Stock, Gailene (1946- - )

Stringer, Walter: Gailene Stock in the title role in Garth Welch's 'The Firebird', the Australian Ballet, 1972

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Gailene Stock trained initially in Australia and then at the Royal Ballet Upper School as a result of a scholarship awarded by the Royal Academy of Dance. As a principal artist with The Australian Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, she performed many leading roles in the major classics and twentieth century dramatic works, most notably John Butler’s Sebastian and Antony Tudor’s Pillar of Fire and The Divine Horsemen. Following a sixteen year dancing career, Stock accepted the position of director of the National Theatre Ballet School, Victoria, for eight years and the Australian Ballet School for nine years, before taking on the role of director of the Royal Ballet School in 1999.

In 1997 Stock was awarded the Order of Australia for services to ballet. Internationally acclaimed, her knowledge and experience is regularly sought in the dance community worldwide. She has participated as a jury member in many international competitions including in the role of president of the Prix de Lausanne, Switzerland and the Youth America Grand Prix, New York.

See also: Australian Ballet, The

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