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The Dying Swan | Orig Chor & Perf By Calvin Richardson: Ballet AD Leanne Benjamin AM OBE: Tuck, Kwon

Australian dancer, Royal Ballet soloist, Calvin Richardson, performs his original choreography of Saint-Saens classic, 'The Dying Swan', accompanied by #TaitAwardees Rosemary Tuck, piano and Waynne Kwon, cello. This was recorded as part of the celebrations for the 90th Birthday of Maestro Richard Bonynge AC CBE Camille Saint Saens The Dying Swan Original Choreography & Performed By Calvin Richardson Ballet Artistic Direction Leanne Benjamin AM OBE Rosemary Tuck, Piano Waynne Kwon, Cello To watch the full concert: https://www.taitmemorialtrust.org/pro... The recording was made in the Exhibition Hall, Australian High Commission London courtesy of the Australian High Commissioner Artistic Director: Rosemary Tuck Ballet Artistic Director: Leanne Benjamin AM OBE Introducing the new book Chalet Monet In the presence of the Australian High Commissioner His Excellency the Honourable George Brandis QC Sincerest thanks to The Royal Ballet and its Director, Kevin O'Hare for their invaluable assistance. Event Sponsor: Elspeth Turner Laing Special Guests include: John Copley CBE, theatre and opera producer and director David Mellor QC, broadcaster, barrister, and former politician Guest Artists: (in order of appearance) Yvonne Kenny AM, soprano Rosemary Tuck, piano* Emma Matthews, soprano Anna Sleptsova, piano Fumi Kaneko, ballet ** Reece Clarke, ballet ** Helena Dix, soprano Chad Vindin, piano* Benson Wilson, baritone* Filipe Manu, tenor* Calvin Richardson, ballet* & ** Valda Wilson, soprano* Hermina Szabó, violin Andreas Bittl, accordion Catherine Carby, mezzo-soprano* Waynne Kwon, cello* Jeffrey Black, baritone Tait Awardee ** Soloist Royal Ballet Calvin Richardson Australian dancer Calvin Richardson is a Soloist of The Royal Ballet. He trained at The Royal Ballet Upper School, joined the Company in 2014, was promoted to First Artist in 2017 and Soloist in 2018. Richardson grew up in Traralgon and started dancing aged five. With an initial interest in tap and musical theatre, he turned to ballet aged 14 when he began to study at The Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School. After becoming a finalist of the 2012 Prix de Lausanne he was awarded a full scholarship to study at The Royal Ballet Upper School. His roles since joining the Company have included Albert de Belleroche in Christopher Wheeldon’s Strapless and the Mad Hatter and Gardener in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Peter in Kenneth Macmillan’s Judas Tree, pas de six in Giselle, ‘Emeralds’ in George Balanchine’s Jewels, Evans in Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works and in Chroma, and David Dawson’s The Human Seasons. He has also performed roles in The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Symphonic Dances and Asphodel Meadows. He has created roles in Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern, McGregor’s Multiverse, Obsidian Tear and Yugen and Hofesh Shechter’s Untouchable. Richardson also has a strong interest in choreography. In his graduate year at The Royal Ballet School, he was asked to create his own rendition of the famous solo piece, The Dying Swan. It went on to be performed in the school’s annual graduate performance on the Royal Opera House Main Stage and has been performed on tour with the Company at the Lincoln Centre, New York, for the Deloitte Ignite 14 in the Paul Hamlyn Hall and in various gala performances around the world. His later work includes Good People in the Erik Bruhn Prize in 2016, Intractable in the International Ballet Gala, Melbourne, various works in The Royal Ballet’s creative season, Draft Works, and a short piece created for Principal dancer, Lauren Cuthbertson. ----------------------------------------------------- Financial Assistance for Artists affected by the COVID-19 crisis: The Tait Memorial Trust has established an Emergency Relief Fund for Australia/New Zealand Artists to assist our talented young artists. CAF Bank Ltd Tait Memorial Trust Sort Code: 40 52 40 Account Number: 00033630 CAF donate: https://bit.ly/CAF_TaitERF PayPal: https://bit.ly/PayPal_TaitERF To book: http://taitmemorialtrust.org/events/