All of
Kelvin Coe

After its screaming success eight years earlier, Frederick Ashton's Cinderella is brought back to the stage.

October 1980

Kelvin Coe is invited back to the company as a guest artist.

August 1983

Dame Peggy van Praagh gives the company a new version of Coppélia with costumes by Kristian Fredrikson.

22 February 1979

The Australian Ballet perform Frederick Ashton’s Monotones and Two Pigeons at a Royal Performance for Princess Margaret.

25 October 1975

Kelvin Coe dies at the age of 42.

July 1992

The Three Musketeers is a showcase for the company’s male dancers.

5 October 1981

Graeme Murphy’s Beyond Twelve premieres at the Sydney Opera House.

8 May 1980

Marilyn Rowe and Kelvin Coe become the first Australian artists to appear as guests of the Bolshoi Ballet.

October 1978

Anne Woolliams becomes artistic director and introduces John Cranko’s Onegin to the repertoire.

1 September 1976

Kelvin Coe and Marilyn Rowe win silver medals in Moscow.

June 1973

The Ballets Russes choreographer Léonide Massine travels to Australia.

9 December 1971

The company performs its only Australian season for the year, La Fille mal gardée at Sydney’s Tivoli Theatre.

12 October – 6 December 1967

Betty Pounder, JC Williamsons’ resident choreographer, makes Jazz Spectrum, a new contemporary work, on The Australian Ballet.

26 March 1964

Maina Gielgud initiates an international dancer exchange program.

April 1984

Maina Gielgud stages a new production of Giselle.

12 September 1986