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| The Australian Ballet School | |
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2 Kavanagh Street , , 3006
Australia
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| School type | Private |
| Established | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Founder | Dame Margaret Scott |
| Status | Active |
| Specialist | Vocational Classical Ballet |
| Director | Lisa Pavane Dip ABS, VGCEBI |
| Executive Director | Kirsty Ritchie |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Feeder to | The Australian Ballet |
| Website | www |
The Australian Ballet School is the premier ballet training facility in Australia, located in Melbourne.
The Australian Ballet School was founded in 1964 as the primary training facility for The Australian BalletbyDame Margaret Scott AC DBE.[1]
It is part of the Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre, which is located in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, SouthbankinMelbourne, Victoria.
The school is a registered charity, with about a third of its income provided by the Australian Government, about a third by tuition fees, and the rest via philanthropy, corporate support and box office.[1] It is one of eight "national elite training organisations" funded by the Office for the Arts as part of its or ARTS8 (Australian Roundtable for Arts Training Excellence) group of colleges.[2][1]
The Australian Ballet School is a registered training organisation.[1] The Australian Ballet company draws 95% of its dancers from the school, and many graduates dance as principals and soloists around the world.
Offered are:
Prospective students must audition for entry to the school.
Since 1980, students in the graduate year (Level 8) of the school can take part in The Australian Ballet's national tours.[citation needed]
Marilyn Rowe House is the school's boarding house for students aged 13-18.
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ARTS8 Australia's national elite arts training organisations
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| Training organisations | Australian Ballet School (Southbank, Victoria) • Australian National Academy of Music (South Melbourne, Victoria) • Australian Youth Orchestra (Sydney, New South Wales (NSW)) • Flying Fruit Fly Circus (Albury, NSW) • NAISDA Dance College (Mount Penang, Gosford, NSW) • National Institute of Circus Arts (Prahran, Victoria) • National Institute of Dramatic Art (Kensington, NSW) |
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