Gailene Stock

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Gailene Patricia Stock-Norman (born January 28, 1946 in Melbourne , † April 29, 2014 in London ) was an Australian ballet dancer and dance teacher .

Career

After studying ballet in Australia, Stock attended the Royal Ballet Upper School on a grant from the Royal Academy of Dance . She has been a solo dancer for The Australian Ballet , the National Ballet of Canada and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and has performed in numerous classical and modern works with choreographers such as John Butler ("Sebastian") and Antony Tudor ("Pillar of Fire" and "The Divine Horsemen." ") on.

After her active career as a dancer, Stock was director of the National Theater Ballet School in Victoria for eight years and headed the Australian Ballet School for nine years . In 1999 she became director of the Royal Ballet School in London. She also worked as a juror at various international ballet competitions and as President of the Prix ​​de Lausanne and the Youth America Grand Prix . In 1997 she was awarded the Order of Australia for her services to ballet .

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