Artistic Patrons
The academy is supported by patrons drawn from the international ballet community.
Photo: The Australian Ballet Artistic Patron
Dale Baker
Dale Baker danced as a principal with The Australian Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Zurich Ballet, and as a soloist with The Royal Ballet.
As Senior Ballet Master of The Australian Ballet School he trained generations of the company’s dancers. He was Balletmaster there when Jiayin Du arrived as a student in 1999.
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Photo: Bern Schwartz, 1976 Artistic Patron
Ann Jenner
Ann Jenner trained at The Royal Ballet School and became a Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet in 1970, dancing the classical repertoire.
She is remembered above all as Lise in Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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