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Telstra Ballet Dancer Award Winners
The Telstra Ballet Dancer Award has been made annually since 2003, in support of the aspirations of The Australian Ballet's elite young dancers. The winner receives a cash prize of $20,000. This is the biggest prize available specifically to a dancer in Australia. Nominees are selected by The Australian Ballet and previous award winners. A judging panel composed of representatives from The Australian Ballet, Telstra and the media selects the winner based on "the artistic quality of their work, the strength of a written submission, their personal development, and future potential." History of the awards The awards are announced in early December, usually in the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (venue for Sydney seasons by The Australian Ballet). In 2019, the awards were announced on the Sydney opening night of Peter Wright's ''The Nutcracker'' on 30 November 2019. The 2018 awards were announced on the opening night of Alexei Ratmansky's ''Cinderella'' on 30 November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Ballet
The Australian Ballet is the largest classical ballet company in Australia. It was founded by J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1962, with the English-born dancer, teacher, repetiteur and director Dame Peggy van Praagh as founding artistic director. Today, it is recognised as one of the world's major international ballet companies. History The roots of the Australian Ballet can be found in the Borovansky Ballet, a company 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 ballet school in Melbourne in 1939, out of which he developed a performance group which became the Borovansky Ballet. The company was supported and funded by J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd from 1944. Following Borovansky's death i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chengwu Guo
Guo Chengwu (), also known as Chengwu Guo, is a Chinese ballet dancer, and a principal artist with The Australian Ballet. Dance career Guo was born in China. At the age of 11 he joined the Beijing Dance Academy. After he won a scholarship in the 2006 Prix de Lausanne ballet competition he joined The Australian Ballet School at the age of 17. While at the school Guo toured with The Dancers Company (the graduate year touring programme). He joined The Australian Ballet in 2008. In 2011 he was promoted to coryphée and to soloist in 2012. In April 2013 Guo was promoted to Senior Artist, and on 25 November 2013 Guo was promoted to Principal Artist. Guo won both the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award and Telstra People's Choice Award for 2011. He was the first male dancer to win both awards. Selected repertoire * Mercutio and Tybalt in Graeme Murphy's ''Romeo & Juliet'' 2011 (Guo received the Telstra awards at the end of the Sydney first night of this production) * First Red Kni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Chynoweth
The Australian Ballet is the largest classical ballet company in Australia. It was founded by J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1962, with the English-born dancer, teacher, repetiteur and director Dame Peggy van Praagh as founding artistic director. Today, it is recognised as one of the world's major international ballet companies. History The roots of the Australian Ballet can be found in the Borovansky Ballet, a company 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 ballet school in Melbourne in 1939, out of which he developed a performance group which became the Borovansky Ballet. The company was supported and funded by J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd from 1944. Following Borovansky's death i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
The Sidney Myer Music Bowl is an outdoor bandshell performance venue in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the lawns and gardens of Kings Domain on Linlithgow Avenue close to the Arts Centre and the Southbank entertainment precinct. It was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies, on 12 February 1959, with an audience of 30,000 people. It is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. History The businessman and philanthropist Sidney Myer inspired the construction of the building after attending the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. A violinist who enjoyed music, Myer established free open-air concerts with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in 1929, which were always well attended by Melburnians. These free concerts continue to this day, now being held at the bowl itself. There are usually three or four concerts a year. Upon his death in 1934, the Sidney Myer Fund was established to continue the tradition of philanthropy begun by its founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Hendricks
Robyn Hendricks is a South African ballet dancer who is a principal artist with The Australian Ballet. Biography Hendricks grew up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She started ballet late, at the age of eight, after her grandfather recognised her potential. She studied in the Cecchetti method and qualified for the Cecchetti International Competition in Melbourne in 2001, during which she was invited to audition for The Australian Ballet School. While at the school, she studied with The National Ballet School of Canada for four weeks. In 2005 she joined The Australian Ballet and was promoted soloist in 2011. She was promoted to senior artist in 2016 and named principal artist later the same year. Hendricks is married to former fellow company member Charles Thompson. Selected repertoire * Jiří Kylián's '' Petite Mort'' (2005, 2014) * Christopher Wheeldon's ''After the Rain'' (2011) * Gamzatti in Stanton Welch’s ''La Bayadère'' (2014) References External links Cupcak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharni Spencer
