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The Sleeping Beauty


Former Principal Artist Lisa Bolte remembers being chosen to dance the role of Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty at the age of 21.

January 1988

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

14 September 2005

Lucinda Dunn and Robert Curran are promoted to principal rank on the same day.

10 September 2001

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

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

June – August 1988

The State Theatre at the Victorian Arts Centre opens with Maina Gielgud’s new production of The Sleeping Beauty.

30 October 1984

The Australian Ballet begins its long association with the Sydney Opera House as Garth Welch says farewell.

7 December 1973




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