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School in Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Australian Ballet School

Address

2 Kavanagh Street

Southbank, Melbourne

Victoria

3006

Australia

Information
School type| Private
Established| 1964 (age 59-60)
Founder| Dame Margaret Scott
Status| Active
Specialist| Vocational Classical Ballet
Director| Lisa Pavane
Dip ABS, VGCEBI
Executive Director| Kirsty Ritchie
Gender| Co-educational
Feeder to| The Australian Ballet
Website| www.australianballetschool.com.au

The Australian Ballet School is the premier ballet training facility in Australia, located in Melbourne.

## History

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The Australian Ballet School was founded in 1964 as the primary training facility for The Australian Ballet by Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE.[1]

## Location

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It is part of the Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre, which is located in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, Southbank in Melbourne, Victoria.

## Governance and funding

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The school is a registered charity, with about a third of its income provided by the Australian Government, about a third by tuition fees, and the rest via philanthropy, corporate support and box office.[1] It is one of eight "national elite training organisations" funded by the Office for the Arts as part of its or ARTS8 (Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence) group of colleges.[2][1]

## Education

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The Australian Ballet School is a registered training organisation.[1] The Australian Ballet company draws 95% of its dancers from the school, and many graduates dance as principals and soloists around the world.

Offered are:

* an eight-year course for talented students.
* After School Program (Levels 1–3), for students generally between 10 and 13 years of age. Classes take place after school hours and on Saturdays.
* Interstate/International Training Program (Levels 1–4), for students generally between 8 and 14 years of age who are gifted in dance but live interstate or internationally. There are limited spots in Level four for talented students that are not yet ready to leave home.
* Full-Time Program (Levels 4–8), for students generally between 13 and 19 years of age. Level 4 is taken in conjunction with academic year 9 at the nearby Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS). For the younger students, approximately half the day consists of dance classes and the other half consists of academic classes, Monday to Friday with half a day of dance classes on Saturday.

## Audition process

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Prospective students must audition for entry to the school.

## Annual Tour with The Australian Ballet

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Since 1980, students in the graduate year (Level 8) of the school can take part in The Australian Ballet's national tours.[citation needed]

## Boarding Program

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Marilyn Rowe House is the school's boarding house for students aged 13-18.

## Directors

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* Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE (1964–1990)
* Gailene Stock AM (1990–1998)
* Marilyn Rowe AM OBE (1998–2014)
* Lisa Pavane (2015–present) (as of August 2022[update])[1]

## Notable alumni

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See also: Category:Australian Ballet School alumni

* Stephen Baynes
* Ann Burbrook
* Christina Davis
* Madeleine Eastoe
* Roma Egan
* Beverly Jane Fry
* Kip Gamblin
* Jason Gardiner
* Ella Havelka
* Margaret Illmann
* Janet Karin
* Goh Soo Khim
* Ako Kondo
* Marilyn Ledwidge
* Tracy Li
* Kirsty Martin
* David McAllister, AM
* John Meehan
* Graeme Murphy, AM
* Gideon Obarzanek
* Hannah O'Neill
* Emilie de Ravin
* Danielle Rowe
* Marilyn Rowe, OBE
* Amber Scott
* Hugh Sheridan
* Ian Spink
* Garry Stewart
* Ross Stretton
* Meryl Tankard
* Leigh Warren
* Marisa Warrington
* Jodie-Anne White
* Elisha Willis

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "About Us". The Australian Ballet School. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
2. ^ "National training organisations in the performing arts". Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. Office for the Arts. Australian Government. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

## External links

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* Official website
* The Australian Ballet

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Performing arts schools in Australia

Acting|

* Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts
* Adelaide College of the Arts
* Australian Institute of Music - Dramatic Arts (formerly Australian Academy of Dramatic Art)
* Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne
* National Institute of Dramatic Art
* New York Film Academy
* Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
* Screenwise
* Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

Dance|

* Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts
* Australian Ballet School
* Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne
* National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Development Association
* Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

Music|

* Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts
* Australian Institute of Music
* Australian National Academy of Music
* Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne
* Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
* Sydney Conservatorium of Music
* Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music
* UWA Conservatorium of Music
* Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

Musical theatre|

* Australian Institute of Music
* Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne
* Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
* Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

Secondary|

* Australian Performing Arts Grammar School
* Newtown High School of the Performing Arts
* Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School
* John Curtin College of the Arts

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Schools of professional ballet

Europe|

* Académie Royale de Danse
* Central School of Ballet
* Royal Danish Ballet school
* Elmhurst Ballet School
* English National Ballet School
* John Cranko Schule
* La Scala Theatre Ballet School
* Lviv State Choreographic School
* Moscow State Academy of Choreography
* The National Ballet Academy of Amsterdam
* Perm State Choreographic College
* Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance
* Royal Ballet School
* Royal Swedish Ballet School
* Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet

Americas|

* Canada's National Ballet School
* Cuban National Ballet School
* Goh Ballet Academy
* Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School
* Kirov Academy of Ballet
* Pacific Northwest Ballet School
* The Rock School for Dance Education
* Royal Winnipeg Ballet School
* San Francisco Ballet School
* School of American Ballet

Other|

* Tokyo Ballet
* K-ballet
* Cairo Opera Ballet Company
* Higher Institute of Ballet
* Australian Ballet School
* Beijing Dance Academy
* Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
* The Music and Ballet School of Baghdad

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ARTS8 Australia's national elite arts training organisations

Training organisations|

Australian Ballet School (Southbank, Victoria) • Australian National Academy of Music (South Melbourne, Victoria) • Australian Youth Orchestra (Sydney, New South Wales (NSW)) • Flying Fruit Fly Circus (Albury, NSW) • NAISDA Dance College (Mount Penang, Gosford, NSW) • National Institute of Circus Arts (Prahran, Victoria) • National Institute of Dramatic Art (Kensington, NSW)

Associated training organisations|

Australian Film, Television and Radio School

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