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John Lanchbery


Maina Gielgud invites Stanton Welch to make his first full-length work on the company.

1995

John Lanchbery is appointed Music Director of The Australian Ballet.

21 January 1972

The company makes a triumphant tour to the ballet meccas of London, St Petersburg and Moscow.

June – August 1988

The company travels to the USA, where they perform The Merry Widow with a 57-year-old Margot Fonteyn.

8 June – 25 July 1976

British choreographer Gillian Lynne arrives to create The Australian Ballet’s first TV commission.

October 1975




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