Gerard Sibbritt
Gerard Sibbritt (* 1942 in Perth ) is an Australian ballet dancer and dance teacher.
Sibbritt began his classical ballet training with Norma Massara and continued it in Melbourne with Kira Bousloff and Kathleen Gorham , and later with Asef Messerer during his time with the Australian Ballet . He had his first engagement in Walter Gore's London Ballet , later he joined the London Dance Theater directed by Norman McDowell and Jack Carter . He danced leading roles a. a. in the world premieres of Jenny Charats Phaedra , Andree Howards The Tempest , Jack Carter's Stagioni and Rudi Van Danzigs Jungle .
On international tours with the Australian Ballet, he interpreted classic roles from the 19th century (including Swan Lake and Les Sylphides ) leading roles in ballets by Robert Helpmann ( Yugen , Electra , Hamlet , The Display ), Frederick Ashton ( The Dream , La Fille Mal Gardee ) and John Cranko ( Pineapple Poll , The Lady and The Fool ). In the US, he had roles in George Balanchine's Serenade and The Four Temperaments , Antony Tudor's The Divine Horsemen and The Judgment of Paris , José Limón's The Moon's Pavane and Exiles, and the title role in the North American premiere of Jack Carter's The Witch Boy .
After the end of his active career, Sibbritt founded the Australian Choreocenter in Sydney , he also worked as a ballet master in William Forsythe's Frankfurt Ballet, at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and at the Tokyo Ballet Theater .
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| SURNAME | Sibbritt, Gerard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian ballet dancer and dance teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perth |