Principal Artist Olivia Bell will return to the stage for the company’s Melbourne season Don Quixote, while dancers Brett Chynoweth, Ako Kondo and Dana Stephensen have been promoted up the ballet ranks to Soloist and Dimity Azoury and Calvin Hannaford to Coryphée. The company will welcome three new dancers and say farewell to Rachel Rawlins, Colin Peasley and Benjamin Stuart-Carberry, while musical director Nicolette Fraillon will celebrate her 10th anniversary. The company has also announced its first ever theatrical event designed especially for children in Once Upon A Time along with the opening of its brand new Production Centre, which will house the company’s $40 million collection of costumes, props and sets.
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