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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
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offer from the Australian Ballet.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Exclusive offer
from Friends of The Australian Ballet<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#e3007b" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#E3007B;font-weight:bold'>Six
Free Double Passes to be won<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>to attend the premier screening of <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=6 face=Arial><span style='font-size:25.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Ballets Russes<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>They came. They danced. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Our world was never the same.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Introduced by David McAllister and Maina
Gielgud.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>“The
archival footage is so breathtaking, the reminiscences so piquant, that
even a stranger to dance can't help but be swept up by this peek into such
exquisite, now vanished glamour” <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><font size=1
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Entertainment
Weekly<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color="#e3007b" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#E3007B;font-weight:bold'>The Friends of The Australian Ballet are also
offering an exclusive discounted ticket price of $18 per ticket.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To take advantage of
this exclusive offer please email your contact details and the words "Ballets
Russes" by close of business <st1:date Year="2006" Day="12" Month="5"
w:st="on">Friday 12 May 2006</st1:date> to: <a
href="http://au.f349.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=admin@fab.org.au&YY=38312&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b">admin@fab.org.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Six double passes awarded to the
first six respondents by email – limited to one free double pass per person.
To purchase discounted tickets please email <a href="mailto:admin@fab.org.au">admin@fab.org.au</a>
including credit card details or telephone the Friends of the Australian Ballet
02 92527322.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Premier Screening at Cremorne Orpheum
Monday 15 May at <st1:time Minute="45" Hour="18" w:st="on">6.45pm</st1:time><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>“A
captivating film that truly elevates the spirit.”</span></font></i></b><font
size=1><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> </span></font><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
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size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> Times</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hear <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Maina Gielgud</span></b> (pictured left) speak about this deeply
inspirational film, its legacy and her current work. Maina Gielgud (AO) is one
of the greatest figures of the international ballet world today. Australians
know her through her groundbreaking artistic direction of the Australian Ballet
from 1983 to 1996. She will be introduced by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>David
McAllister</span></b>, current artistic director, who has commissioned Gielgud
to restage her acclaimed production of Giselle.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Unearthing a treasure trove of
archival footage, filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have fashioned a
dazzlingly entrancing ode to the revolutionary twentieth-century dance troupe
known as the Ballets Russes. What began as a group of Russian refugees who
never danced in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region>,
became not one but two rival dance troupes who fought the infamous
“ballet battles” that consumed <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1:place> society before World War II. </span></font><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The film maps
the company’s Diaghilev-era beginnings in turn of-the-century <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Paris</st1:City></st1:place> when artists such as
Nijinsky, Balanchine, Picasso, Miró, Matisse, and Stravinsky united in
unparalleled collaboration. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-38.15pt'><b><i><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>“An electrifying documentary. It lovingly brings
to life an era of unequalled artistic excitement.”</span></font></i></b><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Washington</span></b></st1:State></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Post</span></b></span></font><b><i><font size=2><span
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In the halcyon days of the 1930s and
’40s, the Ballets Russes toured <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
astonishing audiences with artistry never before seen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Directed with consummate invention and
infused with juicy anecdotal interviews from many of the company’s
glamorous stars, Ballets Russes treats modern audiences to a rare glimpse of
the singularly remarkable merger of Russian, American, European and Latin
American dancers, choreographers, composers, and designers that transformed the
face of ballet forever.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regular ticket prices (booking fees
may apply):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>$22 ($18 student) Presentation &
Film <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>$40 Presentation, Film, Post-Film
Drinks & Canapés<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tickets available from:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.fab.org.au/">www.fab.org.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Telephone 1300 306 776 or Cremorne
Orpheum (02) 9908 4344<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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