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Australian Ballet

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Australian Ballet, 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. P. Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich (syĭrgā` päv`ləvĭch dyä`gĭlyĭf)
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). The Australian Ballet is linked to Britain's Royal Ballet Royal Ballet, the principal British ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , London. It is noted for lavish dramatic productions, a superbly disciplined corps de ballet, and brilliant performances from its principals.
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 in style and repertoire largely through the efforts of its first director (1962–74), the dancer and choreographer Dame Peggy van Praagh. Touring regularly in Europe and North America, the group has a repertoire that ranges from classical to contemporary and also encourages the production of works by Australian choreographers. The troupe's best-known performance is probably the film version (1973) of Rudolf Nureyev Nureyev, Rudolf (nrĕ`yĕf), 1938–93, Russian ballet dancer, b.
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's Don Quixote.

Australian Ballet

Leading ballet company of Australia. It was sponsored in 1962 by art patrons interested in promoting a national ballet. Peggy van Praagh was the first artistic director (1962–74). Since 1965 the company has toured Europe and North America.



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She started her professional career in Melbourne with a company that evolved into the Australian Ballet.
A performance of Sleeping Beauty by the Australian Ballet required four separate sections of horns, strings, and so on that worked in relays, adding $100,000 to the cost of the performance.
Welch won a scholarship to the San Francisco Ballet School, returned home, joined the Australian Ballet, and danced all over the repertoire, famously as the horse-blinding protagonist in a ballet based on Equus.
 
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