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Dana Stephensen
Dana Stephensen (born July 21, 1985) is an Australian ballet dancer. She is a soloist of The Australian Ballet. Dance career Stephensen started her dance training at the age of three in Brisbane. In 2001 she joined the Queensland Dance School of Excellence and obtained the Royal Academy of Dance Solo Seal. 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 and soloist in 2013. Stephensen won the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award for 2010, jointly with Ty King-Wall. Selected repertoire * Lead Cupid in ''Molto Vivace'', 2010 * Guardian Swan in Graeme Murphy's ''Swan Lake'', 2008–2010 * Kitri in ''Don Quixote'', 2010 (as Guest Artist with Australian touring company The Dancers Company) Other activities Stephensen played an Australian Ballet dancer in the 2009 film '' Mao's Last Dancer''. Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South East Queensland metropolitan region, which encompasses a population of around 3.8 million. The Brisbane central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay, a bay of the Coral Sea. Brisbane is located in the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges. It sprawls across several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane, Australia's most populous local government area. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Traditional Owners of the Brisbane a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
