Australian Ballet returns to Paris after 43 yearsThe Australian Ballet Australian Ballet, national ballet company of Australia, founded in Melbourne in 1962; its school was established in 1964. The company drew on the tradition established (1940) by Edouard Borovansky of the Ballets Russes (see Diaghilev, S. P.). returns to Paris for the first time in 43 years next month for a rare performance combining a classical troupe with the contemporary indigenous Bangarra Dance Theatre Bangarra Dance Theatre is an Indigenous Australian contemporary dance company founded in 1989 by Carole Johnson, an African-American and founding director of National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA). Bangarra is the Wiradjuri word meaning 'to make fire'. . The last time Australia's busiest ballet company Noun 1. ballet company - a company that produces ballets troupe, company - organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); "the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel" visited Paris was in 1965 when it performed "Raymonda" starring Dame Margot Fonteyn Noun 1. Dame Margot Fonteyn - English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919) Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. The company's 30th international tour begins in Paris and then goes on to London and Manchester. In both London and Paris, where the company performs at a top venue, the Theatre du Chatelet, the schedule features both classical and contemporary indigenous companies dancing to Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring". The Paris leg is from September 29 to October 4, with London performances at Sadler's Wells from October 7 to 11 and Manchester performances at The Lowry from October 14 to 18. 
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