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West Australian Ballet is the State ballet company of Western Australia and is based in Perth, at the Western Australian Ballet Centre in Maylands. [2] The company was founded in 1952 by Madame Kira Bousloff (formerly of the Ballets Russes) [3] and the oldest ballet company in Australia.
Kira Abricossova Bousloff OAM (1914–2001) [1] was a dancer with Ballets Russes who toured Australia in 1938 and stayed, divorcing first husband Serge Bousloff then marrying (and divorcing) James Penberthy while having a significant influence on the evolution of ballet in Western Australia.
West Australian Ballet: ballet Perth: Australia Founder Madame Kira Bousloff 1952–present Whim W'Him: contemporary Seattle, WA: United States: Founder Olivier Wevers: 2009–present White Oak Dance Project: modern United States: Founders Mark Morris & Mikhail Baryshnikov: 1990–2002 Whitey's Lindy Hoppers: swing: Harlem, New York City ...
More recently, Gethin was appointed Principal Conductor for the West Australian Ballet [8] and has been involved in teaching and lecturing at Australian music institutions, including as Head of Orchestral Studies and Conducting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2023. [9]
Martin was part of the first cohort of the Australian Ballet School's third year class in 1969. [5] She was one of the dancers in the inaugural professional ensemble of the West Australian Ballet. [6] Martin was a dancer in the scenes [7] choreographed by Margaret Scott in the controversial 1970 documentary The Naked Bunyip. [8]
Cavallari was the artistic director of the West Australian Ballet in Perth, the oldest company of Australia (created in 1952 by Kira Abrissokova (Bousloff)), from 2007 till 2012. In 2008, his choreography of The Nutcracker received critical acclaim.
He trained with Joanne Priest and graduated from The Australian Ballet School in 1975. He has danced with the Australian Ballet (1976–81, 1985 and promoted to Soloist in 1992), the Stuttgart Ballet (1981–84) and worked with choreographers such as Kenneth MacMillan, John Neumeier, William Forsythe and Hans van Manen.
Steven Anthony Heathcote AM (born 16 October 1964, in Wagin, Western Australia) is a former Australian ballet dancer. Heathcote spent twenty-four years dancing with The Australian Ballet, and twenty of them as principal artist.