Stephen Baynes

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Stephen Baynes (born 1956 in Adelaide, South Australia) has been Resident Choreographer with The Australian Ballet since 1995. He trained with Joanne Priest and graduated from The Australian Ballet School in 1975. He has danced with the Australian Ballet (1976-81, 1985 and promoted to Soloist in 1992), the Stuttgart Ballet (1981-84) and worked choreographers such as Kenneth MacMillan, John Neumeier, William Forsythe and Hans van Manen.

He has also created works for La Scala Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, West Australian Ballet, the Queensland Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and New York City Ballet's Diamond Project.

[edit] Choreography

As a choreographer he has created

• "Strauss Songs" (1986) The Australian Ballet
• "Ballade" for The Australian Ballet’s 25th Anniversary Choreographic Competition in 1988 (1988-89
• "Catalyst" (1988) The Australian Ballet
• "Andante" (1990) The Australian Ballet
• "Four Reflections of a Quintet" (1993) The Dancers Company
• "Souvenirs" (1994) The Australian Ballet
• "Episodes" for La Scala Ballet Milan
• "Beyond Bach" The Australian Ballet
• "Into the Darkness" for the West Australian Ballet
• "At the edge of night" The Australian Ballet for the Melbourne International Arts Festival
• "Into Dharma" (1986) Sydney Dance Company
• "Shadow in the Facet" (1986) The Australian Ballet
• "1914" (1997) The Australian Ballet
• "The Fold" (1999) The Queensland Ballet
• "Lachrimae" (2000) West Australian Ballet
• "Molto Vivace" (2003) The Australian Ballet
• restaged "Raymonda" (2006) The Australian Ballet
• "Constant Variants" (2007) The Australian Ballet

[edit] Awards

• 1988 Qantas Youth Award
• 1995 Kelvin Coe Memorial Scholarship

[edit] External links

• Profile of Stephen Baynes at Australia Dancing
• Resident Choreographers at The Australian Ballet (source of choreography)