Ross Stretton (6 June 1952 - 16 June 2005) was an Australian ballet dancer and artistic director. As a dancer, he performed with the Australian Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre. He was later Artistic Director at the Australian Ballet before working briefly as the Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet in 2001-2002.
Stretton was born in Canberra in 1952. He started as a tap dancer winning the Australian national tap dancin...
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Ross Stretton (6 June 1952 - 16 June 2005) was an Australian ballet dancer and artistic director. As a dancer, he performed with the Australian Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre. He was later Artistic Director at the Australian Ballet before working briefly as the Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet in 2001-2002.
Stretton was born in Canberra in 1952. He started as a tap dancer winning the Australian national tap dancing championships twice and winning numerous other awards. At the age of 11, he won a Channel Seven Junior Talent Quest with a judge comparing him to Fred Astaire. Stretton did not start performing ballet until he was 17 when he started taking classes with Bryan Lawrence and Janet Karin, former principals of the Australian Ballet.
He successfully auditioned for a position at the Australian Ballet School in 1971. In his first year, he won the Nureyev bursary and received a Harold Holt Memorial Scholarship in his second year. He graduated from the...
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