Stanton Welch
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Early Life
Welch was born in MelbourneMelbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
to Marilyn Jones
Marilyn Jones
Marilyn Jones OBE is an Australian dancer and teacher of dance. She has been described as "the greatest classical dancer Australia has produced"...
and Garth Welch
Garth Welch
Garth Welch is an Australian dancer and choreographer.- Early life and training :Welch grew up in Brisbane, Queensland. His initial dance training took place under the guidance of the respected teacher Phyllis Danaher....
, two prominent Australian dancers.
Career
Welch was initially trained at the dance school run by his parents. In 1989, after a year as a scholarship student at the San Francisco Ballet School, Welch was accepted into the Australian Ballet where he became a leading soloist.While with The Australian Ballet, Welch developed an interest in choreography and, in 1990, received his first commission. By 1995, he had been appointed a resident choreographer with the Australian Ballet and, in 2003, he was also appointed artistic director of the Houston Ballet
Houston Ballet
The Houston Ballet, operated by the Houston Ballet Foundation, is the fourth-largest professional ballet company in the United States, based in Houston, Texas. The foundation also maintains a ballet academy, the Ben Stevenson Academy, which trains more than half of the company's dancers...
.
Welch has received choreographic commissions from many international companies including the Australian Ballet, the Houston Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today...
, the Atlanta Ballet
Atlanta Ballet
Atlanta Ballet is a ballet company, located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the nation’s longest continuously performing ballet company and the State Ballet of Georgia.- History :...
, BalletMet
BalletMet
- past artistic directors : * 1978–86 Wayne Soulant* 1986–94 John McFall* 1995–01 David Nixon- Dancers : * Adrienne Benz* Andrew Brader* Jessica Brown* Olivia Clark* Andres Estevez* Austin MG Finley* Emily Gotschall* Drew Grant...
, the Birmingham Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the three major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet....
, the Royal Danish Ballet
Royal Danish Ballet
The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded, and was finally organized in 1771 in response to the great popularity of French and Italian styles of dance...
, the San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet
The San Francisco Ballet is a ballet company, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, under the direction of Helgi Tomasson. SFB is the first professional ballet company in the United States...
and the Moscow Dance Theatre.
Works
- The Three of Us (1990)
- A Time to Dance (1990)
- Of Blessed Memory (1991)
- Passion and Canon (1992)
- Before the Rain (1993)
- Divergence (1994)
- Corroboree (1995)
- Madame Butterfly (1995)
- Red Earth (1996)
- Maninyas (1996)
- Cinderella (1997)
- X (1999)
- Indigo (1999)
- Bruiser (2000)
- Fingerprints (2000)
- Clear (2001)
- Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison (2002}
- Tu Tu (2003)
- Velocity (2003)
- Carmina Burana (2003)
- Bolero (2004)
- Blindness (2004)
- Tales of Texas (2004)
- Falling (2005)
- Nosotros (2005)
- Sleeping Beauty (2005)
- Swan Lake (2006)
- Punctilious (2007)
- A Doll's House (2008)
- Mediæval Bæbes (2008)
- Marie (2009)
- La Bayadère (2010)