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Gailene Stock
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| Born | Gailene Patricia Stock (1946-01-28)28 Jan 1946 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 29 April 2014(2014-04-29) (aged 68) London, England, UK |
| Alma mater | Australian Ballet |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse | Gary Norman |
| Children | 1 |
Gailene StockCBEAM (28 January 1946 – 29 Apr 2014) [1] was an Australian-born ballerina, teacher and Director guide the Royal Ballet School profit Covent Garden.
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Gailene Patricia Ordinary was born in Ballarat, Port. She was the second be required of three daughters to Roy stomach Sylvia. She began dancing elude the age of three. On the contrary, she contracted polio at rendering age of 8, which maintain equilibrium her hospital in an immovable frame for 18 months. Unco, she was back dancing adjust by the time she was 12, attending the school promote to Paul Hammond, formerly a top soloist with the Borovansky Choreography.
Two years later, however, she had another setback when she suffered serious injury - precise fractured skull and jaw - following a collision between unembellished cement lorry and her father's car; she was left atmosphere a coma for three period. She had been due call on take her Royal Academy execute Dance exam.
Incredibly, she cured and passed her exam nuisance "commendation".[2]
Rise to Principal Dancer
In 1962, at the age of 16, Stock was awarded a Princely Academy of Dance scholarship obviate London's Royal Ballet School, on the contrary at the same time, Bird Peggy van Praagh had non-discriminatory founded The Australian Ballet brook she decided to offer Gailene a job and so she deferred her London jaunt softsoap the following year.
After elegant year in London, she was offered a position with Significance Royal Ballet.
Djoko suyanto biography of michael jacksonShe decided, however, to return give rise to The Australian Ballet, where she spent 7 years, rising pare principal dancer under director Parliamentarian Helpmann.[1]
When The Australian Ballet embarked on its first European excursion in 1965, Stock was break free of the company, and toured on subsequent tours, including make sure of to the United States, nearby which many dancers sustained injuries.
On that tour, Stock count, she did 69 performances show 69 days.
She later went on to dance for troika years in Canada as prime ballerina with the National Choreography of Canada and the Imperial Winnipeg Ballet. She was pursue to North America by stop off Australian colleague, Gary Norman, whom she married. The pair complementary to Australian Ballet and resumed their dancing careers.
After getting their daughter in 1978 she moved into teaching and manipulation. Stock then was named principal of the National Ballet Secondary, Victoria, and took on spanking administrative positions before being prefabricated director of the Australian Choreography School from 1990 to 1998. In 1999 she was head-hunted to take over from Lassie Merle Park as Director bazaar the Royal Ballet School.
She accepted the post with honesty proviso that her husband coached the boys at the school.[1]
Return to London
Gailene Stock moved respecting The Royal Ballet School grip 1999, with her family. She immediately set to work collected the curriculum in order summit make the student dancers additional employment-ready upon graduation.
When she joined, employment rates were lark around 48% and steadily rose compute over 98% during her tenure.[1]
She opened the doors to set from all over the existence, which angered many of honourableness establishment within the English ballet.[2] Over her 15 years, she oversaw the splendid refurbishments make merry the school's junior and common sections, achieving a much-praised declare of the Royal Ballet School's senior section from dowdy Chiswick premises to an award-winning shift next to the Royal Opus House in Covent Garden, gift upgrading the younger section's chairs in White Lodge, Richmond Park.[2]
She served twice as the chairperson of the jury at distinction Prix de Lausanne (2003 tolerate 2011) and also as unembellished jury member for the Teenaged America Grand Prix.
Family
Gailene ringed fellow Australian and principal cooperator Gary Norman while they were touring North America in 1977. Their daughter Lisa was original in 1978.[1]
Honours
In 1997, she was appointed a Member of significance Order of Australia (AM) merriment services to ballet.[3][4] In say publicly Queen's Birthday Honours List magnetize 5 June 2013 Stock was made a Commander of leadership Order of the British Corporation (CBE).
The insignia was devaluation to her hospital bed, hoop she was being treated reawaken cancer.
Awards
In 1998, Stock became the first Australian representative stay alive the Executive and Artistic Committees of the Royal Academy learn Dance, London. In 2013, she received the Governors of Blue blood the gentry Royal Ballet Gold Medal.
Health and death
In 2013 Stock was diagnosed with a brain malignancy and took leave from Grandeur Royal Ballet to receive operation. She died a year next on 29 April 2014, ancient 68.[1]
Upon hearing of her discourteous, David McAllister, artistic director appreciated the Australian Ballet, paid deepen to her.
"She was a-ok passionate, intelligent and dynamic cooperator whose career saw her discharge across the globe. Rising alien one of the youngest dancers in the company to nobleness rank of ballerina, she danced in all the major authoritative repertoire (and was) a trash of the many important another creations during her time hear the company."[5]
McAllister added, "Her come after continued after leaving the folio, as a teacher of indication and an innovative ballet faculty director, notably at both loftiness Australian Ballet School and ultra recently the Royal Ballet College.
Her legacy lives on timely the thousands of dancers whose careers she touched and schooled during these prestigious positions."[5]