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Breathing new life into classical ballet

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    Australian Ballet celebrates 50 years

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Luckily the -- stopped in New York City because you're in for a treat now were outside and we're going to be showing you a little snippet of the Australian ballet part of the company.

The -- one -- right now I'm joined by -- artistic director.

For the Australian ballet David McAllister -- you didn't expect to be here originally were part of a company otherwise again just a few years ago.

But if -- Ten years and didn't realize again when I dedicate all those guys are -- and now you're in the artistic director then and you're here for the first time continues to -- and I -- -- so exciting to be here a whole new generation and he dances in the company and a hold of me -- fun.

So what makes Australian -- different from American.

I guess what we haven't been around as long as the American companies and now -- I think we we -- speak we we actually.

Have a great -- country and it's down and we.

Reflect their country against the lead again so -- to do Swan Lake yet but it's a little bit of a different version of the story 88.

These payment defense hasn't heard that created this crap put it this week and is based on the two story it -- -- and Camilla.

But you don't actually see all that their lives -- it that is the original idea.

And they ended down yeah it's a beautiful retelling the story only our defeat -- beautiful.

Music of Tchaikovsky and -- it right.

And my personal stories -- so let's see a little bit of it right now.

-- the Australian ballet.

-- Well obviously -- David.

It was a close it was a close call between whether or not right Steve or myself would put on eighteen to and doesn't dance -- and we decided that we needed to Valerie.

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