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Stanton Welch


Stanton Welch’s new version of The Sleeping Beauty plays up the struggle between good and evil.

14 September 2005

The Australian Ballet commissions three new works from Australian choreographers.

2003

The premiere of Stanton Welch’s full-length ballet Cinderella.

21 February 1997

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

1995

The Australian Ballet tours to Japan with The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.

July 2007

The company perform The Sleeping Beauty in Auckland and Swan Lake in Shanghai.

October 2006

Maina Gielgud spends her last year with The Australian Ballet.

1996

The Australian Ballet appoints two resident choreographers.

21 September 1995

The world premiere of Divergence, a one-act work by Stanton Welch.

1 September 1994

Stanton Welch kicks off his choreographic career with Of Blessed Memory.

18 October 1991

Stanton Welch joins the company.

26 October 1989




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