Sharni Spencer is an Australian ballet dancer. She is a soloist and senior artist at The Australian Ballet. Biography Spencer was born in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, and grew up in Tamworth. She started taking dance classes when she was three years old at Sally Kefts School of Dance. When she was 14 years old, the family moved to Newcastle so Spencer could attend Marie Walton Mahon Dance Academy. Spencer also studied dance at the Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham, England for six months. She then moved to Wellington, New Zealand and studied at the New Zealand School of Dance for two years, graduating in 2007. In 2008 Spencer joined The Australian Ballet; in 2012 she was promoted to coryphée. In 2012 she received the Khitercs Hirai Foundation Scholarship, and spent three months rehearsing and performing Giselle with Dutch National Ballet. In 2017 she was promoted to soloist and in 2020 to senior artist. Spencer has been nominated for the Telstra Ballet Dancer Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Eastoe
Madeleine Eastoe is an Australian retired ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer at The Australian Ballet. Biography Eastoe started ballet at age six, in Perth, Australia. In 1994, Eastoe moved to Melbourne to study at the Australian Ballet School. She joined The Australian Ballet in 1997. She had some opportunities early on, including filling in for a soloist to dance ''Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux'' with David McAllister. Eastoe was promoted to principal dancer in 2004, after debut as the title role in ''Giselle''. She had since danced lead roles in other productions, such as the title role in ''Cinderella'', Lise in ''La Fille mal gardée'' and Odette in Graeme Murphy's '' Swan Lake''. She danced the latter on tour in UK, Japan and Paris, including the opening night in London. She originated the role of Juliet in Murphy's ''Romeo and Juliet''. In 2009, Eastoe appeared in the 2009 Li Cunxin biopic '' Mao's Last Dancer''. She played Houston Ballet's Lori Langlinais, and danced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lana Jones
Lana Jones is an Australian retired ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer with The Australian Ballet, and danced with the company for 16 years. Early life and training Jones was born in Coffs Harbour, but soon relocated to Canberra. She started her ballet training at the Canberra Youth Ballet School, where her principal trainer was Lorraine Bennett. Lana competed in the Genée Awards in London at the end of 1998, gaining a silver medal, In 1999, she relocated to Melbourne to train at the Australian Ballet School and graduated in 2002. Career Jones joined The Australian Ballet in 2002. She was named to coryphée in 2005, and principal artist in 2005. During her time at the company, she has danced Princess Aurora in '' The Sleeping Beauty'', the title role in ''Cinderella'' and the title role in ''The Firebird''. Outside of The Australian Ballet, she made guest appearances in different companies, including galas of Northern Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre and West Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Gaudiello
Daniel Gaudiello (born 1982) is an Australian ballet dancer. He performed with The Australian Ballet from 2004 until his retirement as a principal artist in March 2016 to dance and teach as a freelancer. Dance career Daniel Gaudiello began dance lessons aged six, studying at the Johnny Young Talent School and the Promenade Dance Studio in Brisbane. He then attended The Australian Ballet School during which time he was an exchange student with the National Ballet School of Canada and the School of American Ballet. He joined The Australian Ballet in 2004 and was promoted to soloist in 2007. He was promoted to principal artist in 2010, at the same time as his wife Lana Jones. He won the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award for 2007 and was guest artist with the English National Ballet for performances of '' Le Spectre de la Rose'' in London and Barcelona, 2009. Since leaving The Australian Ballet, Gaudiello has performed as guest artist with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, dancing Count Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Jackson (dancer)
Kevin Jackson (born 1984) is an Australian ballet dancer and choreographer, a principal artist with The Australian Ballet. Biography Born in Perth, Jackson commenced his dance training at the age of seven with the Shirley Farrell Academy of Dance. He started training at The Australian Ballet School at age 15. 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 Graeme Murphy. In 2014, Jackson became the second Australian Ballet dancer (after Steven Heathcote) to make a guest appearance with the American Ballet Theatre, as Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan's '' Manon''. In 2016, Jackson made a guest appearance in Houston Ballet, as The Prince in Stanton Welch's ''The Nutcracker''. Jackson holds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Williams (dancer)
Stephanie Williams (born in Newcastle, New South Wales) is an Australian ballet dancer, a member of the corps de ballet of the American Ballet Theatre. Dance career Stephanie Williams started learning ballet with the Marie Walton-Mahon (founder & creator of Progressing Ballet Technique) Dance Academy in Newcastle at the age of 8. She joined The Australian Ballet School and performed the double rôle of Odette and Odile in ''Swan Lake'' at her graduation performance in 2006. She then joined The Australian Ballet and was promoted to coryphée. She was a guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company at the Sydney Festival in 2009. She won both the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award and Telstra People's Choice Award for 2009, the second dancer to win both awards. Williams joined the corps de ballet of the Dutch National Ballet in 2011. In January 2012 she joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet. Selected repertoire * Odette and Odile in Graeme Murphy's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
