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Australia's Outback Ballet Company Goes Global With Salome |
| Section: THE ARTS / DANCE |
| Author: David Wheatley |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 10/1/1987 |
| Size: 1,653 Words, 9,868 Characters |
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Twenty-five years ago Queensland, Australia, was virtually a cultural desert. There was no professional opera, ballet, or drama, not even a music conservatory. Today, thanks to the initiative of a former Sadler's Wells dancer, Queensland can boast of a dance company acclaimed by international dance critics as "Australia's most vibrant classical ballet company."
The Sadler's Wells dancer, Charles Lisner, had an O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire) conferred by the Queen for his services to ballet in Australia. When he retired as artistic director in 1975, he left a strong, disciplined ballet company. His successor, Harry Haythorne, coming to the company with vast European experience, was responsible for presenting classical ballet such as Les Sylphides and Swan Lake.
Most regional dance companies tend to stay close to home, the expense of touring being beyond their meager budgets. Not so the Queensland Ballet. This small company, based in Brisbane - a city with ...
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...l and searing in its impact...theatrically striking...an impressive work."
For the 1987 season, the Queensland Ballet will explore the Diaghilev era, with a series of works turning about the period early in this century when modern ballet was created. There are also plans for a season in London. The ballet company that grew out of a cultural backwater is getting ready to tackle the world.
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