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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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Don Quixote
The Russian superstars Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev find time in their busy schedules to perform with The Australian Ballet in Don Quixote.
16 March 2013
Colin Peasley reminisces about filming Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote.
December 1972
Lucinda Dunn and Robert Curran are promoted to principal rank on the same day.
10 September 2001
The company visits New Zealand, Singapore, China and the USA.
1999
It’s a bumper year for international guesting.
1986
The company embarks on its 12th international tour, visiting Greece, Israel and Turkey.
August 1979
Marilyn Rowe and Kelvin Coe become the first Australian artists to appear as guests of the Bolshoi Ballet.
October 1978
Stanton Welch joins the company.
26 October 1989
The Australian Ballet tours China.
June 1980
The film of Don Quixote premieres at the brand-new Sydney Opera House.
19 July 1973
Robert Helpmann and Rudolf Nureyev make Nureyev’s production of Don Quixote into a film starring The Australian Ballet.
December 1972 – January 1973
The company embark on a 17-city, 69-performance, 10-week tour of the USA.
December 1970 – March 1971
The Australian premiere of Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote in Adelaide.
