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Christopher Saunders 2004
The Royal Ballet American Tour, 2004
Interviewed byDavid Bain
Swedenborg Hall, October 14 2004
David welcomed Christopher Saunders to his first meeting of The Ballet Association in his new capacity as our President. He was supporting two recent recruits to the Royal Ballet, Romany Pajdak and Henry St. Clair. The main purpose of the evening was to reflect on the recent Royal Ballet tour to Orange County and the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
Romany had joined the Royal Ballet on 1 July 2004. She had taken Junior Associate classes for two years, followed by five years at White Lodge and a further three years in the Upper School. Her time at White Lodge had seen a change of director from Merle Park to Gailene Stock. This change also brought new teachers, Jackie Barrett, Hope Keelan and Diane Van Schoor.
Romany had taken part in a number of competitions, whilst at the school. At the age of 14 and with the encouragement of Gailene Stock, she had competed in an internal competition and won it. However the competition was enclosed within the school. Subsequently she had participated in the Paul Clarke award, a competition with a bigger mix and therefore more tense. This was good preparation for auditions. She had also won the Adeline Genée award.
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Steven McRae
Australian ballet dancer and tap dancer (born 1985)
Steven McRae (born 19 December 1985) is an Australian ballet dancer[1] and tap dancer. He is a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, London.[2]
Early life
[edit]Steven McRae was raised in the Sydney suburb of Plumpton the son of a drag racer.[3][4] He started dancing at age seven, after watching his older sister in her dance classes. He studied tap as well as ballet.[3] He was soon being entered for the performing-arts competitions in Australia known as eisteddfods, often gracing 25 sections at a time.[3] By his teens, already an extremely capable tapper, Steven McRae knew that his future lay in dance, and trained throughout high school.
In 2002, at age 16, he won the gold medal at the 2002 Genée held in Sydney that year. In 2003, at age 17, he won the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland, earning a scholarship, and entered the Royal Ballet School in London.
Career
[edit]He graduated into The Royal Ballet in 2004 and was promoted to first artist in 2005, soloist in 2006, first soloist in 2008 and principal in 2009. The Guardian has called McRae "a modern-day Fred Astaire".[1] In 2014, he was named "Young Australian Achiever of t
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