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50 Years Of The Australian Ballet
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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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The company wows audiences in New York City on a special 50th anniversary tour.

12 June 2012

The company has more dancers, and so is able to tour as a split company.

April 2003

After an absence of 43 years the company returns to Paris.

September – October 2008

The International Touring Fund is established by the South Australian philanthropist Frances Gerard.

2005

The company visits New Zealand, Singapore, China and the USA.

1999

The company embarks on its 12th international tour, visiting Greece, Israel and Turkey.

August 1979

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 Australian Ballet takes Swan Lake to Cardiff and London.

July 2005

The company wows New York with its program of works by Australian choreographers.

October 1999

The Australian Ballet tours to Nervi, Italy and to London.

June – July 1992

The Australian Ballet tours New York, Washington DC and Costa Mesa.

July – August 1990

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

June – August 1988

The company travels to Mexico to perform The Merry Widow.

8 May 1981

The Australian Ballet tours China.

June 1980




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