Ray, Robert (1947 - )

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Robert Ray began his dance training in Sydney at the Scully-Borovansky School and continued his studies at the Australian Ballet School. Between 1977 and 1979 he studied modern dance and composition in New York with Merce Cunningham and June Finch and with Hanya Holm at the Juilliard School. As a performer he danced with London Festival Ballet, West Australian Ballet and the Dance Company (NSW) as well as with smaller experimental groups.

Between 1979 and 1991 Ray was a faculty member of the Australian Ballet School where he taught modern dance and composition, classical ballet, pas de deux and repertoire. His choreographic career includes works for the Dancers Company, the Australian Ballet, West Australian Ballet, the Royal New Zealand Ballet and National Capital Dancers with his best known works being The Sentimental Bloke, Poems and City Dances.

See also: Australian Ballet, The ; Dance Company (NSW), The ; Sentimental Bloke, The ; West Australian Ballet

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