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The roots of the Australian Ballet can be found in the Borovansky Ballet, a touring repertory company [1] founded in 1940 by the Czech dancer Edouard Borovansky.Borovansky had been a dancer in the touring ballet company of the famous Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova and, after visiting Australia on tour with the Covent Garden Russian Ballet, he decided to remain in Australia, establishing a ...
The Australian Ballet company draws 95% of its dancers from the school, and many graduates dance as principals and soloists around the world. Offered are: an eight-year course for talented students. After School Program (Levels 1–3), for students generally between 10 and 13 years of age. Classes take place after school hours and on Saturdays.
Janet Karin OAM was born in Perth, Australia in 1938. She has danced with the Victorian Ballet Guild, Borovansky Ballet. She was a founding member of The Australian Ballet. She is a dance educator, and is the head of Artistic Studies and kinetic educator for the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne, Australia.
To mark her contribution to ballet in Australia, Rowe was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1980. Two Green Room Awards and an Adams Award The First Victorian Honour Role for Women, which honours her contribution to Victoria and the Nation. 2003 The Lord Mayor's Certificate of Commendation presented by the City of Melbourne for her significant contribution to the ...
After becoming an Interstate Associate of The Australian Ballet School, she joined the senior school in 2002. She performed several seasons seconded to The Australian Ballet and joined full-time in 2005. She was promoted to coryphée in 2010 [2] and soloist in 2013. [3] Stephensen won the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award for 2010, jointly with Ty ...
Harris graduated into The Australian Ballet in 2002. She was named coryphée in 2007, soloist in 2011 and became a senior artist in 2012. [2] Her very first principal role was Carabosse in The Sleeping Beauty. [3]
In 2002 he graduated from The Australian Ballet School; he joined The Australian Ballet in 2003 and was promoted to principal artist in 2010. In his time with the company, he has performed many lead roles in both classical and contemporary works by choreographers including John Neumeier, Alexei Ratmansky, Wayne McGregor, Jiří Kylián and ...
He began his career as a student at the Australian Ballet School at the age of fourteen. In 1968 he became a dancer with The Australian Ballet where he had opportunities to choreograph. He toured America with the Australian Ballet in 1970–1971 and created his first ballet, Ecco le Diavole (Ecco).