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Some of the text in The Australian Ballet timeline is adapted from essays in Luminous. These were written by Valerie Lawson (The Sixties), Jill Sykes (The Seventies), Lee Christofis (The Eighties), Michael Shmith (The Nineties) and Deborah Jones (The New Millennium).
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1964
The company moves briefly into its most colourful home, rented premises in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.
1964
Peggy van Praagh commissions a young New Zealander, Kristian Fredrikson, to design the costumes for her new production of Aurora’s Wedding.
March 1964
The Australian Ballet School opens under the direction of former Ballet Rambert dancer Margaret Scott.
2 March 1964
Robert Helpmann's The Display is premiered by The Australian Ballet.
14 March 1964
Betty Pounder, JC Williamsons’ resident choreographer, makes Jazz Spectrum, a new contemporary work, on The Australian Ballet.
26 March 1964
Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev arrive to guest with The Australian Ballet in Swan Lake and Giselle.
