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Teacher
Louise Hawke ARAD Rts. BBO Rts
Retiring from professional ballet onstage Louise studied the RAD syllabus in London and began to teach at seminars in HK, Singapore, Malaysia and NZ before opening the Academy of Ballet Arts in New Zealand in 2003.
She became Guest Ballet Mistress for the Singapore Dance Theatre and the Kuala Lumpur Dance Theatre. Invited to teach the RAD syllabus to vocational students in Malaysian ballet studios, working with dancers of the Seychelles, Myanmar and visiting the Central Ballet of China.
Kuala Lumpur Dance Theatre
“Her contribution to the development of ballet in Malaysia has been tremendous. Louise has worked wonders with our dance students as seen in her staging of excepts from “Le Corsaire” and “Paquita” and the full length “Les Sylphides” for the opening of the new National Theatre of Malaysia." Sunny Chan President of the Dance Society of Malaysia
“As Artistic Director of KL Dance Theatre I invited Louise to stage the opening ballets for the National Theatre. Throughout my association with her I have found her hardworking and sincerely devoted to dance. She is very professional and very talented”. Lee Lee-Lan
“As an RAD teacher in many local ballet schools she has also contributed choreography, producing classical works and training competitors for Moscow and Tokyo". Sunny Chan President of the Dance Society of Malaysia
At the Singapore Dance Theatre
At the Central Ballet of China 1980
At the Myanmar Dance Institute
At the Ballet Muda
Seychelles Dance Intensive
