Stanton De Burgh Welch (born 1969) is an Australian dancer and choreographer. He is the artistic director of the
Houston Ballet.
Early life
Welch was born in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
to
Marilyn Jones and
Garth Welch, 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
The Australian Ballet (TAB) is the largest classical ballet company in Australia. It was founded by J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1962, with the English-born dancer, teacher, repetiteur a ...
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.][
Welch has received choreographic commissions from many international companies including the Australian Ballet, the Houston Ballet, the ]American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant. Through 2019, it had an annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center) in the spr ...
, the Atlanta Ballet, BalletMet, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet is the oldest ballet company in the United States, founded in 1933 as the San Francisco Opera Ballet under the leadership of ballet master Adolph Bolm. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Fra ...
and the Moscow Dance Theatre.
Welch is also known for staging works for Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, the Texas Ballet Theater, the Royal Ballet School
The Royal Ballet School is a British school of classical ballet training founded in 1926 by the Anglo-Irish ballerina and choreographer Ninette de Valois. The school's aim is to train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers, especially ...
, the Singapore Dance Theatre, the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Fugate/Bahiri Ballet NY.[
Since 2006, Welch serves as a Jury Member for the Young America Grand Prix.
]
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)
*''The Wish'' (1998)
*''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
''A Doll's House'' (Danish language, Danish and ; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act Play (theatre), play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 De ...
'' (2008)
*''Mediæval Bæbes'' (2008)
*''Marie'' (2009)
*'' La Bayadère'' (2010)
References
External links
Page at Australian BalletPage at Houston ballet
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1969 births
Living people
Ballet choreographers
Australian male ballet dancers
Australian Ballet soloists
Members of the Order of Australia
Stanton Welch
People from Melbourne