one way to overcome regional business barriers, according to the Ballet's director of development, Mr Kenneth Watkins.
		The Australian Ballet could also act as a mediator in business dealings and introductions, he said, citing an experience with ANZ Bank in Taiwan about six years ago.
		Sponsorship is currently being sought for the Australian Ballet's tour of Singapore and Shanghai in June.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BJT/is_3_7/ai_55142847 (284 words)

	News
		Also in Melbourne, the Australian Ballet will be performing at the Sidney Myer Bowl on Friday the 11th of March at 8pm.
		The Australian Ballet begins rehearsals for 2005 on the 19th of January.
		The Australian Ballet is completing the 2004 season in Sydney with ‘Red Hot and New’ (6th December - 22nd December) and then will have a 3 week break before returning to work on the 2005 season.
	www.geocities.com /amber_scott_ballet/news.html (549 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Royal Ballet boss resigns
		Recent reports that dancers were "infuriated" by the Australian's methods were followed by a series of negotiations to resolve "a number of casting and management issues".
		Mr Stretton, 50, is a former director of the Australian Ballet and assistant director of the American Ballet Theatre.
		His reign at the Royal Ballet was criticised for an unimaginative repertoire in which he has failed to stage as many new productions as expected.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/2281136.stm (639 words)

	Australian Ballet Society - Donations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Australian Ballet Society Fund, a public charitable trust, was established in 1996 to enable tax deductible donations to be made by Society Members and the general public to support the projects of the Society.
		By making a donation to The Australian Ballet Society Fund, you can help ensure the Society continues to give financial encouragement to The Australian Ballet School students as well as supporting other special projects of The Australian Ballet and The Australian Ballet School.
		Please contact The Australian Ballet Society Office on Tel 03 9669 2860 for further information or send your cheque payable (in $A) to THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET SOCIETY FUND at Level 4, 2 Kavanagh Street, SOUTHBANK, 3006.
	www.users.bigpond.net.au /balletsociety/donations.html (146 words)

	Australian Ballet Society - Reports, News.
		Mrs Woodgate, President of the Ballet Society, thanked Nicolette and Stuart warmly for their excellent talk and all present repaired to the Dancers Deli for the traditional supper of champagne and home-made sandwiches.
		Your correspondent was not able to attend this function, but all reports are that Simon, Artistic Director of the West Australian Ballet, impressed with his passion for ballet and his sincerity.
		David commented that he began his ballet training in a scout hall in Scarborough, Western Australia, studying RAD for ten years before joining the Australian Ballet School.
	users.bigpond.net.au /balletsociety/encore.html (1090 words)

	ballet.co Home Page
		Each day we collect dance and ballet review/news links from all around the world and many people, from dance professionals to interested dance goers, start their day with us on the TodaysLinks page.
		We also have Weblogs from Giannandrea Poesio, the well known dance critic and lecturer, English National Ballet's Daniel Jones and new this month a Ballet Central Students weblog as they go through their final year.
		We cover choreographers, ballets and the history / legends that have made ballet such an important form of dance.
	www.ballet.co.uk (545 words)

	Artistic Directors - Sydney Dance Company
		In 1988 he was commissioned by the Australian Bicentennial Authority to create a national dance event, VAST, involving seventy dancers from four state dance companies – Australian Dance Theatre, West Australian Ballet, The Queensland Ballet and Sydney Dance Company.
		Tivoli was an historic co-production between The Australian Ballet and Sydney Dance Company, created for the occasion of the Centenary of Federation.
		Most recently, Graeme was honoured by the Australian Business Arts Foundation as the 2004 recipient of the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Cultural Leadership Award for his exceptional contribution to Australia's cultural life through engagement with business.
	sydneydancecompany.com /company/directors.shtml (910 words)

	Rowe, Marilyn - Australian Women Biographical entry
		Marilyn Rowe, the first graduate of the Australian Ballet School to be appointed its director in 1999, was recruited into the Australian Ballet Company in 1965 after completing the course in 1964.
		She was a principal artist with the Australian Ballet and later became ballet director, deputy artistic director and in 1984 director of the Dancers Company, a post she held until 1990.
		She has directed and coached many of the leading dancers of the Australian Ballet and has produced and directed major contemporary and classical works.
	www.womenaustralia.info /biogs/IMP0257b.htm (201 words)

	Australia Dancing - Borovansky Ballet (1939 - 1961)
		The Borovansky Ballet, also known at various times in its history as the Borovansky Australian Ballet Company, the Borovansky Ballet of 40 and the Borovansky Jubilee Ballet, provided Australians with their major source of ballet for over two decades.
		The Borovansky Ballet was never, however, able to offer its dancers full year contracts and the company had many lay-off periods during its lifetime.
		In the early years the company was led by Australian artists, including Laurel Martyn, Dorothy Stevenson and Edna Busse, along with overseas stars who had remained in Australia at the end of the Ballets Russes tours, such as Serge Bousloff and Tamara Tchinarova.
	www.australiadancing.org /subjects/15.html (581 words)

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