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Who is leaving and who is joining The Royal New Zealand Ballet, announced at last

January 13, 2018 – 6:46 am

After a string of news stories by New Zealand reporters, posts by Australian dance bloggers, and the intervention of the

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The House that Gnatt Built: RNZ Ballet at 60

August 1, 2013 – 12:56 pm

The Royal New Zealand Ballet has marked its sixth decade with a new book celebrating its history. The Royal New

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anne Rowse, Ashley Killar, Australian Ballet, Australian Ballet School, Borovansky Ballet, Dorothea Ashbridge, Ethan Stiefel, Gary Harris, Harry Haythorne, Jennifer Shennan, Matz Skoog, Philip Chatfield, Poul Gnatt, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Kerr, Una Kai, Victoria University Press | Comments (0)

The Royal Ballet tour of Australia, 1958: the launch of a photographer’s career and the debut of a swan

November 29, 2012 – 7:36 am

Today, when a ballet company goes on an international tour, the dancers are lucky to spend a couple of weeks

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The Fonteyn Follies of ’62

March 31, 2012 – 12:22 pm

With the men in miniscule swimming costumes, and the women dressed modestly in summer shirts and cotton trousers, Margot Fonteyn

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Sydney, 1957: How Fonteyn stopped the city

June 19, 2011 – 1:02 pm

Margot Fonteyn, newly created a Dame of the British Empire, arrived at Mascot Airport, Sydney, in May 1957 in a

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