Director Lisa Pavane's Year In Review

Our 55th anniversary year has been filled with many highlights and significant events. We were humbled to adorn the auditorium and perform at the memorial service for the School’s founding Director Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE, and proud to honour her with Simon Dow’s specially created Défilé. We launched the Dame Margaret...

Graduation 2019

Congratulations to all our 2019 graduands and award recipients. In acknowledgement of Christine Howard’s 40th year of service to the School, we were delighted to announce that the Marina Berezowsky Award for Excellence in Character Dance will now be recognised as the Berezowsky - Howard Award for Excellence in Character Dance.

The Family Support Programme's Year In Review

As 2019 rapidly draws to a close, we at the Family Support Programme would like to reflect on the last 18 months since the formation of the FSP and express gratitude to all the lovely families and volunteers who have interacted with the FSP in some way or form. 2018 was...

Studio Lunch 2019

In November the dance studios of The Australian Ballet School were transformed into a beautiful lunch setting for this unique event. Guests experienced up close the talent, focus, athleticism and grace of the next generation of Australian ballet dancers. In between delicious courses, pointe class demonstrations and performances, Director Lisa...

Summer Season 2019

The Australian Ballet School presented its annual Summer Season on 7 & 8 December 2019. Over 100 students took to the stage at Arts Centre Melbourne in an enchanting display of talent. “The highly entertaining program again highlights The Australian Ballet School as not just an esteemed and invaluable institute...

Christine Howard - Celebrating 40 Years

My training at The Australian Ballet School commenced in March 1969 and during those years I have fond memories of inspiring classes taught by our Founding Director Margaret Scott, Douglas Gilchrist, modern with Jack Manuel, notation with Elphine Allen and the inspiring character classes with Mde Marina Berezowsky. All forged an...

Alumnus Jiayin Du (1999)

Jiayin Du was born in Liaoning Province in China and began his dance training with School of Dance affiliated to Shenyang Conservatorium of Music. In 1999, Jiayin came to Melbourne and studied at The Australian Ballet School. Within a short span of a year, after graduation with honor, Jiayin joined...

Alumna Angel Spendlove (1999)

Angel Spendlove (née Wong) was born in Hong Kong and moved to Sydney at the age of 1. She moved to Melbourne at the age of 15 to begin training at The Australian Ballet School in 1997 under the direction of Gailene Stock. During her time at the The Australian Ballet School...

Music Behind the Dance 2019

On Sunday 13 October the Australian Ballet Society held its annual Music Behind the Dance event, where some of our musicians took centre stage and shared their talent and passion for music with a much broader audience. The rich and diverse program, developed by the School’s Head of Music Paul...

The Dame Margaret Scott Endowment Fund

Director Lisa Pavane launched The Dame Margaret Scott Endowment Fund at Showcase 2019. The fund will, in perpetuity, support The Australian Ballet School to provide holistic programs to young artists-in-training, to empower excellence, to and advance the art of ballet.

Showcase 2019

Showcase 2019 in Melbourne and Sydney was a huge success. The performance was dedicated to Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE who passed away earlier year. In this performance we honoured her, with students from across all levels coming together onstage in The Australian Ballet School’s Défilé, specially choreographed by one...

Alumna Jessica Fyfe (2009)

Jessica was born in Brisbane, where she began to dance at the early age of three. Her family moved to Newcastle when she was 10 and that is where she first realised she wished to pursue a career in ballet and so she auditioned for Level 5 of The Australian...

Oh Canada!

The Australian Ballet School and Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS) have long shared a symbiotic relationship, and this continued recently when Katrina Edwards (Conditioning Specialist & Student Development Coordinator) spent 3 days in Toronto, visiting NBS.

Alumnus Adrian Burnett (1987)

Adrian Burnett is an Artistic Director and Arts Leader with extensive national and international experience, as well as an award-winning choreographer and leading Dance Artist. He joined the Australia Council for the Arts in 2011 and was appointed Director of Dance in 2015.

Balanchine's Who Cares?

Victoria Simon renowned Ballet Mistress for the George Balanchine Trust, has spent much of September in the School’s studios working with our Level 7 & 8 students teaching Who Cares?  in readiness for our Showcase performances.

Canadian Exchange Students

July each year is a very special time for us when we welcome our Canadian Exchange students. This year we had four students visit us for three weeks as part of our exchange programme with Canada’s National Ballet School. The students participated in classes with our Level 6 students and...