Celebrating Ninette de Valois: Gailene Stock As part of the centenary celebrations of The Royal Ballet School in 2026, Voices of British Ballet is highlighting the life of Ninette de Valois, founder...
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Gailene Stock (1946-2014). Australian dancer, teacher and director
Gailene Stock was born in Australia and received her early dance training there before travelling to London to study at The Royal Ballet Upper School. She had an international career as a ballerina with The Australian Ballet, and later became director of the National Theatre Ballet School in Victoria, Australia, and then The Australian Ballet School. She became director of The Royal Ballet School in 1999 and was in post at the time of her death in 2014.
Timeline Event » 2000 – First Young British Dancer of the Year competition held
Young British Dancer of the Year was a competition envisaged by Gailene Stock in 1999, with the first competition taking place in 2000. Her idea was to find and nurture talented dancers throughout...